You Must Build A Boat: iPhone vs Android
You Must Build A Boat by EightyEight Games LTD is on both the App Store and Google Play. Here are both versions together: downloads, users, revenue, ratings and chart positions, store by store with totals.
Rating
4.9 ★
13k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#10
Android · 
Family Paid
Family PaidMeasured
You Must Build A Boat at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Match-3 Pixel Fantasy short sessions Premium
#endless runner #puzzle #arcade #retro #single player #casual
App Store
App details
App ID
811397653
Publisher
EightyEight Games LTD
Publisher country
United Kingdom
On the store since
Jun 2015
11 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 9.0+
iPhone 4s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase · Game Center
Content rating
4+
Languages
11
EN FR DE IT JA KO PT RU ZH ES ZH
Size
120 MB
Also listed in
Action, Roleplaying
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.eightyeightgames.ymbab
Publisher
EIGHTYEIGHT GAMES LTD
Publisher country
United Kingdom
Content rating
Everyone
You Must Build A Boat downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone | 10+ | 50k+ |
| Google Play | 10+ | 100k+ Measured |
| Total | 50+ Confidence | 100k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
iPhone: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where You Must Build A Boat's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Business model: Ad-led
How You Must Build A Boat makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Ads · 14 ad networks
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.8 ★ | 1.9k |
| Google Play | 4.9 ★ | 11k 803 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.9 ★ weighted by ratings | 13k |
What users say about You Must Build A Boat
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (62% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and being hard to use. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Fun: “This is s Super fun games”
- Ease of use: “It’s simple, but still entertaining”
- Features & content: “I've started it over twice now to play at harder levels”
- Speed & performance: “This game is difficult and fast paced”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “You must not waste your money”
- Ease of use: “It’s a simple matching puzzle with some fluff thrown in to make you feel as if you are upgrading and getting better”
About You Must Build A Boat
" * * * * * - A truly superb mash-up of match-three and endless runner that’s unique on mobile and thoroughly addictive. Buy it" - Stuff Magazine
" * * * * * - Makes the original game feel like a demo. It's absurdly fun and nearly impossible to put down." - Touch Arcade
" * * * * ½ Gold Award - Building a boat will indeed become the most important task in your life." - Game Informer
" * * * * ½ - We will gladly build a boat again and again." - Gamezebo
You must build a boat.
You must spring out of bed.
You must bargain with the lizardman.
You must heed your undead navigators.
You must slide rows or columns of tiles on a 6x8 grid.
You must match at least 3.
You must run to the right.
You must focus intently on 2 areas of the screen simultaneously.
You must match keys to unlock chests and swords to attack.
You must literally collect your thoughts and trade them for dragons.
You must not dally.
You must not be too hasty.
You must voluntarily ramp up the difficulty by taking on multiple quests at once.
You must incrementally reach your goals. You must build a boat.
You must try again.
You must try again x5.
You must win every time, even when you don’t.
You must remain optimistic.
You must upgrade your magic staff.
You must occasionally stop playing to allow for your hand to uncramp.
You must take credit for random chain combos you made no effort to arrange.
You must trust a blue bean man to make dangerous investments with your money.
You must forget about the blue bean man.
You must mind the asp.
You must reconcile that despite the game’s title, you begin your journey in possession of what is, in no uncertain terms, already a boat.
You must build a boat.
You must go all-in on the retro aesthetic.
You must trade junk for gold with the voidorb.
You must pray for salt.
You must consume fish and tomatoes for time.
You must venture through hell.
You must disarm traps like your life depends on it.
You must make an offering at the chapel.
You must rally the Fantasy Union and the Undead Buddies to your cause.
You must weigh anchor and methodically yet joyously hop in sync with your entire crew.
You must feign interest in critiquing the gardener’s work.
You must look up at the clock and wonder how it’s so late already.
You must build a boat.
You must build a boat!
YOU MUST BUILD A BOAT!!!
