One More Line might very well be the best cigarette break game on the market right now.

Taking on a neon art-deco Atari-esque aesthetic, One More Line gives you a small dome-shape to control and sets you the task of travelling as far as you can without crashing into discs strewn in your path or the walls to either side of you.

The reason that this makes for such an excellent cigarette-break game lies in its extraordinarily simple controls. Easily controlled one-handed, pressing your thumb onto the screen locks your little ship (we’ll call it a ship for lack of a better word) on to a nearby disc and spins you in an arc around it. Releasing your thumb makes your ship let go and beetle off in the direction it is now facing, mostly like directly into the path of a wall or another disc.

One More Line is surprisingly difficult to master. A single run takes a matter of seconds and how long you play will probably depend on how long you’ve got. There is admittedly a bit of a compulsion to keep playing when you first pick the game up, but once you’ve got used to it it’s very easy to put down again and get on with your life.

A satisfying amount of thought has clearly been put into the design. The retry button pops up after you inevitably crash exactly where your thumb is going to be hovering over and there is not too much time before failing and being given the option to try again. The graphical layout is clean, simple and pleasing when you start inadvertently painting swirling neon circles along your route and if you happen to be wearing headphones, the sound design fits without becoming overly irritating. It’s not quite as exciting as the developer’s description of a “space disco” soundtrack, but it’s still fun and fits well with the game.

The only real gripes with One More Line arise as a result of owning a now relatively antique Samsung Galaxy SII. Older phones will make you scowl with the odd bit of critical latency that ends your run a little prematurely, but this is hardly the fault of the game. The ad-supported version also sometimes gets a little bit confused when it tries to run a video ad when you are somewhere without any form of internet reception, but again, this is merely a slightly irritating glitch rather than anything game breaking.

One More Line is nothing spectacular, it’s not going to change your life and it’s unlikely to make any best-game-ever lists, but if you’re looking for something to keep you occupied and make you feel a little less uncomfortable standing around without anything to do whilst maintaining an air of nonchalance, it’s hard to beat.

Developer: SMG Studio
Price: Free / £2.50 to remove ads
Platform: iOS and Android
Quick verdict: A superb choice for whenever you find yourself at a loose end and waiting around for a few minutes.