Overboard!
- Developer
- inkle
- Publisher
- inkle
- Released
- 02 June 2021
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £11.39
Platforms: PC, macOS, Nintendo Switch
Genres: point and click , adventure , indie , visual novel
July, 1935. A murder has been committed aboard the SS Hook, eight hours out from New York. Only one problem: you did it. Can you get away with murder?
Best gaming PC for Overboard! in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Overboard! today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by inkle on Steam. They tend to be conservative, usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows XP+ | Windows XP+ |
| CPU | 2 Ghz with SSE2 instruction set support | 4 Ghz with SSE2 instruction set support |
| RAM | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| GPU | Version 9.0c | Version 9.0c |
| Storage | 0.2 GB | 0.2 GB |
| DirectX | Not stated | Not stated |
Verified 23 August 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Overboard!?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to 4 Ghz with SSE2 instruction set support and your GPU is at or above Version 9.0c, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, look at the tier picks above.