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Overboard!

Overboard!

GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.

Released Jun 2, 2021 Developer inkle Ltd Platforms Windows · Mac AdventureInteractive FictionDetectivePuzzleChoose Your Own Adventure
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

90.8%positive576 reviews
Recommended · 15 found this helpful

“It's less about deduction and more about bluffing your way through with sheer nerve. A stylish little game of elegant deception and juggling alibis.”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“A cheeky but enjoyable time loop, mystery solving game. The writing itself is fairly mediocre, but it's fun the way the game has pieced together a puzzle out of figuring out which actions to take, where, and in which order. The game leaves a lot of room for improvement, being…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“What a fun choice-based game from Inkle! Solid replay value with a lot of different characters to meet and a variety of endings. A rare game where I put the work into doing all the endings myself rather than watching playthroughs of them, because the game loop was snappy and…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

26achievements
16.2%median completion
6.9%rarest: It's All Over
81.9% of players 71.7% of players 68.9% of players 63.1% of players 49.5% of players 43.0% of players 41.8% of players 35.2% of players 24.4% of players 24.3% of players 23.7% of players 22.4% of players 17.3% of players 16.2% of players 16.0% of players 15.4% of players 15.2% of players 14.0% of players 13.4% of players 12.9% of players 11.8% of players 10.0% of players 8.0% of players 7.9% of players 7.7% of players 6.9% of players 81.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
81.9%Banged Up — Get the killer sent to prison
71.7%Escaped Justice — Allow the killer to escape from justice!
68.9%Hooked Up — Get yourself a nice man
Rarest badges of honor
6.9%It's All Over — All of Malcolm's possessions, into the sea
7.7%Take the House — Clean someone out at cards
7.9%Tornado Protocol — Everything ship-shape in 4 hours or less

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US14.99 USD
EU12.49 EUR
UK11.39 GBP
Australia21.50 AUD
Canada17.49 CAD
Japan1,520 JPY
Brazil28.99 BRL
China50.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$5.7 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$15

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

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May 29, 2025
The History Update

Veronica has more backstory now... so we've added a little colour!

May 29, 2025
Expelled Demo now available!

If you've been considering checking out the new Overboard! game - EXPELLED! - you can now try it for free with the demo ! Verity Amersham is about to have the worst day of her life. She's innocent --

May 07, 2025
Oh no! DEMOnic Malcolm's been EXPELLED from the boat!

It's 1935 and Veronica Villensey is about to be separated from her husband - by a large body of water. It's not the FIRST time she's had to be pushy to get what she wants, of course. It's not the firs

Mar 03, 2025
New Overboard! game incoming!

Prepare yourself for more blackmail, mayhem and manipulation with the next game in the Overboard! franchise, out on March 12th. It's 1922, and Verity Amersham is about to be expelled! from Miss Mullig

Jul 01, 2024
Miss Mulligatawney's School for Promising Girls

When we wrote Overboard! in 2021, we wanted to make a Christie-style detective game that was characterful, funny, puzzley, and quick to get into. No menus, points or systems - just the drama and the d

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Interactive Fiction · Detective · Puzzle · Choose Your Own Adventure · Hand-drawn · Conversation · Dark Comedy · Choices Matter · Female Protagonist · Comedy · Historical (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Spanish - Spain *
ControllerFull support
Achievements26
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.inklestudios.com/overboard
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows XP+ Processor: 2 Ghz with SSE2 instruction set support Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Version 9.0c Storage: 200 MB available space