The best tablet and laptop games to play while travelling

Long flights or road trips are the worst part of any holiday, but gamers have a solution to the boredom of travelling.

Thanks to advances in mobile computing and the increasing power of laptops and tablets, it is now easier than ever to take fully-fledged games with your on your travels.

So the next time you have a long flight ahead, pack your laptop and a couple of good games to make your trip far more bearable.

Here are our picks for the best games you can play on your laptop or tablet while travelling:

Civilization V

Sid Meier’s Civilization V is a no-brainer for extended trips, offering almost infinite play time and a variety of graphics options which allow you can run it on any Windows laptop or tablet.

Cities Skylines

While there are other city-building titles I could wholeheartedly recommend, Cities Skylines is the most universally-enjoyed, modern, and comprehensive city builder available, and its system requirements are low enough to run on a low-end laptop or tablet.

Hearthstone

Hearthstone is an inevitable choice for mobile gaming, as it is available on most platforms and offers a great deal of depth and replayability, but its online features means it is not always suitable for all types of travel.

FTL

Faster Than Light (FTL) is an indie ship management title that offers surprising amounts of fun gameplay coupled with lightweight graphics and system requirements.

Stardew Valley

Also boasting a simplistic art style and low system requirements, Stardew Valley is a beloved indie game which recreates the atmosphere and gameplay of Harvest Moon with its own special twist.

Shadowrun Returns

For the role-playing fans whose laptops can’t run The Witcher 3 at more than 5 frames-per-second, Shadowrun Returns is a detailed cyberpunk isometric role-playing game which can easily run on both Windows and Android devices, making it the perfect travelling companion.

RimWorld

RimWorld combines the core concept of Dwarf Fortress with lightweight, charming aesthetics and complex gameplay to create an infinitely-replayable sandbox that can run on almost any Windows device.