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Games like Overboard!

If Overboard! is your kind of game, the closest matches are Expelled!, Blake: The Visual Novel and Holy Shift — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark, funny and tense. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About 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.

2021IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 81Windows · macOSby inkle Ltd
Overboard! — Steam game cover
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Bluffing and improvisation matter more than deductionHigh replayability with varied endingsPlay as the killer not the detectiveDarkFunnyTense

Players who liked Overboard! also play

Steam players who put hours into Overboard! also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Expelled!

    WHY THIS

    Shares time management, multiple endings and a tense mood with Overboard!.

    Top pick for Overboard! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Blake: The Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and a whimsical mood with Overboard!.

    Second-strongest match for Overboard! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Overboard!.

    Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.

    2021IndieCasualFreeSteam ↗
  3. Holy Shift

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Overboard! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    This game is a psychological test in which you will face dilemmas that reveal your personality. At the end of it, you will know your psychotype.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Do 11

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Overboard! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    Find a way out of the Do 11 app by doing missions that come from the mysterious Do 11 app. A choice awaits you to solve puzzles and change the fate of the protagonist. Escape the main character from the Do 11 app while savoring a profound worldview and intriguing story. An incredible twist awaits.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Go For A Punch! Saki Sanobashi

    WHY THIS

    Shares branching dialogue, multiple endings and a tense mood with Overboard!.

    Ranked #5 for Overboard! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    Four students find themselves trapped in the restroom of an abandoned school; the door is locked. Without a way of escaping, they can only cling to their remaining shreds of hope or come face to face with their inevitable ruin.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Sarawak

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Overboard! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo

    2021IndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Astrologaster

    WHY THIS

    Shares a funny mood with Overboard!.

    Ranked #7 for Overboard! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    Astrologaster is a comedy game set in Shakespeare’s London. Play as 'Doctor' Simon Forman and treat his patients using astrology. A story-driven adventure based on a truly ridiculous story.

    2019IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Death Trick: Double Blind

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Overboard! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    The star magician of Morgan’s Traveling Circus is missing, but the show must go on! In this non-linear detective visual novel, unravel the mystery from two different perspectives as you learn the varying stories of an entire circus of performers, each with their own lives... and their own secrets.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Overboard!

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. The Intern

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Overboard! cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    The Intern - O Estágio is a platform/action with elements of rpg/jrpg and anime elements, a deep story places the player in the shoes of an aspiring creative lady who will travel through worlds, times and dimensions

    2021ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. The Last Express Gold Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings with Overboard!.

    Reviewers of Overboard! cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with Overboard!.

    Step aboard the 1914 Orient Express in this award-winning mystery adventure from Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner. Described as one of the best adventure games of all time, The Last Express is an intrigue-filled adventure set aboard the luxurious Orient Express.

    2013Adventure6.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Insight

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Overboard! cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Overboard!.

    Guess the rules, divide shapes, solve puzzles. 49 variants with consistent rulessets.

    2021IndieCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Expelled!

    WHY THIS

    Shares time management, multiple endings and a tense mood with Overboard!.

    Reviewers of Overboard! cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Overboard! at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Overboard! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Overboard!.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Overboard! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Overboard!.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Overboard! on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Overboard! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Overboard!.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Overboard! on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Overboard! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Overboard!.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Overboard! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Overboard!.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Overboard! on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Overboard!.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Overboard!.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Overboard!.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Overboard!.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. A Date with Death

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Overboard!.

    Fight against & romance the one hunting for your soul in A Date with Death, a romance chat simulator where you date(?) the Grim Reaper himself. Create your own character, decorate your apartment, and chat away with the charming yet dangerous Grim Reaper through text and video calls.

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from inkle Ltd

Other recommendable Steam games by inkle Ltd, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Heaven's Vault

    WHY THIS

    Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind Overboard!. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    An archaeologist uncovers a lost history in an ancient space Nebula. Award-winning narrative adventure game with hieroglyphic language puzzles, from the creators of 80 DAYS.

    2019IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. 80 Days

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Overboard!.

    Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind Overboard!. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    1872, with a steampunk twist. Phileas Fogg has wagered he can circumnavigate the world in just 80 days. Travel by airship, submarine, mechanical camel, steam-train and more. Race other players and a clock that never stops in TIME Magazine's Game of 2014.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. TR-49

    WHY THIS

    Shares multiple endings and a tense mood with Overboard!.

    Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind Overboard!. Shares Adventure with Overboard!.

    A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.

    2026Adventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind Overboard!. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    An epic adventure in a land of monsters, traps and magic. Journey across the deadly Shamutanti Hills and through Kharé, Cityport of Thieves. Armed with your sword and over fifty spells with weird and wonderful effects, embark on a narrative adventure of a thousand choices where every one is remembered.

    2016IndieAdventureRPG12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. A Highland Song

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Overboard!.

    Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind Overboard!. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    Moira McKinnon is running away. A wild adventure through the Scottish Highlands, with open platforming and dynamic storytelling, maps and music. From the creators of Heaven's Vault and 80 Days.

    2023IndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Expelled!

    WHY THIS

    Shares time management, multiple endings and a tense mood with Overboard!.

    Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind Overboard!. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Pendragon: Narrative Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind Overboard!. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    AD 673. Camelot has fallen. The Round Table must rally to save King Arthur. Narrative strategy game from the creators of 80 DAYS, with elegant tactics and a unique, dynamic story every time you replay.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure16.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Sorcery! Part 3

    WHY THIS

    Shares a tense mood with Overboard!.

    Another title from inkle Ltd, the studio behind Overboard!. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    An epic open-world narrative adventure through a world of monsters, traps and magic. Explore two intermeshed worlds, past and present, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered. Survive, and defeat the Seven Serpents - if you can!

    2016IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Overboard!

Is Overboard! verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Overboard! is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Overboard! cost?
Overboard! is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Overboard!?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Overboard! are Expelled!, Blake: The Visual Novel, Holy Shift.
Who developed Overboard!?
Overboard! was developed by inkle Ltd.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Overboard!.

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