Thirst or Bust

About the Game

One boat. Different agendas.

Thirst or Bust is a multiplayer sailing survival and party strategy game. Share a ship with other crew members and decide how to use limited fresh water, supplies, and actions. Cooperation keeps the voyage moving, while disagreements can turn the deck into a battlefield.

Voyage Survival: cooperate, compete, and rescue animals

Divide the work, compete for supplies, and manage your inventory and equipment. React to events at sea and bring rescued animals aboard. Rescues and lost animals change the progress of the voyage, so weigh immediate survival against your final rewards.

Your crewmates have goals of their own

Protect a secret escort target and try to outscore your rival. Negotiate jobs, exchange supplies, or contest resources and positions. When a battle begins, the teams start at opposite ends of the ship. Spectators and eliminated fighters can switch between first-person views of either team and see public health and equipped-item information.

Join the free Playtest with friends

The current free Steam Playtest includes Voyage Survival only. It supports up to 8 players in a match, Steam online rooms, in-game voice chat, and English and Simplified Chinese interfaces. Request access from the main game store page; once access is granted, install the test build from your Steam library.

In development, with minigames planned for later

This is a free development playtest. Content, rules, and balance may change as we gather feedback. Shipboard minigames are planned for a later update and are not included in this test. Details of a future Early Access or 1.0 release will be announced separately. Wishlist Thirst or Bust to follow its development.