Overboard! is a reverse murder mystery narrative game from Inkle studios the creators of 80 days where the goal is to get away with the murder of your husband. I saw a lot of high praise for this when it released including a 5 star review on adventure gamers so I thought I should at least check it out. I do think the concept is neat with having to replay the story learning things from your different playthroughs to help you reach the end of the trip without getting caught.


Each playthrough is pretty quick with the option to skip dialogue you've seen before so experimentation is not punished too much. There are quite a few different outcomes, but after I'd reached the end without getting caught I didn't feel very compelled to try to get see all the different endings. I'm not sure why I didn't enjoy this game as much as everyone else. I guess I just wasn't that interested in the characters. 3.5/5