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* In ''MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga'', you board a ship with a literal skeleton crew in search of a piece of the Beanstar.

* Some of the levels from ''SuperMarioBros3'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''.

* Some of the levels from ''SuperMarioBros3'' and ''SuperMarioGalaxy''.

Many video games, particularly [[StealthBasedGame stealth games]] and FirstPersonShooters (oftentimes in multiplayer maps), feature levels that require the player to navigate the inside of a ship. From a game design perspective, there are good reasons why a level taking place in a ship is convenient, some of which overlap with the reasons why it might be fun to play hide-and-seek on a ship:

** A map in ''UnrealTournament'', "DM-[=KGalleon=]" (Koos Galleon), is modeled after a ship, as is its continuation in ''Unreal Tournament 3'', "DM-[=KBarge=]."

* ''{{Pokemon}}: Red'', ''Blue'', and ''Yellow'' feature the ''SS Anne.'' Other Pokemon games have the player go on ships, but usually there is not as much to explore as in the ''SS Anne''.

* ''MarioKartDoubleDash'' has a cruise ship as one of the tracks.

** The finale of ''MetalGearSolid4'' requires Snake to fight his way through a gigantic battleship, [[spoiler:namely Arsenal Gear, the home of the Patriot [=AIs=]]].

* Late in ''DeusEx'', the player must destroy a Chinese military ship docked in a New York harbor by scuttling the weld points in its hull with explosives.

** ''MetalGearSolid2'' begins with a prologue taking place on a fake oil tanker that is actually transporting carrying Metal Gear Ray. Solid Snake must sneak below deck to find proof that US Marines have been constructing a Metal Gear.

* Two sidequests ''[[TheElderScrollsFourOblivion Oblivion]]'' take place in ships, one where a ship which is used as a hotel is hijacked by a gang of bandits and another where the player must retrieve an NPC's family heirlooms from a haunted ship.

* One side quest in ''[[TheElderScrollsFourOblivion Oblivion]]'' takes place in a ship (which is used as a hotel) that is hijacked by a gang of bandits.

* The E3 demo of ''HalfLife2'' took place on an abandoned icebreaker called the ''Borealis''. The level didn't make it into the final release though ''Episode 2'' makes clear that ''Episode 3'' will feature the ''Borealis''. [[http://www.moddb.com/mods/missing-information This mod, Missing Information,]] recreates the level from the concept and makes it playable.

** The first mission of ''ModernWarfare'', "Crew Expendable", is a raid on a cargo ship. The multiplayer map Wet Work is based on that level.

** Also from the first ''UnrealTournament'', the Assault map, AS-Frigate, is about infiltrating the eponymous and taking control of it.
* The E3 demo of ''HalfLife2'' took place on a ship called the ''Borealis''. The level didn't make it into the final release though ''Episode 2'' makes clear that ''Episode 3'' will feature the ''Borealis''.

* One side quest in ''[[TheElderScrollsFourOblivion Oblivion]]'' takes place in a ship (which is used a hotel) that is hijacked by a band of bandits.

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** The first mission of ''ModernWarfare'', "Crew Expendable", is a raid on a cargo ship. The multiplayer map Wet Work based on that level.

** The first mission of ''ModernWarfare'' is a raid on a cargo ship.

* In ''Tom Clancy's SplinterCell'' series:

* The corridors also facilitate linear level design very well due to being, well, corridors.

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