" * * * * * - Makes the original game feel like a demo. It's absurdly fun and nearly impossible to put down." - Touch Arcade
" * * * * ½ Gold Award - Building a boat will indeed become the most important task in your life." - Game Informer
" * * * * ½ - We will gladly build a boat again and again." - Gamezebo
You must build a boat.
You must spring out of bed.
You must bargain with the lizardman.
You must heed your undead navigators.
You must slide rows or columns of tiles on a 6x8 grid.
You must match at least 3.
You must run to the right.
You must focus intently on 2 areas of the screen simultaneously.
You must match keys to unlock chests and swords to attack.
You must literally collect your thoughts and trade them for dragons.
You must not dally.
You must not be too hasty.
You must voluntarily ramp up the difficulty by taking on multiple quests at once.
You must incrementally reach your goals. You must build a boat.
You must try again.
You must try again x5.
You must win every time, even when you don’t.
You must remain optimistic.
You must upgrade your magic staff.
You must occasionally stop playing to allow for your hand to uncramp.
You must take credit for random chain combos you made no effort to arrange.
You must trust a blue bean man to make dangerous investments with your money.
You must forget about the blue bean man.
You must mind the asp.
You must reconcile that despite the game’s title, you begin your journey in possession of what is, in no uncertain terms, already a boat.
You must build a boat.
You must go all-in on the retro aesthetic.
You must trade junk for gold with the voidorb.
You must pray for salt.
You must consume fish and tomatoes for time.
You must venture through hell.
You must disarm traps like your life depends on it.
You must make an offering at the chapel.
You must rally the Fantasy Union and the Undead Buddies to your cause.
You must weigh anchor and methodically yet joyously hop in sync with your entire crew.
You must feign interest in critiquing the gardener’s work.
You must look up at the clock and wonder how it’s so late already.
You must build a boat.
You must build a boat!
YOU MUST BUILD A BOAT!!!
You Must Build A Boat iPhone
You Must Build A Boat is #38 in Games › Role Playing Paid in United States and charting in 10 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperEightyEight Games LTD
CategoryGames
Price2.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.8 (1.9k)
Version1.6.1097
Age rating4+
First seen by us 24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)50k+ worldwide
Rating
4.8 ★
1.9k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#38
Games › Role Playing PaidMeasured
You Must Build A Boat at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Match-3 Pixel Fantasy short sessions Premium
#endless runner #puzzle #arcade #retro #single player #casual
You Must Build A Boat on the App Store
App details
App ID
811397653
Publisher
EightyEight Games LTD
Publisher country
United Kingdom
On the store since
Jun 2015
11 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 9.0+
iPhone 4s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase · Game Center
Content rating
4+
Languages
11
EN FR DE IT JA KO PT RU ZH ES ZH
Size
120 MB
Also listed in
Action, Roleplaying
You Must Build A Boat downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. iPhone downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where You Must Build A Boat's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Business model: Ad-led
How You Must Build A Boat makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Ads · 14 ad networks
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #38 |
| United States | Games › ActionPaid | #73 |
 Germany | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #29 |
 United Kingdom | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #77 |
| Germany | Games › ActionPaid | #69 |
 France | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #54 |
 Australia | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #46 |
| France | Games › ActionPaid | #87 |
 Brazil | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #81 |
 South Korea | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #131 |
 Italy | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #87 |
| Brazil | Games › ActionPaid | #184 |
 Indonesia | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #122 |
 United Arab Emirates | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #84 |
Apps near You Must Build A Boat on the chart
Games › Role Playing Paid, around #38.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.8 ★
1.9k ratings
Measured
Ratings
1.9k
Measured
What users say about You Must Build A Boat
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (62% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and being hard to use. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
What people like
- Fun: “This is s Super fun games”
- Ease of use: “It’s simple, but still entertaining”
- Features & content: “I've started it over twice now to play at harder levels”
- Speed & performance: “This game is difficult and fast paced”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “You must not waste your money”
- Ease of use: “It’s a simple matching puzzle with some fluff thrown in to make you feel as if you are upgrading and getting better”
About You Must Build A Boat
" * * * * * - A truly superb mash-up of match-three and endless runner that’s unique on mobile and thoroughly addictive. Buy it" - Stuff Magazine
" * * * * * - Makes the original game feel like a demo. It's absurdly fun and nearly impossible to put down." - Touch Arcade
" * * * * ½ Gold Award - Building a boat will indeed become the most important task in your life." - Game Informer
" * * * * ½ - We will gladly build a boat again and again." - Gamezebo
You must build a boat.
