Paintings, maps, and photographs expand into living scenes, revealing hidden paths that lead you back in time to an ancient monument

The Stone Ship tells a wordless story in which the player, an unnamed explorer, follows the trail of a previous traveller. Spells and ancient rituals unlock hidden doorways within everyday objects, leading back, deeper and deeper in time.

The game features hand-painted textures and artwork, and an original musical score composed by classically trained violinist Caroline Karpinska. The ancient structure in the game is based on Ale's Stones, a real Iron Age stone ship formation in southern Sweden.

It is a single‑player, first‑person mystery‑exploration game featuring puzzle elements and navigation challenges.

The Stone Ship began as a chapter of Overlook Trail, but evolved into its own standalone experience due to its distinct style and focus. Designed as a short, linear experience of around one hour, the game was launched on Steam entirely for free on July 31st 2026 for PC, Mac and Linux.

The Stone Ship development credits

• Henrik Johansson: Design, art and programming
• Caroline Karpinska: Music
• Niklas Ström: Sound effects and additional music (cave sequences)
• Emil Bengtsson: Prototype programming

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