80 Days similar games & best alternatives

80 Days

Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2015

Should you play it?

1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.

What works

  • Rich and immersive storytelling
  • High replayability with many routes and outcomes
  • Strategic planning and resource management
  • Engaging steampunk alternate history setting
  • Accessible and intuitive interface

Things to keep in mind

  • Heavy reliance on reading and english proficiency
  • Some interface quirks from mobile port
  • Lack of save slots and occasional frustrating randomness
  • Limited social or multiplayer features
  • Can feel repetitive after many playthroughs

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Paper Lily - Chapter 1

  • Kitten Burst

  • Crypt Custodian

  • Roots of Yggdrasil

  • Blood Code

  • Baldr Sky

Less competitive

Games that feels like 80 Days but with less competition against others

  • OPUS: Echo of Starsong - Full Bloom Edition

  • Röki

  • Heaven's Vault

  • Choice of Life: Wild Islands

  • Citizen Sleeper

  • Repella Fella

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

80 Days: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Competition. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026