Overboard!
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?
Overboard! is an adventure developed by inkle, released 2 June 2021 on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and Mac.
What Overboard! is
Overboard! is an adventure game developed by inkle and released in 2021. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
July, 1935. Wealthy Malcolm Villensey’s fortune has been wiped out overnight. He and his starlet wife, Veronica, have escaped aboard the SS Hook for a new life in America—but Mrs. Villensey has other plans. And one little push is all it takes. - The clock is ticking. In eight hours the boat will dock and you’ll need to answer for Malcolm’s whereabouts. - No crime is perfect. There are always witnesses. But how will you find out who saw what, without giving the game away? - No one is innocent. Every passenger has something to hide. Can you turn their secrets to your advantage? - Suicide isn’t enough. Malcolm had a generous life insurance policy, but you can only claim the cash by framing…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Overboard! holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Overboard! launched on 2 June 2021, within three weeks of Biomutant, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Biomutant, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Overboard! yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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