You must spring out of bed.
You must bargain with the lizardman.
You must heed your undead navigators.
You must slide rows or columns of tiles on a 6x8 grid.
You must match at least 3.
You must run to the right.
You must focus intently on 2 areas of the screen simultaneously.
You must match keys to unlock chests and swords to attack.
You must literally collect your thoughts and trade them for dragons.
You must not dally.
You must not be too hasty.
You must voluntarily ramp up the difficulty by taking on multiple quests at once.
You must incrementally reach your goals. You must build a boat.
You must try again.
You must try again x5.
You must win every time, even when you don’t.
You must remain optimistic.
You must upgrade your magic staff.
You must occasionally stop playing to allow for your hand to uncramp.
You must take credit for random chain combos you made no effort to arrange.
You must trust a blue bean man to make dangerous investments with your money.
You must forget about the blue bean man.
You must mind the asp.
You must reconcile that despite the game’s title, you begin your journey in possession of what is, in no uncertain terms, already a boat.
You must build a boat.
You must go all-in on the retro aesthetic.
You must trade junk for gold with the voidorb.
You must pray for salt.
You must consume fish and tomatoes for time.
You must venture through hell.
You must disarm traps like your life depends on it.
You must make an offering at the chapel.
You must rally the Fantasy Union and the Undead Buddies to your cause.
You must weigh anchor and methodically yet joyously hop in sync with your entire crew.
You must feign interest in critiquing the gardener’s work.
You must look up at the clock and wonder how it’s so late already.
You must build a boat.
You must build a boat!
YOU MUST BUILD A BOAT!!!
" * * * * * - Makes the original game feel like a demo. It's absurdly fun and nearly impossible to put down." - Touch Arcade
" * * * * ½ Gold Award - Building a boat will indeed become the most important task in your life." - Game Informer
" * * * * ½ - We will gladly build a boat again and again." - Gamezebo
You must build a boat.
You must spring out of bed.
You must bargain with the lizardman.
You must heed your undead navigators.
You must slide rows or columns of tiles on a 6x8 grid.
You must match at least 3.
You must run to the right.
You must focus intently on 2 areas of the screen simultaneously.
You must match keys to unlock chests and swords to attack.
You must literally collect your thoughts and trade them for dragons.
You must not dally.
You must not be too hasty.
You must voluntarily ramp up the difficulty by taking on multiple quests at once.
You must incrementally reach your goals. You must build a boat.
You must try again.
You must try again x5.
You must win every time, even when you don’t.
You must remain optimistic.
You must upgrade your magic staff.
You must occasionally stop playing to allow for your hand to uncramp.
You must take credit for random chain combos you made no effort to arrange.
You must trust a blue bean man to make dangerous investments with your money.
You must forget about the blue bean man.
You must mind the asp.
You must reconcile that despite the game’s title, you begin your journey in possession of what is, in no uncertain terms, already a boat.
You must build a boat.
You must go all-in on the retro aesthetic.
You must trade junk for gold with the voidorb.
You must pray for salt.
You must consume fish and tomatoes for time.
You must venture through hell.
You must disarm traps like your life depends on it.
You must make an offering at the chapel.
You must rally the Fantasy Union and the Undead Buddies to your cause.
You must weigh anchor and methodically yet joyously hop in sync with your entire crew.
You must feign interest in critiquing the gardener’s work.
You must look up at the clock and wonder how it’s so late already.
You must build a boat.
You must build a boat!
