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You Must Build A Boat

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App ID 290890
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher EightyEightGames
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29744234
Last Record Update 25 June 2025 – 15:08:09 UTC ()
Release Date 4 June 2015 – 16:35:10 UTC ()
😏 78.16%
1k reviews
3
In-Game

You Must Build A Boat is the sequel to the award winning "10000000". Travel the world, run procedurally generated dungeons finding artifacts, capturing monsters and recruiting crew for your boat

Additional Information

Developer EightyEightGames
metacritic_name You Must Build A Boat
metacritic_score 71
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/you-must-build-a-boat?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher EightyEightGames
Store Release Date 4 June 2015 – 16:35:19 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://x.com/LucaRedwood
Primary Genre RPG (3)
Store Genres Action (1), Casual (4), Indie (23), RPG (3), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 4 June 2015 – 16:35:10 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 30 October 2019 – 12:09:42 UTC () (1572437382)
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review_score 8
review_percentage 82
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • This game supports Steam Deck's native display resolution but does not set it by default and may require you to configure the display resolution manually
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not support cross-platform saved games
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game does not support cross-platform saved games
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 15 November 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 4336617
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs1
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-5
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 25 March 2014 – 21:39:39 UTC (), in changelist #444531

Supported Languages

11 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes

Tags

😌 Casual 3️⃣ Match 3 💡 Strategy 🌱 Indie 💥 Action 🎲 RPG 🧩 Puzzle 👾 Pixel Graphics 👤 Singleplayer 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🏽 2D 👆 Touch-Friendly 👻 Roguelite 👾 Retro 🔄 Replay Value 🎭 Fantasy 👻 Roguelike 🏰 Dungeon Crawler 👪 Family Friendly 😓 Difficult

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Family Sharing

Assets

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Assets
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timestamp30 October 2019 – 12:13:12 UTC
Trailers
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User File System

Key Value
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rootLinuxHome
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platforms/1Linux

Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
MacOS ~/Library/Application Support/unity.eightyeightgames.#ymbab/save *.sav
Windows %USERPROFILE%/AppData/LocalLow/EightyEightGames/_ymbab/save *.sav
Linux ~/.config/unity3d/EightyEightGames/#ymbab *.sav
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