Games like The Ship: Murder Party
If The Ship: Murder Party is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Ship: Remasted, Chaotic Conflicts and Murderous Pursuits — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cluedo style murder mystery, hilarious with friends and comedic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →The Ship: Murder Party is a first-person multiplayer murder mystery set aboard a ship where players hunt targets while avoiding becoming a victim themselves. Developed by Outerlight Ltd. and published by Blazing Griffin, it released in 2006. The gameplay combines social deception with survival elements, as players must manage basic needs while navigating shared spaces, collecting weapons, and attempting to fulfill assassination contracts. Reviewers highlight the unique party dynamic where paranoia and improvisation create unpredictable encounters. Players describe the experience as both funny and tense, with the Cluedo-style murder mystery structure combined with survival mechanics fueling chaotic multiplayer sessions. The game supports online co-op with server-hosting capabilities and holds an 86% positive rating from 1850 Steam reviews, priced at $9.99 with playable Steam Deck support.
About The Ship: Murder Party: The Ship is a murder mystery multiplayer.
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The Ship: Remasted
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with The Ship: Murder Party.
Top pick for The Ship: Murder Party fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
You find yourself aboard a series of luxury 1920s cruise ships – a guest of the mysterious Mr X who has engineered your presence on board to take part in a murderous game.
Chaotic Conflicts
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for The Ship: Murder Party fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Chaotic Conflicts is a casual and chaotic fast-paced Online FPS game. In this chaotic shooter you'll try to shoot your way to the top of the scoreboard while competing with other players and random events.
Murderous Pursuits
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with The Ship: Murder Party.
Third-strongest match for The Ship: Murder Party fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Murderous Pursuits is a kill-or-be-killed Victorian stealth-em-up for 1-8 players in which you must hunt and kill your quarry before your hunters do the same to you, all while avoiding witnesses.
World War Academy: COMMANDER 1
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Ranked #4 for The Ship: Murder Party fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
The Alliance Army and the Group Army have almost officially broken up, and the war is imminent. I was ordered to come to the Central South Theater command, and that's where the story begins...
Fistful of Frags
WHY THIS
Shares a comedic mood with The Ship: Murder Party.
Ranked #5 for The Ship: Murder Party fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Multiplayer based, first person enabled, action packed and skill demanding shooter set in the Wild West times. A unique combination of non stop action and slow but powerful weaponry.
Live Lens Bodycam
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Ranked #6 for The Ship: Murder Party fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Experience the intensity of frontline combat in Live Lens, a hyper-realistic bodycam-style shooter powered by Unreal Engine 5. Engage in tactical gameplay, navigate dynamic environments, and uncover a gripping conspiracy. Are you ready for the ultimate tactical shooter experience?
SPECTRE
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Ranked #7 for The Ship: Murder Party fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Employ stealth tactics as the Spectres, or defend your objectives as the heavily armed Reapers in this thrilling teamwork-driven multiplayer action experience!
Pew Pew Gaem 3
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Ranked #8 for The Ship: Murder Party fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
You owe the mafias some money... Fight trough the deadly waves of enemies and stay alive while trying to get to the person behind all this chaos.
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Town of Salem
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Shares a tense mood with The Ship: Murder Party.
Reviewers of The Ship: Murder Party cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with The Ship: Murder Party.
Inspired by the party games Werewolf and Mafia, Town of Salem is a game of murder, mystery and deception.
SpyParty
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with The Ship: Murder Party.
Reviewers of The Ship: Murder Party cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
SpyParty is a competitive espionage game about subtle human behavior. A Spy hides in plain sight at a fancy cocktail party, trying to accomplish missions while blending in with the other guests, while a Sniper with a single bullet looks inward, searching for the Spy.
Doll Impostor
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Shares an unsettling mood with The Ship: Murder Party.
Reviewers of The Ship: Murder Party cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Doll Impostor is a horror game where 1-4 players take on the role of guardians of possessed dolls. Work together to identify the impostor doll before 9 a.m, or face dire consequences. Every hour counts in this tense, fear-filled race against time.
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones™
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Reviewers of The Ship: Murder Party cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Ship: Murder Party.
The Prince of Persia, a seasoned warrior, returns from the Island of Time to Babylon with his love, Kaileena. Instead of the peace that he longs for, he finds his homeland ravaged by war and the kingdom turned against him.
FRAMED Collection
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Reviewers of The Ship: Murder Party cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Rearrange the panels of an animated comic book to craft the story of a noir-styled spy adventure in the FRAMED Collection--a compilation of the multi-award winning puzzle games FRAMED and FRAMED 2.
Assassin’s Creed® Brotherhood
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Reviewers of The Ship: Murder Party cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The Ship: Murder Party.
It’s time to join the Brotherhood.
Murder
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Reviewers of The Ship: Murder Party cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
From the designer and artists behind "Stranded" comes a short story about the intersection of morality and sentience, in a cyberpunk future where both have become commodities.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The Ship: Murder Party at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~50% under The Ship: Murder Party on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under The Ship: Murder Party on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~55% under The Ship: Murder Party on Steam right now. Shares Action with The Ship: Murder Party.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
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Priced ~50% under The Ship: Murder Party on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
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Priced ~50% under The Ship: Murder Party on Steam right now. Shares Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~90% under The Ship: Murder Party on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under The Ship: Murder Party on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under The Ship: Murder Party on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The Ship: Murder Party.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The Ship: Murder Party.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
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Frequently asked about The Ship: Murder Party
- Does The Ship: Murder Party run on Steam Deck?
- The Ship: Murder Party is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does The Ship: Murder Party cost?
- The Ship: Murder Party is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The Ship: Murder Party have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The Ship: Murder Party supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, LAN PvP).
- What games are most similar to The Ship: Murder Party?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The Ship: Murder Party are The Ship: Remasted, Chaotic Conflicts, Murderous Pursuits.
- Who developed The Ship: Murder Party?
- The Ship: Murder Party was developed by Outerlight Ltd. and published by Blazing Griffin.
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