YOU MUST BUILD A BOAT!!!
Latest updates
1.6.1097
More from EightyEight Games LTD
You Must Build A Boat Android
You Must Build A Boat is #10 in Family Paid on Google Play in United States and charting in 10 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 25 Oct 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperEightyEight Games
CategoryGames › Role Playing
Price2.99 USD
Released
Installs100k+
Rating★ 4.9 (11k)
Updated
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.9 ★
11k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#10
Family PaidMeasured
You Must Build A Boat at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Match-3 Pixel Fantasy short sessions Premium
#endless runner #roguelike #puzzle #arcade #retro #single-player
You Must Build A Boat on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.eightyeightgames.ymbab
Publisher
EIGHTYEIGHT GAMES LTD
Publisher country
United Kingdom
Content rating
Everyone
You Must Build A Boat downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where You Must Build A Boat's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Business model: Ad-led
How You Must Build A Boat makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Ads · 14 ad networks
Ads
/mo
of revenue
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | FamilyPaid | #10 |
| United States | FamilyGrossing | #132 |
| United States | All GamesPaid | #139 |
 India | FamilyPaid | #16 |
| Indonesia | FamilyPaid | #13 |
 Mexico | FamilyPaid | #16 |
 Saudi Arabia | FamilyPaid | #15 |
 Turkey | FamilyPaid | #14 |
 Netherlands | FamilyPaid | #16 |
| United Arab Emirates | FamilyPaid | #16 |
| India | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #29 |
 Thailand | FamilyPaid | #16 |
 Vietnam | FamilyPaid | #15 |
| Saudi Arabia | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #25 |
| Mexico | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #29 |
| Indonesia | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #36 |
| United Arab Emirates | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #29 |
| Turkey | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #29 |
| Netherlands | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #29 |
| Vietnam | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #29 |
| Thailand | Games › Role PlayingPaid | #42 |
Apps near You Must Build A Boat on the chart
Family Paid, around #10.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.9 ★
11k ratings
Measured
Ratings
11k
Measured
Written reviews
803
Measured
What users say about You Must Build A Boat
From the 107 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise the game for its lack of ads and microtransactions, describing it as a polished, addictive match-3 RPG that offers high replay value. While most reviews are positive, some players criticize the increasing difficulty spikes, reliance on luck (RNG), and repetitive grinding in later stages.
Mostly positive (91% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and few ads. The main complaints are about not being fun.
What people like
- Fun: “super fun, big fan so far”
- Ads: “fun casual game with no ads!”
- Ease of use: “So fun, simple and perfect”
- Price & subscription: “more then worth the money”
Common complaints
- Fun: “nowhere near as much fun as you've been led to believe”
About You Must Build A Boat
" * * * * * - A truly superb mash-up of match-three and endless runner that’s unique on mobile and thoroughly addictive. Buy it" - Stuff Magazine
" * * * * * - Makes the original game feel like a demo. It's absurdly fun and nearly impossible to put down." - Touch Arcade
" * * * * ½ Gold Award - Building a boat will indeed become the most important task in your life." - Game Informer
" * * * * ½ - We will gladly build a boat again and again." - Gamezebo
BUILD A BOAT
Travel the world in your boat, from the top of the Mage Tower to the bottom of Hell
GATHER YOUR CREW
Recruit a crew to live on your boat and offer their services
FRANTIC MATCHING
Match as fast as you can to keep on running
CAPTURE MONSTERS
Turn Monsters to your cause to get bonuses and have them aid your in battle
CAST SPELLS
Use magic to aid your quests, and don’t forget to visit your onboard Arcanery to upgrade them
RANDOM DUNGEONS
With procedural dungeons and random Dungeon Modifiers, It’s never the same experience twice
BUILD YOUR BOARD
Upgrade your tiles, Quaff Potions and Pray for Modifiers to whatever fits your play style best
SPEEDRUN
How fast can you build your boat?
You must spring out of bed.
You must bargain with the lizardman.
You must heed your undead navigators.
