Time Flies

Time Flies is a 2025 puzzle and adventure game developed by Playables and published by Panic.

Players must complete a bucket list of activities against a time limit for each level. The time limit length in seconds is adjusted by players' self-selected countries of origin, correlating to the years of the average human lifetime in that country.

Playing as a housefly, the objective of Time Flies is to complete the items of a bucket list within the fly's lifespan. All items on the list must be completed; when the time limit elapses, the fly dies and the items reset. The game features four levels, with players required to complete all tasks to progress to the next level. The level ends if the timer lapses, or players die from an environmental hazard. Objectives are given vague names, including 'Get Rich', 'Start a Revolution', or 'Go With The Flow', requiring players to explore the level and experiment with objects to identify how to complete them.

The game was developed by Swiss designer and animator Michael Frei and programmer Raphaël Munoz, who expressed interest in creating a game based on interesting bucket lists. Upon release, the game received positive reviews, with critics praising its themes of life and death as impactful and humorous, and enjoyed its visual design and gameplay objectives, although several critiqued its short length.