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Games like Overboard!

2021PC, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified90 % positive12.49 €

You play the murderer aboard a 1935 ocean liner and must cover up your crime. Branching choices and repeated playthroughs reveal many different endings in this stylish inverted mystery.

Choices with consequences
Historical setting
Runs that play out differently every time
Strong, story-driven narrative

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In short: Games like Overboard!

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Overboard! special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Best match

Aviary Attorney

93 %Match

2015PC94 % positive14.99 €

A courtroom adventure in the style of Ace Attorney where you play a bird lawyer in 19th-century France, investigating cases and defending clients. Its art mimics Grandville-style illustrations with animal characters, mixing humor with branching story paths.

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We. The Revolution

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You play a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal in Paris during the French Revolution, weighing evidence, balancing factions and trying to avoid the guillotine yourself. Interrogations, clues and morally heavy verdicts drive a tense, comic-styled courtroom drama.

The Rise of the Golden Idol

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80 Days

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