You must slide rows or columns of tiles on a 6x8 grid.
You must match at least 3.
You must run to the right.
You must focus intently on 2 areas of the screen simultaneously.
You must match keys to unlock chests and swords to attack.
You must literally collect your thoughts and trade them for dragons.
You must not dally.
You must not be too hasty.
You must voluntarily ramp up the difficulty by taking on multiple quests at once.
You must incrementally reach your goals.
You must try again.
You must try again x5.
You must win every time, even when you don’t.
You must remain optimistic.
You must upgrade your magic staff.
You must occasionally stop playing to allow for your hand to uncramp.
You must take credit for random chain combos you made no effort to arrange.
You must trust a blue bean man to make dangerous investments with your money.
You must forget about the blue bean man.
You must mind the asp.
You must reconcile that despite the game’s title, you begin your journey in possession of what is, in no uncertain terms, already a boat.
You must go all-in on the retro aesthetic.
You must trade junk for gold with the voidorb.
You must pray for salt.
You must consume fish and tomatoes for time.
You must venture through hell.
You must disarm traps like your life depends on it.
You must make an offering at the chapel.
You must rally the Fantasy Union and the Undead Buddies to your cause.
You must weigh anchor and methodically yet joyously hop in sync with your entire crew.
You must feign interest in critiquing the gardener’s work.
You must look up at the clock and wonder how it’s so late already.
YOU MUST BUILD A BOAT!
" * * * * * - Makes the original game feel like a demo. It's absurdly fun and nearly impossible to put down." - Touch Arcade
" * * * * ½ Gold Award - Building a boat will indeed become the most important task in your life." - Game Informer
" * * * * ½ - We will gladly build a boat again and again." - Gamezebo
BUILD A BOAT
Travel the world in your boat, from the top of the Mage Tower to the bottom of Hell
GATHER YOUR CREW
Recruit a crew to live on your boat and offer their services
FRANTIC MATCHING
Match as fast as you can to keep on running
CAPTURE MONSTERS
Turn Monsters to your cause to get bonuses and have them aid your in battle
CAST SPELLS
Use magic to aid your quests, and don’t forget to visit your onboard Arcanery to upgrade them
RANDOM DUNGEONS
With procedural dungeons and random Dungeon Modifiers, It’s never the same experience twice
BUILD YOUR BOARD
Upgrade your tiles, Quaff Potions and Pray for Modifiers to whatever fits your play style best
SPEEDRUN
How fast can you build your boat?
You must spring out of bed.
You must bargain with the lizardman.
You must heed your undead navigators.
You must slide rows or columns of tiles on a 6x8 grid.
You must match at least 3.
You must run to the right.
You must focus intently on 2 areas of the screen simultaneously.
You must match keys to unlock chests and swords to attack.
You must literally collect your thoughts and trade them for dragons.
You must not dally.
You must not be too hasty.
You must voluntarily ramp up the difficulty by taking on multiple quests at once.
You must incrementally reach your goals.
You must try again.
You must try again x5.
You must win every time, even when you don’t.
You must remain optimistic.
You must upgrade your magic staff.
You must occasionally stop playing to allow for your hand to uncramp.
You must take credit for random chain combos you made no effort to arrange.
You must trust a blue bean man to make dangerous investments with your money.
You must forget about the blue bean man.
You must mind the asp.
You must reconcile that despite the game’s title, you begin your journey in possession of what is, in no uncertain terms, already a boat.
You must go all-in on the retro aesthetic.
You must trade junk for gold with the voidorb.
You must pray for salt.
You must consume fish and tomatoes for time.
You must venture through hell.
You must disarm traps like your life depends on it.
You must make an offering at the chapel.
You must rally the Fantasy Union and the Undead Buddies to your cause.
You must weigh anchor and methodically yet joyously hop in sync with your entire crew.
You must feign interest in critiquing the gardener’s work.
You must look up at the clock and wonder how it’s so late already.
YOU MUST BUILD A BOAT!
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