Afterplace vs Overboard!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Afterplace
Embark on an open-world adventure on your mobile device, exploring a vast landscape filled with hidden secrets, treasures, and quirky characters. Engage in combat, uncover mysteries, and forge your own path through a world without waypoints.
- Open world exploration
- Hidden secrets and treasures
- Combat with monsters
- Interactive characters
- No virtual buttons
- Dynamic control adaptation
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An open world adventure game filled with silly characters and terrible secrets. Afterplace is an adventurous indie game for mobile devices. It's a huge open world, full of hidden secrets, treasures, and creatures. You'll run around the woods, fight monsters, and talk to ostensibly shady characters! All from your pocket! Be warned though - you never know what the forest might be hiding, and not all trails are paved. Labyrinths and dungeons are tucked away in the most concealed nooks. There are no waypoints in Afterplace. You'll have to forge your own path. Afterplace has been designed from the ground up to be a fast, fluid, beautiful experience for mobile. There are no virtual buttons. You can move and attack by touching anywhere. You can tap objects directly to interact or attack, use two thumbs like a traditional controller, or control the game with a physical gamepad. The game will adapt dynamically to your play style. Pick up and set down the game at your own pace, it will always save your progress. Afterplace is made to feel like a full-fledged indie adventure game that fits in your pocket. About the Author: Afterplace is made by one person, Evan Kice. A former software engineer from Austin TX, Evan quit his job (to the dismay of his friends and family) and has been working full time on Afterplace since early 2019. The initial game released in December of 2022, but Evan plans on continuing to support and polish the game when he can!
Overboard!
In this interactive narrative game, you play as a murderer aboard a ship with only eight hours to escape justice. Navigate a dynamic story world, make crucial choices, and use your cunning to frame someone else for the crime. Can you get away with murder?
- Interactive narrative choices
- Dynamic story world simulation
- Time-sensitive gameplay
- Character relationships and betrayal
- High replayability
- Multiple endings
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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? GAMEPLAY Blackmail a spy. Fall in love. Murder a rival. Cheat at cards. Drug a witness. Lie, befriend, betray, console, sneak, seduce, steal, borrow, pray, eavesdrop, kill... There are clues, evidence, suspects, accusations, secrets and lies. You’ll need all your cunning, coercion and charisma to ensure that someone else takes the fall. DYNAMIC NARRATIVE CLOCKWORK * Next-gen visual novel: go where you want, when you want, and say what you want * Simulated story-world: other characters move and act independently, remember everything they see and hear - and everything you do * Every minute counts: you have eight hours to escape justice. Time is always ticking! * Who can you trust? Some characters are friendly, and some are out to get you. Who will you befriend? Who will you betray? Built using the award-winning ink narrative engine, Overboard!'s narrative twists itself around every choice you make. Play once for a thrill, or multiple times to uncover all the secrets and achieve an ideal ending. HIGHLY REPLAYABLE One play-through lasts about 30 - 45 minutes, but achieving the perfect crime run will take a lot longer... CAN YOU GET AWAY WITH MURDER?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Afterplace at 94% against Overboard!'s 62%. Afterplace also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.5) and device support (5 vs 3). Overboard!'s advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and price ($5.99 vs $6.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Afterplace costs $6.99 and Overboard! $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Afterplace holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 627 and 209 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Afterplace's written reviews are positive against 62% of Overboard!'s.
Afterplace ships an update monthly, Overboard! every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Afterplace | Overboard! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $5.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (627 ratings) — better | 4.5 (209 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better | 61.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 627 — better | 209 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #48 — better | #184 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 249 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Evan Kice | inkle |
Customer experience
Afterplace
Overboard!
User reviews
Afterplace
From 627 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 👍 Charming characters and dialogue
- 🎨 Beautiful pixel art and visuals
- 🎶 Excellent soundtrack
- 💡 Unique story and world-building
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or performance issues
- 🔍 Lack of a map or quest log can lead to getting lost
- 🔍 Some plot points not fully explained
- 🔍 Limited weapon/item variety
Overboard!
From 209 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Excellent art style and visual design
- ✍️ Well-written dialogue and compelling narrative
- 🔄 High replayability with multiple endings and branching paths
- 🧩 Clever puzzle design requiring strategic thinking
- 😄 Entertaining and humorous gameplay
Room to improve
- ⏱️ Very short gameplay duration (10-30 minutes per playthrough)
- 🔋 High battery consumption and device overheating
- 💰 Expensive for the amount of content ($5.99)
- 🔁 Repetitive dialogue and scenes across playthroughs
- 📖 Excessive dialogue and text
Bugs and requests
Afterplace
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on certain devices
- Saves not loading properly
Requested features
3 requests- Landscape mode support
- Ability to restart or replay the game
- More in-depth combat and progression systems
Overboard!
Reported bugs
6 issues- Game crashes during gameplay
- Sound/audio not working despite volume settings
- Text cutoff and display issues
- Excessive battery drain and device overheating
- iOS 12 compatibility issues on older devices
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- Achievement tracking not visible on iOS version
Requested features
11 requests- Chinese language support
- Additional maps or story expansions
- Sequel or spin-off content
- Save game functionality for multiple players
- Undo button for easier optimization
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- Full voice acting for all dialogue
- Interactive backgrounds and rooms
- Larger font size option
- Complete sound mute option
- Achievement tracking visibility on iOS
- More varied endings and story paths
In-app purchases
Afterplace
No in-app purchases
Overboard!
No in-app purchases









