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Free games like Overboard!

Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Overboard!, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.

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Ranked picks

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    Life is Strange - Episode 1 — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange - Episode 1

    Free-to-play alternative to Overboard! — no purchase or trial window. 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 PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Helltaker — Steam game cover

    Helltaker

    Free-to-play alternative to Overboard! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog — Steam game cover

    The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    Free-to-play alternative to Overboard! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Overboard!.

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

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Looker — Steam game cover

    The Looker

    Free-to-play alternative to Overboard! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Overboard!.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Our Life: Beginnings & Always — Steam game cover

    Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    Free-to-play alternative to Overboard! — no purchase or trial window. 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 PlayCasualFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    A Date with Death — Steam game cover

    A Date with Death

    Free-to-play alternative to Overboard! — no purchase or trial window. 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 PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    UNBEATABLE [white label] — Steam game cover

    UNBEATABLE [white label]

    Free-to-play alternative to Overboard! — no purchase or trial window. 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 PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Star Fetchers — Steam game cover

    Star Fetchers

    Free-to-play alternative to Overboard! — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Adventure with Overboard!.

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Blake: The Visual Novel — Steam game cover

    Blake: The Visual Novel

    Free-to-play alternative to Overboard! — no purchase or trial window. 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.

    2021IndieCasualFreeFree to playSimilar games →