You Must Build a Boat

Platforms

• PC

  Jun 4, 2015

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  NA

  playscore

  NA

  0 Critics

  8.1

  702 Players
• Android

  Jun 4, 2015

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  8.4

  playscore

  8.4

  3 Critics

  9.0

  10.1K Players
• iOS

  Jun 4, 2015

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  8.5

  playscore

  8.3

  9 Critics

  9.2

  1.16K Players

14 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms

Critic Reviews

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  MiniReview

  7.0

  You Must Build A Boat is a sequel to 10000000 – a match-3 puzzle game where we traverse infinite dungeons to gain the experience and resources needed to upgrade our character and enter even harder dungeons.

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  Destructoid

  7.0

  The short round length and simple, lizard-brain gameplay makes it ideal for either the commute or the commode. Dedicating more attention to it than that may prove to be a bit tedious (not least because of the simple, repetitive music) and the design lends itself far better to touch controls for mobile devices than a mouse, so your better bet is to grab it on the phone and take it with you places.

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  PC Gamer

  7.5

  Each round of You Must Build A Boat is short, but I always get at least a bit of gold, or some of the other resources necessary to keep my aquatic menagerie growing. I keep wanting to go back for more in the same way I always want another cookie, and that’s an impulse I distrust. It’s not a feeling unique to this game, but it’s there and it’s dragged me back for so many hours I experienced a version of the Tetris Effect–when everything in your house starts to seem like it belongs at one end, lined up in neat rows.

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  Android Rundown

  9.0

  It’s a simple looking game, and that definitely increases its allure. As a game that combines elements, it manages to not get too convoluted, and makes for a fun game that can be appreciated across generations.

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  Game Informer

  9.0

  Despite the slight drop-off toward the end and the low replay value, You Must Build a Boat is a great experience while it lasts. For a good six to nine hours, building a boat will indeed become the most important task in your life. Touch-controlled tile sliding feels responsive, and the tiles clear quickly. Your addiction to this game will burn white hot for a couple days, then drop off after completion.

  Reviewed on PC, iOS
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  148Apps

  9.0

  You Must Build A Boat improves upon 10000000's originally fantastic match-three formula in almost every way imaginable.

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  Gamezebo

  9.0

  But all combined, YMBAB is the definitive way to play EightyEight Games’ unique puzzle-RPG-runner, and a notable advancement from the already great 10000000. We gained our freedom, we built a boat, and until another entry in another three years, we will gladly build a boat again and again.

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  Game Mob

  9.1

  Although the gameplay itself is extremely fun, the concept of the “boat” is the core element of the game. It doesn’t entirely make sense, but it’s goofy in a fun sort of way. As you progress, your boat will collect the monsters, recruit friends, and build up a massive boat in which you can’t help but feel like Noah and his arc.

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  Touch Arcade

  10

  It's the kind of game that makes you wish someone would invent more efficient batteries so that you didn't have to stop playing for a few seconds to plug a cord into the wall. Now, if you'll excuse me. I must build a boat.

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  Pocket Tactics

  10

  You Must Build A Boat is such a rare combination of frenetic speed and methodical planning that its closest relative might be Dark Souls. There’s very little else like it on mobile, and it’s an entirely worthy successor to 10000000.

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