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.
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Very Positive (373 reviews) - 93% of the 373 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date: 28 Sep, 2015

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“80 Days tells a wonderful, unpredictable story that gives you a powerful sense of ownership... I had a spectacular, unforgettable adventure story to show for my three-hour adventure, and couldn’t wait to learn more about the world, its characters, and the human desire to discover.”
9.0 – IGN

“A fantastical reimagining of Jules Verne's novel, 80 Days captures the joy and melancholy of travel with unusual wit and humanity.”
Kotaku

“Videogames can take you on a thousand different adventures, but few offer the thrill of travel as 80 Days does. It’s a story game adaptation of Around The World In 80 Days, and it’s accordingly full of exciting, exotic locations to visit, with capers to pull, revolutions to incite and derring-do to perform at many of them... 80 Days is the most human game I’ve ever played. It is also, simply put, one of the best games I’ve ever played.”
Rock Paper Shotgun

About This Game

1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just eighty days.

TIME Magazine's Game of 2014 and winner of the IGF award for narrative; now available on Steam! Choose your own route around a 3D globe, travelling by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more, racing other players and a clock that never stops.

170 cities to explore. Detailed research and techno-fantasy combine in an 1872 of tensions, inventions and exploration. Climb the Burmese mountains, trek the Zulu Federation, sail up the Amazon and disappear under the Indian Ocean - but don't fall behind the time!

  • Four times BAFTA-nominated and TIME's #1 Game of the Year 2014
  • Winner IGF "Excellence in Narrative" award
  • "We’ve been dreaming about this future for decades. Guess what? It’s here." - New York Times
  • 9/10 -- Edge Magazine
  • "Interactive storytelling as its best" - The Guardian

Playing as Phileas Fogg's loyal valet, Passepartout, you must balance your master's health, your finances, and the time, as you choose your own path from city to city all the way around the world. Bribe your way onto early departures, but don't let yourself go bankrupt or you'll be sleeping rough and begging for aid! Trade items for profit, and collect the equipment for the conditions you'll face: but too much luggage will slow you down...

80 DAYS is a breakneck race, with an in-game clock that never stops running. Trains, steamers, hot-air balloons, boats, camels, horses and more leave and arrive minute by minute.

Every city and journey is narrated via an interactive story where you control every action. Will your choices speed you up - or lead you into disaster? Will you earn Fogg's trust and respect? Will you uncover the secrets and short-cuts that can shave days off your time? Murder, romance, rebellion and intrigue await!

The Game:

  • Plan and strategise - can you find the fastest route?
  • Flexible interactive narrative with thousands of choices
  • Massively replayable - every journey is unique
  • Explore an entire 3D globe, with 170 bespoke cities to visit
  • Richly imagined, diverse alternative-history steampunk world
  • Stunning art by Jaume Illustration
  • Race real people in real-time: every second counts
  • Live multiplayer feed, showing journeys of other players as they happen
  • Share your journey with friends

System Requirements

Windows
Mac OS X
    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows XP+
    • Processor: 2 Ghz with SSE2 instruction set support
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Hardware support for shader model 3
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows XP+
    • Processor: 4 Ghz with SSE2 instruction set support
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel Iris 6100 equivalent or better
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Present
    Minimum:
    • OS: OS X 10.7+
    • Processor: 2 Ghz with SSE2 instruction set support
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: support for shader model 3
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: OS X 10.7+
    • Processor: 4 Ghz with SSE2 instruction set support
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel Iris 6100 equivalent or better
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Present
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Hecataeus
( 6.7 hrs on record )
Posted: 9 August
Pretty good "choose your own adventure" game.
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catdog
( 8.2 hrs on record )
Posted: 8 August
they lied the game isnt 80 days long 8/10
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Méléas
( 6.3 hrs on record )
Posted: 8 August
Cool game ! Traveling around the earth Jules Verne style, but in a slightly different universe. Interesting gameplay. Only reproach : I would like to travel westward !!
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mikesanerd
( 7.4 hrs on record )
Posted: 7 August
This is a very fun "choose your own adventure" style game that put's you in the role of the valet (and decision-maker) in the Jules Verne challenge to get around the world in 80 days. For an added twist, the setting is changed to a steam-punk variation of the original mid/late 1800s setting. In practice, you are doing two things: (1) reading through the (text) story, and making decisions that affect each little vignette (and affect what routes you know about), and (2) making strategic decisions about where to go, what to buy and sell where, what to spend your time doing, and what to spend your money on.

