About

JoltBox started as a group chat where a few of us kept swapping screenshots of phone games we couldn't put down. Eventually it grew into a proper site, mostly because we got tired of app store descriptions that promised the world and delivered a loading screen.,We focus on games you can play with one hand on a bus or in a queue: races, arcade runs, quick adventures, the odd strategy title. Everything we cover gets installed on a real phone and played for at least a few sessions before a single word is written.,Games make the cut when they respect your time and your battery. We look for tight controls, honest pacing, and a design that doesn't nag you every thirty seconds. If a game annoyed us, we say so plainly.,There's no big publisher behind us and no agenda. Just a small editorial crew, a shelf of aging test phones, and a stubborn habit of finishing what we start.

Marek Kovár — Marek has been covering mobile games for over a decade and still refuses to review anything he hasn't finished at least once. He handles most of our racing and arcade coverage.