About

OfflinePocket started as a shared notes file between three friends who were tired of downloading a promising game only to hit a login wall the second the Wi-Fi went down. We wanted a place that only covers titles you can actually open and play with the plane in airplane mode.,Every game we write about gets installed on a real phone and played for at least a few evenings. We note how the controls feel, whether the save system respects your time, and if anything secretly needs a connection halfway through. If a game pretends to be offline but nags for a signal, we say so.,We lean toward games with substance: role-playing adventures with real stories, puzzles that make you think, and simulators you can sink an hour into. Genre variety matters to us, so the catalog mixes slow strategy nights with quick arcade runs.,Nobody pays us to list a game. We pick what we want to play, and we keep the reviews honest even when a popular title disappoints us.

Markus Vogel — Markus is the editor who keeps the catalog organized and plays far too many RPGs late at night. He has been writing about mobile games for about eight years.