Comparison

Overboard! vs Boxville

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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?

Highlights
  • Interactive narrative choices
  • Dynamic story world simulation
  • Time-sensitive gameplay
  • Character relationships and betrayal
  • High replayability
  • Multiple endings
Features
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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?

About

Boxville

This animated adventure puzzle game features speechless cans navigating a city of boxes. Solve logic puzzles and riddles, explore a charming world, and uncover the mystery behind earthquakes. Enjoy a unique audio-visual experience, playable solo or with a friend.

Highlights
  • Animated film and puzzle game hybrid
  • Hand-drawn graphics and custom animations
  • Environmental quests and logical puzzles
  • Unique music for each scene
  • Wordless communication via speech bubbles
  • Playable solo or co-op
Features
Currently charting
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Boxville is 2-in-1: an animated film and a puzzle game. Boxville is an adventure puzzle game about speechless cans living in the city of boxes and drawing doodles on cardboards to tell the stories. Boxville is good for playing alone to dive into the atmosphere and challenge your brain with sophisticated logic puzzles and riddles, or playing with a friend or family to share unique audio-visual experiences and solve the puzzles together. Design The core idea of the game is that it’s not just a game - but also an animated film that you can watch and play at the same time. We designed Boxville’s gameplay with the purpose of taking away your anxiety and stress. You can explore and observe the world without rushing and pressure. The game is full of environmental quests and logical puzzles that we have carefully picked from among hundreds of options. Story Boxville is a city of boxes populated with old cans. They live quiet and happy lives with their everyday routines and habits. But one day, unexplained earthquakes disturbed their idyll... Blue Can (our hero) lost his best friend because of that. He started his search but it is not so easy to move through the city after earthquakes. He has to find a way to move forward, return the friend back home and discover the real reason for all those earthquakes. There are many adventures, new friends and it’s not only friends that are waiting for him on the way. He has to be curious, inventive, careful, and to help others, to reach his goal. What you can expect to see and hear in Boxville: - Hand-drawn graphics — all backgrounds and characters are carefully drawn by our artists. - Every animation and sound is created especially for each interaction. - Unique music track was created for every scene to accomplish the atmosphere of the game. - Tens of logical puzzles and mini-games are tightly incorporated into the story of the game. - There are no words in the game — all characters communicate via cartoony speechbubbles.

Screenshots

Overboard!4 screens
Boxville4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Boxville at 4.7 against Overboard!'s 4.5. Boxville also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 62%) and chart position (#135 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Overboard! costs $5.99 and Boxville $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Boxville holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 210 and 773 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Overboard!'s written reviews are positive against 78% of Boxville's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Overboard! ships an update every 10 days, Boxville every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Overboard! versus Boxville: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOverboard!Boxville
Price$5.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.5 (210 ratings)4.7 (773 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews78.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings210773 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#135 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB1.2 GB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperinkleTriomatica Games

Customer experience

Overboard!

All ratings209 ratings
Positive86.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative30.9%

Boxville

All ratings755 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.0%
Negative13.7%

User reviews

Overboard!

From 210 App Store ratings

What 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

Boxville

From 773 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Enjoyable puzzles
  • 🎨 Beautiful art and animation
  • 🎶 Lovely music
  • 🧠 Challenging but logical puzzles
  • 🤗 Charming characters and story

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Short game length
  • 🔍 Tiny inventory items hard to see
  • 🤯 Some puzzles too obscure
  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🤖 Lack of hint system or ability to skip puzzles

Bugs and requests

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

Boxville

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Progress reset after updates
  • Inventory items disappearing
  • Puzzle mechanics not working as expected

Requested features

4 requests
  • Longer game with more content
  • Ability to use stylus/Apple Pencil
  • Improved save/load system
  • In-game hints or ability to skip puzzles

In-app purchases

None

Overboard!

No in-app purchases

None

Boxville

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Overboard! free?
Overboard! costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Boxville free?
Boxville costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Overboard! or Boxville?
Boxville is rated higher. Overboard! averages 4.5 out of 5 from 210 ratings, while Boxville averages 4.7 from 773 ratings.
Do Overboard! or Boxville have ads?
Neither Overboard! nor Boxville shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Overboard! or Boxville?
Overboard! ships an update every 10 days, and Boxville every 9 days. Most recently, Overboard! was updated on October 29, 2026 and Boxville on October 30, 2026.

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