# Games like You Must Build A Boat

> The closest matches to You Must Build A Boat: 10,000,000, PuzzleQuest: Challenge of the Warlords, Ironcast, Puzzle Quest 2, and Dungeon Hearts. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [10,000,000](https://imho.run/games/227580/10-000-000) — Also Touch-Friendly and Match 3, like You Must Build A Boat. 1,268 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/227580/)
2. [PuzzleQuest: Challenge of the Warlords](https://imho.run/games/12500/puzzlequest-challenge-of-the-warlords) — A frequent pick in You Must Build A Boat players' libraries, and another Casual. 705 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/12500/)
3. [Ironcast](https://imho.run/games/327670/ironcast) — Also Match 3 and Rogue-lite, like You Must Build A Boat. 600 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/327670/)
4. [Puzzle Quest 2](https://imho.run/games/47540/puzzle-quest-2) — A frequent pick in You Must Build A Boat players' libraries, and another RPG. 258 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/47540/)
5. [Dungeon Hearts](https://imho.run/games/229520/dungeon-hearts) — A frequent pick in You Must Build A Boat players' libraries, and another Strategy. 199 Steam reviews, 62% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/229520/)
6. [Desktop Dungeons](https://imho.run/games/226620/desktop-dungeons) — Also Rogue-lite, like You Must Build A Boat. 758 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/226620/)
7. [The Legend of Bum-Bo](https://imho.run/games/1148650/the-legend-of-bum-bo) — Also Match 3 and Rogue-lite, like You Must Build A Boat. 3,563 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148650/)
8. [Dungeons & Jewels](https://imho.run/games/2323980/dungeons-jewels) — Also Match 3 and Rogue-lite, like You Must Build A Boat. 82 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2323980/)
9. [Dungeon Drafters](https://imho.run/games/1824580/dungeon-drafters) — Also Rogue-lite, like You Must Build A Boat. 306 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1824580/)
10. [Tomb of Tyrants](https://imho.run/games/340360/tomb-of-tyrants) — Also Match 3, like You Must Build A Boat. 185 Steam reviews, 81% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/340360/)
11. [UFO 50](https://imho.run/games/1147860/ufo-50) — Same retro mood as You Must Build A Boat. 6,366 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/)
12. [Vampire Survivors](https://imho.run/games/1794680/vampire-survivors) — Also Rogue-lite, like You Must Build A Boat. 126,214 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1794680/)
13. [Bejeweled® 3](https://imho.run/games/78000/bejeweled-3) — Also Touch-Friendly and Match 3, like You Must Build A Boat. 3,807 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/78000/)
14. [UnderMine](https://imho.run/games/656350/undermine) — Also Rogue-lite, like You Must Build A Boat. 4,358 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/656350/)
15. [Rogue Waters](https://imho.run/games/1691190/rogue-waters) — Also Rogue-lite, like You Must Build A Boat. 474 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1691190/)
16. [Moons Of Darsalon](https://imho.run/games/1234180/moons-of-darsalon) — A frequent pick in You Must Build A Boat players' libraries, and another Action. 82 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1234180/)
17. [Halls of Torment](https://imho.run/games/2218750/halls-of-torment) — Also Rogue-lite, like You Must Build A Boat. 20,900 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2218750/)
18. [Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes](https://imho.run/games/61700/might-magic-clash-of-heroes) — Shares match 3 puzzle with You Must Build A Boat. 1,040 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/61700/)
19. [Wizorb](https://imho.run/games/207420/wizorb) — Same retro mood as You Must Build A Boat. 411 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/207420/)
20. [Minit](https://imho.run/games/609490/minit) — Same whimsical mood as You Must Build A Boat. 1,082 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/609490/)
21. [CrossCode](https://imho.run/games/368340/crosscode) — Same contemplative mood as You Must Build A Boat. 9,855 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/368340/)
22. [Knights of Pen and Paper +1 Edition](https://imho.run/games/231740/knights-of-pen-and-paper-1-edition) — Also Touch-Friendly, like You Must Build A Boat. 1,163 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/231740/)
23. [Tidalis](https://imho.run/games/40420/tidalis) — A frequent pick in You Must Build A Boat players' libraries, and another Indie. 80 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/40420/)
24. [Into the Breach](https://imho.run/games/590380/into-the-breach) — Also Rogue-lite, like You Must Build A Boat. 12,387 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/590380/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=290890&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=290890&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=290890&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=290890
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/290890
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About You Must Build A Boat

You Must Build A Boat is the sequel to the award winning "10000000". Travel the world, run procedurally generated dungeons finding artifacts, capturing monsters and recruiting crew for your boat

## Game info

- **AppID:** 290890
- **Developer:** EightyEightGames
- **Publisher:** EightyEightGames
- **Genres:** Action, Strategy, Indie, RPG, Casual
- **Categories:** Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Jun 4, 2015
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 71
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/290890/you-must-build-a-boat)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=290890&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/290890/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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