Crush Games

Crushing something is an immediately legible reward. There's no score to interpret and no progress bar to read - the thing was there and now it isn't.

Popping Candies is the matching version, clearing clusters off a bright board where the satisfaction comes from the size of the group. Bucket Crusher is more literal about it, and Miss Robins Dream Home ties the clearing to a renovation so the crushing pays for something. Cars vs Zombies takes the idea somewhere considerably less delicate. They're the sort of thing that works well when you'd rather not think much, and the feedback needs no interpreting.

There are 4 free games under this tag, all playable in the browser with nothing to install, and they're the sort of thing that works well when you don't want to think much.

The matching format is Match 3 games, and Puzzle games is the wider shelf.