80 Days

Humble Bundle had (and still has) an intriguing little trio of games available for whatever minimal price you want to pay. This one's a fun little text-based adventure game that takes all of an hour and change to beat. It's based on the Jules Verne novel and the goal is, of course, to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days or fewer. I ended up doing it in 62 days on my first playthrough, and easily could have done it in 50 or fewer but decided to waste a lot of time dicking around once I was within reach of London. It's really not that hard, and I liked doing it just enough to justify spending pocket change and ninety minutes on the experience. There's plenty of replay value here - so many cities to visit, and so much text to read - but I'm not sure how quickly I'll return to this well. Apparently the world record for this three-year-old game is 26 days, and fans are still finding new ways to tie it and hoping to beat it. Easter eggs abound, as do steampunk elements, and allegedly there's a way to go straight through the center of the earth at some point. Fans have also made their own records and contests - who can return to London having visited the most cities? Who can return to London having amassed the most money? I don't have a ton else to say about it, really - plenty fun, extremely simple and straightforward. What else do you want?