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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

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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.

Mid-tier

£1,299

1440p · 60fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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High-end

£1,799

1440p · 144fps

CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
RAM
32 GB
Storage
2TB NVMe SSD
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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

Verified 18 May 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, see the tier picks above.

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