Choose The Ship: Murder Party
Choose The Ship: Murder Party if you want a RPG game with LAN PvP and Valve Anti-Cheat enabled. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 85.8% positive across 1,850 reviews.
The Ship: Murder Party vs What The Box?
The Ship: Murder Party and What The Box? both land in Action, Indie on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Indie on Steam. The Ship: Murder Party (2006) is 10 years older than What The Box? (2016). The Ship: Murder Party scores higher on Steam reviews (85.8% positive) than What The Box? (82.9% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose What The Box?
Choose What The Box? if it's currently about 50% cheaper on the Steam Store. What The Box? launched in 2016.
Both The Ship: Murder Party and What The Box? sit in Action and Indie on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 The Ship: Murder Party |  What The Box? | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2006 | 2016 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG | Action, Indie |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 9.99 USD | 4.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 85.8% positive (1,850 reviews) | 82.9% positive (346 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer |
| Developers | Outerlight Ltd. | Bitten Toast Games Inc. |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie on Steam.
- The Ship: Murder Party (2006) is 10 years older than What The Box? (2016).
- The Ship: Murder Party scores higher on Steam reviews (85.8% positive) than What The Box? (82.9% positive).
- What The Box? is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than The Ship: Murder Party (4.99 USD vs. 9.99 USD).
- The Ship: Murder Party is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; What The Box? has no Deck rating yet.
The Ship: Murder Party vs What The Box? — FAQ
- Which is better, The Ship: Murder Party or What The Box??
- On Steam reviews The Ship: Murder Party scores higher (85.8% positive) than What The Box? (82.9% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, The Ship: Murder Party is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play The Ship: Murder Party or What The Box? first?
- If you want chronology, The Ship: Murder Party (2006) came out before What The Box? (2016). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are The Ship: Murder Party and What The Box? similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does The Ship: Murder Party run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — The Ship: Murder Party is rated Deck Playable by Valve. What The Box? doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.