About

Xenobox Play started as a group chat between a few friends who kept swapping tips about mobile games on the commute home. At some point we had so many screenshots and half-written notes that a proper site made more sense than another lost message.

We cover games across genres — role-playing, strategy, racing, adventure, casual — because our editors have wildly different tastes and that keeps the coverage honest. If someone on the team loves a slow city builder and someone else only touches fast arcade runners, both get a voice here.

Every game we write about gets played first. That sounds obvious, but a lot of guide sites don't bother. We track how long a session actually takes, whether the controls hold up on a small screen, and where new players tend to give up.

We're small and independent. Nobody pays us to like a game, and if something bores us we'll say so plainly instead of dressing it up.

Marta Lindqvist — Marta has been editing games writing for over a decade and still keeps three phones charged just to test different builds. She handles most of the strategy and RPG coverage on the site.