You Must Build A Boat overview

Overview

You Must Build A Boat comes from EightyEightGames and is published by EightyEightGames. It arrived on Steam on Jun 4, 2015, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

You Must Build A Boat's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 2 players at 4 October 2026 - 11:12:42 UTC, with a tracked peak near 12. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 82% positive across 1,081 reviews.

Language and system requirements

You Must Build A Boat is available in 11 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

You Must Build A Boat has sold up to 78,851 units and has 835 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $254,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

You Must Build A Boat overview details

You Must Build A Boat combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Join us on Discord About the Game You must build a boat. You must spring out of bed. You must bargain with the lizardman. You must heed your undead navigators. You must slide rows or columns of tiles on a 6x8 grid. You must match at least 3. You must run to the right. You must focus intently on 2 areas of the screen simultaneously. You must match keys to unlock chests and swords to attack. You must literally collect your thoughts and trade them for dragons. You must not dally. You must not be too hasty. You must voluntarily ramp up the difficulty by taking on multiple quests at once. You must incrementally reach your goals. You must build a boat. You must try again. You must try again x5. You must win every time, even when you don’t. You must remain optimistic. You must upgrade your magic staff. You must occasionally stop playing to allow for your hand to uncramp. You must take credit for random chain combos you made no effort to arrange. You must trust a blue bean man to make dangerous investments with your money. You must forget about the blue bean man. You must mind the asp. You must reconcile that despite the game’s title, you begin your journey in possession of what is, in no uncertain terms, already a boat. You must build a boat. You must go all-in on the retro aesthetic. You must trade junk for gold with the voidorb. You must pray for salt. You must consume fish and tomatoes for time. You must venture through hell. You must disarm traps like your life depends on it. You must make an offering at the chapel. You must rally the Fantasy Union and the Undead Buddies to…

SteamPulse editorial summary

You Must Build A Boat is listed as a game with $4.99. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Casual, Indie, RPG, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 2 players at 4 October 2026 - 11:12:42 UTC, a tracked peak of 12, and 82% positive reviews.

Overview tags

CasualMatch 3StrategyIndieActionRPGPuzzlePixel GraphicsSingleplayer2DGreat SoundtrackTouch-FriendlyRogue-liteRetroReplay Value

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