Comparison

Tideforge Duel vs Overboard!

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

Head to head
About

Tideforge Duel

Features
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Two masters face off across a five-by-five sanctum. Each turn you play a form card, slide one of your pieces, and pass that card to your rival. Capture the enemy Warden, or march your own Warden onto their sanctum to win. Simple to learn, deep to master. Tideforge Duel is a calm, original strategy board game for one or two players. No clutter, no timers, no luck once the cards are dealt. Just you, the board, and the next clever move. TWO WAYS TO WIN Capture the enemy Warden, or walk your Warden onto their glowing sanctum. Every move opens one door and closes another. PLAY YOUR WAY - Solo against an AI with multiple difficulty levels - Online with a friend using a simple six-character room code - Hand an empty seat to the AI any time SHIFTING FORMS The card you play becomes the card your opponent can take next. Reading that exchange is the heart of the duel. SURGE (OPTIONAL) Turn on Surge for one extra twist per duel: a single move using the shared neutral form. Leave it off for the pure classic game. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Wins, losses, win streaks, your fastest victory, and a history of recent duels, all kept privately on your iPhone. BUILT TO RESPECT YOU - No ads - No in-app purchases - No subscriptions - No account required to play solo - Full Dynamic Type, sound, and haptic support Pick up a duel in a minute. Resume an unfinished one any time. Tideforge Duel is the quiet, original two-player strategy game you keep coming back to.

About

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 — up to two moves per turn — 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 — 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 — one phone, two players, zero setup • Play a Friend — Game Center invites, play at your own pace • Ranked Lobby — matched with strangers near your rating, with a full Elo system • Match History — replay any finished game move by move Learn it in two minutes with the built-in guide. Master it never.

Screenshots

Tideforge Duel4 screens
Overboard!2 screens

Verdict

The call

Tideforge Duel and Overboard! are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tideforge Duel versus Overboard!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTideforge DuelOverboard!
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperButtons Technology, LLCSanketh Kamath

In-app purchases

None

Tideforge Duel

No in-app purchases

None

Overboard!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tideforge Duel free?
Tideforge Duel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Overboard! free?
Overboard! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tideforge Duel or Overboard! have ads?
Neither Tideforge Duel nor Overboard! shows ads.

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