Pros:
+ You've got a lot of choices of what route you take around the world. Your decisions really do matter.
+ Good replayability. Although the game can get repetitive if you take the same route, each route has its own story. I always found myself wondering what would happen if I had gone another way, and this makes me want to play again.
+ Interesting stories unfold at each location. Depending on your choices, they can resolve in different ways. A number of the stories I played through were really quite engaging and well-done.
+ Challenging game mechanics, but not frustrating

Cons:
- As I said, the same events happen at the same locations, so if you play multiple times, you'll have to mix up your routes or else play through the same stories over again (much like if you were actually reading a "choose your adventure" book).
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Seightin
( 10.5 hrs on record )
Posted: 7 August
Fun and interesting game telling the story of "Around the world in 80 dyas".... Its basically about time management as you try to round the globe, all the while random events keep detering you, or once in a while actually helping... The story is kind of lacking in my opinion considering it is based on a novel, theres no real depth since the people you meet are pretty random... but there is a variety of different paths, and numerous amounts of choices to be made when handling funds, or your luggage, which serves as a sort of inventory for items that can be bartered for better/easier routes. Once you get the idea of how things work, it won't take long to beat, maybe 6-8hrs at the most.. But still Worth a buy.
7/10 Just needed a little something more.
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archdeco
( 2.6 hrs on record )
Posted: 6 August
It's a game based on Around The World In 80 Days and there's an achievement for going to the moon. That deeply worries me. It's also ripe for shipping. #FoggxPasspartout
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darkillumine
( 2.7 hrs on record )
Posted: 4 August
Fun combination of narrative, resource management, and exploration. Reminds me of how it felt to play Oregon Trail as a kid. The interface is a confusing in its attempt to be simple, but it's hard to make a mistake as you click around figuring out what options are available.
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Bacon Abomination
( 2.5 hrs on record )
Posted: 2 August
As someone who has not read the book, this game has given me a profound appreciation for it. This game, though not terribly long, instills that age-old feeling of seeing the world and experiencing new things. I was expecting a slog, I was expecting it to be terribly boring as it seemed like a text game, but I found myself enamoured with it completely.
I had several moments I legitimately regretted not being able to do, from the jewel trades of the orient to trying to rekindle the romance of the woman from Mongolia, to the mutiny of San Francisco. The world was fashionable and entertaining and retained that incredibly important feeling of adventure.
I found glee in both being a good valet, and a bad valet, I found myself both sympathetic to forign governments with their armies of machine men and to the revolution in the heart of a woman found in the snow, nearly dying.
You get to have really divisive moments where you can choose to show your humanity or retain the steely veneer of a professional Valet.
This is a game I would let my kid play to not only allow them an understanding of geography & risk-taking but to give them an understanding of the scope of our world. This is a great, game, maybe not Game of the Year, but a damn good game to sit down and feel the wind in your hair and rekindle the sense of passion one would feel from travel.
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castalyst
( 46.7 hrs on record )
Posted: 2 August
A great game for something I picked up cheaply as part of a Humble Bundle. Nice story with some surprising turns that keep you on your toes. Sometimes emotional, sometimes funny, and delightfully steampunk. Trying to find all the different routes and unlocking every achievement is addicting, although the story does become a bit stale after 5+ replays.
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sapling
( 17.3 hrs on record )
Posted: 1 August
Very engaging and whimsical.
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Most Helpful Reviews  In the past 30 days
3 of 3 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
8.8 hrs on record
Posted: 27 July
80 Days is a fun little game that takes you on a whirlwind of adventure.

