Short Games for a Long Flight

Long flights are where offline games earn their place. You can't stream anything, the in-flight entertainment is questionable, and you've got hours to fill.

My packing list usually mixes something calm with something twitchy. FISHIN' FRENZY covers the calm side, and Dust Runner 77 handles the moments I want a quick jolt of speed.

The trick is variety. A single game, no matter how good, gets stale over a six-hour flight. Two or three different genres keep your brain from flatlining.

Download everything the night before and confirm it runs offline. There's nothing worse than opening a game at 30,000 feet and finding it needs to 'sync'.