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The Ship: Single Player

The Ship: Single Player

The Ship is a murder mystery alternative to traditional FPS multiplayer games - hunt and be hunted! Package includes multiplayer, single player and tutorial.

Released Nov 20, 2006 Developer Outerlight Ltd. Publisher Blazing Griffin Ltd. Platforms Windows ActionIndieRPGSingleplayerFPS
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What players say

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71.2%positive933 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Simple short game for what I see. It uses the Source Engine. Too bad there isn't more detective work. It just doesn't fit imo, into a MP type game.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“The Ship: Single Player, developed by Outerlight Ltd. and published by Blazing Griffin Ltd., is a stealth-driven first-person experience that places players inside a deadly social game set aboard a 1920s luxury ocean liner. Rather than focusing on traditional run-and-gun combat,…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Not recommended · 6 found this helpful

“Just play the multiplayer instead.”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Price tracking

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Latest official news

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Dec 17, 2014
Single Player being removed from Steam Store - please read

Hi everyone, A number of users reported an issue running the Single Player as a standalone game (without multiplayer). Valve have looked into the issue and we've both concluded there's nothing we can

Dec 17, 2014
Single Player being removed from Steam Store - please read

Hi everyone, A number of users reported an issue running the Single Player as a standalone game (without multiplayer). Valve have looked into the issue and we've both concluded there's nothing we can

Nov 17, 2014
"Requires mods to run" issue - UPDATE

Hi all, A few players have reported the error message "requires mods to run" when trying to play The Ship: Single Player without having purchased the multiplayer game. Just to clarify, The Ship: Singl

Oct 30, 2014
50% Off The Ship in the Steam Halloween Sale

Come on, you know this is the perfect weekend to troll your friends, you may as well do it with a well timed bomb on the toilet! The Ship (Complete Package) comes with both multiplayer and single play

Oct 30, 2014
50% Off The Ship in the Steam Halloween Sale

Come on, you know this is the perfect weekend to troll your friends, you may as well do it with a well timed bomb on the toilet! The Ship (Complete Package) comes with both multiplayer and single play

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Facts & details

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GenresAction, Indie, RPG
Player tagsAction · Indie · RPG · Singleplayer · FPS · First-Person · Stealth · Shooter · Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Japanese
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.blazinggriffin.com/games/the-ship-murder-party/
Minimum system requirements (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