PROS:
-Great stories and writing
-Good music
-Simple gameplay
-Fun strategy

CONS:
-Can get a bit repetitive after a while
-Money can be tight
-Could do with a bit more interaction with things (in general)

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The fun part of the game aside from the main adventure is managing the money you have. If times are hard, there are ways to earn cash but of course, that means delays in the trip itself. It's also fun to see where people are in their own journeys and the choice to share your own journey is great.

It's not surprising that the game can eventually become repetitive but there's enough stories to keep it from happening for a while. It would be nice if the development team can update the stories from time to time adding more content but it's already a great game as is.
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3 of 3 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
9.3 hrs on record
Posted: 27 July
A very interactive and engaging spin on the visual novel genre, 80 Days brings a lot of replayability into the mix through the sheer number of possible routes and events you can take in this reimagining of Jules Verne's classic Around the World in 80 Days.

You play as Passepartout, the valet and are charged with planning the journey and scrounging up funds through smart buying and selling of various items across the world. The setting is sort of an alternate history full of steampunk influences and creative vehicle designs. Through the writing you get a very authentic feel of the world, each country having its own history, conflicts, culture and characters.

The sounds of the cities create a vibrant feel contrasting the minimalistic graphic style that leaves much to the imagination. I found it to be very fun and very addictive.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
22.8 hrs on record
Posted: 27 July
I really enjoyed this game. Enough that I also bought it on my phone (but the mobile version sucks when it comes to reliability and usability, don't reccommend it).

Multiple playthroughs and there are some long fun (as well as some very heavy) plot developments in the story. Great fun.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Recommended
36.2 hrs on record
Posted: 26 July
Made out with four different women, turned the tide of a war, found the human race's biggest treasure, solved a murder case and met with my doppelganger in 56 days.
10/10 would go again around the world.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
6.7 hrs on record
Posted: 9 August
Pretty good "choose your own adventure" game.
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1 of 2 people (50%) found this review helpful
Recommended
12.0 hrs on record
Posted: 30 July
For fans of reading and traveling that could be one of the best games ever. Love the whole steampunk feel, the choices and consequences system. Even gave me a lot of ideas on how to plan my next trip :D
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1 of 2 people (50%) found this review helpful
2 people found this review funny
Recommended
16.2 hrs on record
Posted: 20 July
Gone around the world in 80 days. Lost my shoes in India. Smoked opium and lost all our possesions in Hong Kong. Will definitely do it again. 10/10
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186 of 197 people (94%) found this review helpful
31 people found this review funny
Recommended
4.9 hrs on record
Posted: 29 September, 2015
PC port of the mobile game based around the classic story by Jules Verne. A very fun, replayable game. First playthrough took around 2 hours and made it around in 74 days in where I was held captive in Russia, had a Steamboat explode on the Mississippi river and fought and captured Jesse James while traveling across the US. A great steampunk world with plenty of routes and cities to visit. Highly recommended in combination with a glass of scotch and a relaxing evening.
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91 of 96 people (95%) found this review helpful
12 people found this review funny
Recommended
13.0 hrs on record
Posted: 29 September, 2015
One of the best pieces of interactive fiction available. While the character choices are similar to Tell Tale's games in that they effect the tone of the narrative rather than its content there is still mechanically siginifcant enough changes that 80 Days remains engorssing over multiple re-plays and routes.

HINT: The most interesting stories are always slightly out of your way.
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63 of 69 people (91%) found this review helpful
78 people found this review funny
Recommended
2.5 hrs on record
Posted: 14 November, 2015
Have you ever wanted to know what it was like to be a fancy french vallet? No. What if I told you you'd get to travel around the world? Still no? What if I told you you could get kidnapped by a steam punk lion and use the Communist Manifesto as a bludgeoning device? If you say no to that then there is no hope for you.
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