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The Ship: Murder Party

First-person multiplayer hunt where you kill while evading your hunter

Outerlight Ltd. · Published by Blazing Griffin · Released Jul 11, 2006

ActionIndieRPG

Reviews
Very Positive
86% of 5,942
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Playing now
0
peak 24h 1
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
Unknown
no patch notes found

Metacritic: 76/100 (critic reviews)

What is The Ship: Murder Party?

This first-person stealth action game takes place aboard 1920s art deco cruise ships, where Mr. X forces passengers into a deadly hunt. In multiplayer, you track an assigned target while avoiding the player hunting you and managing your character's needs. A separate single-player game introduces the mechanics and story.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy stealthy hunts and social deception with friends
  • +you like managing character needs during first-person action

Not for you if...

  • you want straightforward combat without stealth or character needs

What players say

86% of 5,942 reviews are positive

Players praise the social deception and humor when playing with friends, but say the online community is sparse. Recent players also report problems finding servers and connecting with friends for multiplayer.

Screenshots and trailer

The Ship: Murder Party

The Ship: Murder Party system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

1.8 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX 8 level graphics card (1024x768), Windows 2000/XP/ME/98, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection, DirectX 9.0c Recommended: 2.8 GHz Processor, 1024MB RAM, DirectX 9 capable Graphics Card (1024x768), Windows 2000/XP/ME/98, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection, DirectX 9.0c

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Playable

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Japanese.

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