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You Must Build A Boat

Match-three puzzle runs through battles as you build a boat

EightyEightGames · Released Jun 4, 2015

ActionCasualIndieRPGStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
81% of 885
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
1
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
6 years ago
Nov 15, 2019
Minimum PC
OpenGL 2.0 compatible wit…
1 GB RAM · 0.2 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 71/100 (critic reviews)

What is You Must Build A Boat?

In this single-player match-three puzzle game, you work toward building a boat and recruiting a crew. During repeated runs, you slide rows or columns of tiles to match swords for attacks and keys to open chests while your character moves right. You can take on several quests at once and upgrade a magic staff.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy match-three combat with incremental upgrades
  • +you like taking on multiple quests for added difficulty

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer untimed puzzles you can solve slowly
  • −you dislike making repeated attempts to reach a goal

What players say

81% of 885 reviews are positive

Players praise its suitability for short sessions and say they keep coming back to the puzzle battles. They complain that matches can feel too dependent on luck and that some tile types are hard to distinguish.

How many players finish You Must Build A Boat?

20% of Steam players have unlocked «Cyclical», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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You Must Build A Boat system requirements

Minimum: OpenGL 2.0 compatible wit…, 1 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Windows XP
Processor
Core2Duo
Graphics
OpenGL 2.0 compatible video card with 256 MB shared or dedicated RAM (ATI or NVIDIA)
Memory
1 GB RAM
Storage
150 MB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0c

Recommended

OS
Windows 7
Processor
Core2Duo
Graphics
OpenGL 2.0 compatible video card with 256 MB shared or dedicated RAM (ATI or NVIDIA)
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
2 GB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0c

Does You Must Build A Boat have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does You Must Build A Boat run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • The native resolution is not the default one
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • Cloud saves are not shared across platforms

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
12
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain.

Does You Must Build A Boat use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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