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Overboard cover art

Overboard

Jack Southard · Trass Games · 2019-09-20

Steam

ActionFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Sep 20, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 20, 2019 (Oculus VR), TBD (SteamVR)

A ridiculous VR game about fighting bloodthirsty and increasingly deadly sharks using makeshift weapons. Elevate the battle from the open ocean to the skies, and even into space! The sharks will stop at nothing to devour a tasty human.

Overboard is a 2019 Action, Free To Play and Indie game priced at free-to-play, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a Positive review sentiment (97% of 34 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-30

97%
positive of 34 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

Sharks are scary, even without jetpacks and frickin’ lasers. Conquer your fear by fending off masses of bloodthirsty sharks. Enjoy the satisfying carnage that somehow manages to get even more overboard by the minute.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 26,311 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820192026Week of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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Players also track

Neighbors: Suburban WarfareLost LivesMariam GameBRUTALISTICK VR

Similarity via IGDB.

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