Lucky Coins is the pocket palate cleanser I didn't know I needed

I picked up Lucky Coins expecting to bounce off it in ten minutes. Simple flick-a-coin games are a dime a dozen, and most run out of ideas fast. This one didn't, and I ended up keeping it installed long after the review was done.

The whole thing runs on a single gesture: drag back, aim, release. Your coin sails across a gently tilted board, ricochets off bumpers, and hopefully lands where you wanted. Because there's only one input, Lucky Coins is free to spend its energy on level design instead of tutorials, and it does exactly that.

What kept me hooked was the rhythm of learning. Every few boards introduces one fresh obstacle — a magnet here, a springy pad there — and gives you room to understand it before combining it with the rest. By the midgame you're threading coins through three or four systems at once and it feels earned.

A small tip: don't rush your shots. The physics reward a gentle, controlled release far more than a hard flick, and once that clicked for me my success rate shot up. My only complaint is some repeated layouts near the end, but honestly by then I had my favourites and just replayed those.

If you want something calm to fill the gaps in your day, Lucky Coins earns its spot. It's a small game that clearly knew exactly what it wanted to be.