Shipped similar games & best alternatives

Shipped

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2019

Should you play it?

Challenge your friends in a naval battle of steering, pushing and shooting. Keep your ship on-screen and avoid crashing with land to survive. Up to 8 players. Or tackle the single-player challenges alone!

What works

  • Simple yet deep and challenging controls
  • Highly entertaining local multiplayer for up to 8 players
  • Variety of game modes and maps
  • Charming minimalist art style and soundtrack
  • Good ai for single-player arcade mode

Things to keep in mind

  • No native online multiplayer mode
  • Steep learning curve for controls
  • Limited content and modes for solo play
  • Repetitive gameplay without social play
  • Lack of character customization and narrative depth

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

More social

Games that feels like Shipped but with more teamwork and cooperation

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Shipped but with less of a community feel

Less violent

Games that feels like Shipped but with less combat and destruction

More expressive

Games that feels like Shipped but with more self-expression and customization

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Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Shipped. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Shipped. These titles are not in What to play next.

Shipped: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Domination, Intimacy, Fellowship.

Last update: 25/08/2026