Coin Strike after a week: still on my home screen

I'll admit I ignored Coin Strike at first. The screenshots looked like a dozen other flick-the-thing games, and I expected to delete it by lunch. Instead it's still on my home screen a week later, which doesn't happen often.

The thing that won me over is how honest the physics feel. When you misjudge a shot in Coin Strike, you can see exactly why — the token clipped a bumper, or you pulled back a hair too far. There's no sense of the game cheating you, which keeps a loss from feeling cheap.

My main tip is to stop aiming for the obvious slot and start thinking about the ricochet. Around level forty the boards force you to use rebounds, and once that clicked, scores I thought were impossible started falling.

It's also just considerate software. Sessions are short, saves are instant, and nothing pops up begging you to come back. For a quick-play arcade game, that restraint is rare and worth praising.