You Must Build A Boat

Buy82%

Very Positive · 1k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

EightyEightGames · Casual · Jun 4, 2015

Player review score
82%
Very Positive
Price
$4.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
12
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
11
Full audio11 of 11
Subtitles11 of 11

Should I buy You Must Build A Boat?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 105 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 34 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Story: 32 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
27% of themes are praise46% are divided27% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
105 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
If you like match games, RPG-lite elements, grinding, and retro pixel-style graphics, then you will enjoy this game.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
If you want a fun puzzle game, dungeon crawler-esque, with terribly-awesome 8-bit-esque graphics, look no further.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
In final, a cheap game with a catchy soundtrack, which entertained me with the odd chuckle and smirk here and there.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay105 reviews
Graphics28 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Divided opinion
Combat
78% still recommend
Bugs
0% still recommend
Characters
50% still recommend
Linux compatibility
33% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
33% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
65% still recommend
Story
75% still recommend
Interface
44% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$4.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $4.99

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