Platforms
- PCSep 20, 2019NAplayscoreNA2 CriticsNA0 Players
- PCSep 20, 2019NAplayscoreNA2 CriticsNA0 Players
- Nintendo SwitchJun 02, 2021NAplayscore8.510 CriticsNA0 Players
- iOSJun 02, 20218.4playscore8.73 Critics8.8165 Players
19 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- Overboard! is simply an incredible puzzle-box of a game. The ship’s small size and the limited timeframe for events hide tremendous content and depth. Uncovering all the secrets of the passengers for your own ends will require careful observation, repetition, and smart choices.
Jonathan Logan · May 12, 2022 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Inkle Studios' Overboard won't be every gamer and why should it be? If you're the type who likes to take a more relaxed approach to their gaming and don't mind reading then Overboard is a solid game choice! You as the player make your own choices and choose your own actions to drive the story down different paths. A lot of the fun is based on playing a detective's nemesis where you're trying to outwit other characters to get away with murder!
Scott Jeslis · Jul 19, 2021 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - This is a relatively short game. You might run through it thirty times, but many of those will take ten to fifteen minutes. Others might take thirty minutes to an hour on the long end, but this is an appetizer, the sort of game to be savored over a long weekend rather than obsessed over for months. That’s not a slight. That weekend will be filled with fascinating twists, especially considering you know from the very start what actually happened. Overboard! is a wonderful voyage, well worth your time. Just make sure you don’t go over the rail yourself.
Andrew Thornton · Jul 07, 2021 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Overboard! is one of the year’s most delightful surprises so far, a terrific reverse murder mystery with several twists and turns around every corner, and one that can still put up a notable challenge as you try to figure out every possible step towards getting Veronica off the hook and on the path to a life of luxury instead. A mix of sharp writing, clever puzzles and simple yet effective gameplay results in a killer experience that will leave you coming back for more.
Kyle LeClair · Jul 02, 2021 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Overboard is brilliantly written, with believable dialogue and bewitching characters. The art style is gorgeous and matched perfectly with a swing-influenced soundtrack that grounds the game in the 1930s setting. The way the story twists around your decisions is spectacular and a perfect example of how a visual novel can capture you over and over again.
Kirstie Summers · Jun 21, 2021 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Overboard! focuses instead on the minutiae of a single day, and the intricacies of interaction. It's a glorious study in how to create a delicate Rube Goldberg machine of dialogue and dependencies, as a cast of mostly terrible people waltz around each other with ulterior motives and pre-existing feelings about everything, including our Veronica and dear, departed Malcolm. It's excellent: play it.
Kate Gray · Jun 20, 2021 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Overboard!, like some of the best adventure games, makes a complicated world out of what initially seems to be a very compact space. A puzzle box that gives back as much as you’re willing to put in. That it’s all handled with inkle’s usual flourish only makes it all the better.
Shaun Musgrave · Jun 15, 2021 Reviewed on iOSRead full review - Given its simplicity, and the fact it was developed in just a few months, it’s surprising just how good Overboard! is. A couple of disjointed transitions aside, the game is exhilarating, frequently funny, and addictive thanks to its all-round style (text and visual), and insistence that players embrace deliciously, strategic wickedness.
Noelle Adams · Jun 15, 2021 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Overboard! is an excellent exploration of the whodunit genre that is both grounded and willing to do whatever it likes. This, in turn, makes it incredibly likable.
James Bentley · Jun 10, 2021 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Overboard! is a great game for anyone who has played a previous inkle title and liked it. The characters are fun, the lines of dialogue are well-written, the possibilities are all interesting. Veronica manages to be sympathetic despite being all too capable of murder.
Cosmin Vasile · Jun 09, 2021 Reviewed on PCRead full review
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JULY, 1935. A MURDER HAS BEEN COMMITTED aboard the SS Hook, eight hours out from New York. Only one problem: you did it. Can you get away with murder? GAMEPLAY Blackmail a spy. Fall in love. Murder a rival. Cheat at cards. Drug a witness. Lie, befriend, betray, console, sneak, seduce, steal, borrow, pray, eavesdrop, kill... There are clues, evidence, suspects, accusations, secrets and lies. You’ll need all your cunning, coercion and charisma to ensure that someone else takes the fall.
Developer: Inkle