You Must Build a Boat

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• macOS
• Linux
• Android

Genres

• puzzle video game

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Casual^*
• Indie^*
• RPG^*
• Strategy^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Italian^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• German^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Japanese^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Korean^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Portuguese - Brazil^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Russian^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Simplified Chinese^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Traditional Chinese^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Spanish - Spain^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• French^*
• Italian^*
• German^*
• Japanese^*
• Korean^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Russian^*
• Simplified Chinese^*
• Traditional Chinese^*
• Spanish - Spain^*

Community tags · historical

• Casual^*

  Votes · historical

  51^*

• Match 3^*

  Votes · historical

  49^*

• Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  42^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  41^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  39^*

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  38^*

• Puzzle^*

  Votes · historical

  37^*

• Pixel Graphics^*

  Votes · historical

  32^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  17^*

• 2D^*

  Votes · historical

  14^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  14^*

• Touch-Friendly^*

  Votes · historical

  13^*

• Rogue-lite^*

  Votes · historical

  13^*

• Retro^*

  Votes · historical

  12^*

• Replay Value^*

  Votes · historical

  12^*

• Dungeon Crawler^*

  Votes · historical

  11^*

• Family Friendly^*

  Votes · historical

  11^*

• Rogue-like^*

  Votes · historical

  11^*

• Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  10^*

• Difficult^*

  Votes · historical

  10^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows XP^*

  Processor alternatives

  Core2Duo^*

  Memory

  1 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  OpenGL 2.0 compatible video card with 256 MB shared or dedicated RAM (ATI or NVIDIA)^*

  Graphics API

  Version 9.0c^*

  Storage

  150 MB available space^*

• Linux · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit or Ubuntu 12.10 32-bit^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.6GHz single core^*

  Memory

  1 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  OpenGL 2.0 compatible video card with 256 MB shared or dedicated RAM (ATI or NVIDIA)^*

  Storage

  150 MB available space^*

• macOS · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  OSX 10.5^*

  Processor alternatives

  Core2Duo^*

  Memory

  1 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  OpenGL 2.0 compatible video card with 256 MB shared or dedicated RAM (ATI or NVIDIA)^*

  Storage

  150 MB available space^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Memory

  2 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  Core2Duo^*

  Graphics alternatives

  OpenGL 2.0 compatible video card with 256 MB shared or dedicated RAM (ATI or NVIDIA)^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  2 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

Developers

• EightyEight Games
• EightyEightGames^*

Publishers

• EightyEight Games
• EightyEightGames^*

• 2015-06-04

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2015-06-04 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2015-06-04^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Jun 4, 2015^*

Detailed specifications