Detective Bundle Deal: Humble Bundle’s Steal of a Price for Thrilling Mystery Games

Let’s say you’ve just offed your husband on a luxurious cruise from the UK to New York. How do you pull off the perfect alibi and walk away a free woman when the ship docks? That’s the thrilling premise behind 2021’s Overboard!, a murder mystery game that lets you take on the role of the killer as you try to throw an eccentric detective off your scent.

Overboard! is part of the Humble Detectives Bundle, a package deal that includes six other mystery games for just ten bucks. The bundle is running until September 12th, so if you’ve ever gotten hooked on true crime and detective stories, this is a can’t-miss deal.

The game starts with you, the killer, tossing your husband into the drink early on the final day at sea. From there, you’ve got eight in-game hours to chat with the other passengers and crew, uncover secrets and motives, and cast suspicion on anyone who isn’t you so you can start fresh in America.

Your first day won’t go exactly as planned. A maid might catch you canoodling with the ship’s captain, you might stumble upon a stowaway, and all sorts of other permutations and opportunities arise thanks to the game’s incredibly dynamic systems. Each passenger has their own schedule, and you’ve got to choose your activities carefully, as every conversation and even moving between ship sections makes time pass. Eventually, you’ll get caught on your first day and find yourself right back where you started.

But here’s the thing: Overboard! is also a time-looping game, à la Groundhog Day. After every failed attempt, you’ll get to try new paths through the day, applying the knowledge you’ve gained from past lives to carve out a perfect route. You’ll collect so much spare knowledge on every person and item aboard that you can start piecing together time-sensitive puzzles. It’s a complex web of movement and events that all fall into place when you change a single choice.

The game keeps its time-loop shenanigans manageable by making each cycle last only 45 real-world minutes. That’s just long enough to get things done without feeling overwhelming. And because the loops are so short, you can make a lot of progress in a relatively few sessions, which unlocks some truly surprising twists late in the game.

If Overboard! sounds like it’s got your name on it, grab the Humble Detectives Bundle and get ready to scratch that mystery itch. You’ll also get 2022’s movie mystery Immortality, the stunning vaporwave adventure Paradise Killer, murder puzzle game Killer Frequency, and three more titles.