Assimilax vs Overboard!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Assimilax
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Assimilax is a game of quiet conquest: spread your colour across a hex board, one pastel orb at a time, until everything on it is yours. Each turn you do exactly one thing. Pick an orb and either CLONE it to a neighbouring hex (the original stays) or JUMP it two hexes across the board (it moves). Either way, every enemy orb touching where you land is ASSIMILATED ā quietly flipped to your colour. That's the whole game. No timers rushing you, no menus to wade through ā just you, a hex grid, and a slow, satisfying tide of colour spreading across it. Under the soft palette is a real strategy game: ⢠40 hand-built levels and a gentle tutorial, laid out as concentric rings on a hex map. Start at the centre and climb outward. ⢠3 boss battles gate the rings. ⢠6 playable orbs, each with a special power that charges as you play: Coral's Embrace, Azure's Flow, Sage's Root, Honey's Glow, Lavender's Drift and Stone's Anchor. Time one right and the whole board tips your way. ⢠Three difficulties. Easy plays loose and forgiving; Normal keeps you honest; Hard thinks a move ahead and never blinks. Lives and continues soften the fall ā or don't, on Hard. ⢠A global leaderboard ā leave your three letters at the top. Everything is tuned for calm: soft pastels, a chill soundtrack, unhurried animations. Pick it up for one quick level, or lose an evening climbing the rings. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account. Works offline. Just a board to take, one orb at a time.
Overboard!
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Two moves. One push. No mercy. Overboard! is a fast, brutal two-player abstract strategy game. Slide your pieces into position ā up to two moves per turn ā then shove. Force any one of your opponent's pieces off the board and you win on the spot. Simple rules, deep tactics: ⢠Squares move and push. Rounds only move ā but they block like champions. ⢠Every turn MUST end with a push. Run out of pushes and you lose. ⢠After you push, the anchor locks your piece in place: no immediate counter-shove. ⢠Rails guard the sides. The ends are open water. WAYS TO PLAY ⢠Pass & Play ā one phone, two players, zero setup ⢠Play a Friend ā Game Center invites, play at your own pace ⢠Ranked Lobby ā matched with strangers near your rating, with a full Elo system ⢠Match History ā replay any finished game move by move Learn it in two minutes with the built-in guide. Master it never.
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The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Assimilax at 15.1 against Overboard!'s 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Assimilax | Overboard! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod ā better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aidan Quigley | Sanketh Kamath |
In-app purchases
Assimilax
No in-app purchases
Overboard!
No in-app purchases









