The game that turns your Apple Watch into a safe you can crack is a hidden gem Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. The game that turns your Apple Watch into a safe you can crack is a hidden gem Dial hard. Feature by Christian Donlan Features Editor Updated on 4 Jun 2019 40 comments God I want a safe. One of those movie-type safes with the heavy door and the spin dial that you have to turn this way then that then back again before you can open the thing. I don't even have anything to put in the safe. I just want it, lurking weightily in a corner, of hidden behind a tilted Modigliani. I am not alone in this? Who doesn't want a safe? The saying goes that the one thing everyone sort of thinks they're going to do at some point in their lives is rob a bank. I think the safe fits into this continuum. Surely there will be a moment in every life when we are called upon to crack a safe. I lean forward during safe-cracking scenes in movies. I hold my breath in the safe-cracking moments in a novel. There's a bit in Carter Beats the Devil where Carter cracks a safe while drinking red wine, if memory serves. I already loved Carter by that point, but it certainly sealed the deal. Anyway, Pocket Bandit is an Apple Watch game from a while back that allows you to crack safes. It is very simple, but the simplicity works in its favour. This is because it uses what strikes me as the best part of the Apple Watch, the twiddly little "crown" dial on the side. How simple is Pocket Bandit? Each level gives you a dial. You twiddle the crown back and forth until you feel a rumble. You jab the screen and then twiddle some more. Again. Again. Three twiddles for each safe and you're rewarded with the sight of the door swinging wide and then your treasure awaits. That's it. There are a few complications, but nothing too taxing. It works because it's that universal desire matched with the perfect means of enacting that desire. Also, it works because I imagine once you've had an Apple Watch for a while - I had to borrow someone's - you forget you have it. And then every few days you're like, oh yes, I have an Apple Watch and you fiddle around with it for a few seconds. Pocket Bandit is perfect fun for a few seconds. It's a throwaway treat, but it's also, weirdly, a bit of a killer app. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More Features Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. 15 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Feature What games get wrong about horses And what they could do about it. 34 Feature Shout out to all the Overwatch supports - where would we be without you? Merci. 55 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Sennheiser's legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are just £70 at Amazon in the Prime Early Access Sale Comfortable with neutral sound and a wide sound stage. Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. 1 Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store