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
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 86% of 5,942
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
- Minimum PC
- –
- not published
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 system requirements
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Ship: Murder Party?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →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
Does The Ship: Murder Party have co-op or multiplayer?
Yes: PvP online and LAN. It also has a single-player mode.
Does The Ship: Murder Party run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- 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
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Japanese.
Does The Ship: Murder Party use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
