- #1 Carrier Commander
97% matchMostly Negative31% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: ss
Windows · Mac
Carrier Commander is a real-time strategy game which allows you choose the intensity of gameplay. You can manage your Carrier Operations against incoming attacks or intensify your game play by directly engaging the enemy controlling your own Jets, Destroyer's, Helicopter's and more...
Why similar: Naval 26.6% ★, Naval Combat 25.3% ★, Military 13%, Real Time Tactics 11.2%, Wargame 10.6%
- #2 Fleet Command
96% matchVery Positive88% of 480 reviews2006
Dev: SonalystsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 47%
International waterways become theaters of war when the world's most formidable maritime powers exchange their fatal blows. With entire fleets at your command, you must strategically deploy vessels from every class - frigate to aircraft to nuclear submarine - to maintain the precarious balance of naval power and gain position for the...
Why similar: Naval Combat 27.7% ★, Wargame 27.4%, RTS 16.4%, Naval 15.4% ★, Military 9.3%
- #3 Trident: Naval Doctrine
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: itold & coPub: itold
Windows
Take command of a carrier strike group, a destroyer squadron or a lone submarine in a real-time naval tactics game. Outsmart, outmaneuver or outgun enemy fleet on, under and over the seas.
Why similar: Naval Combat 27.9% ★, Wargame 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 15%, Naval 12.3% ★, RTS 11.3%
- #4 War Shore
95% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Samuel Henriques
Windows
Set sail for adventure in this thrilling naval-themed tower defense game! Face relentless waves of enemies, build powerful defenses, and prove your strategic skills across challenging battles. Get ready for hours of action, strategy, and endless fun!
Why similar: Naval 32.8% ★, Tower Defense 18%, Military 16.9%, Wargame 16.2%, Real Time Tactics 5.7%
- #5 Simulator of Countries
94% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2025
Dev: Almost Games
Windows
This game is a global strategy game that gives you the opportunity to play for countries in the modern world. Here you will be given a choice of 198 countries for which you can play.
Why similar: Political Sim 29.6% ★, Wargame 24%, Military 15.7%, RTS 12.1%, Economy 9.8%
- #6 Trenchmen
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cognivore
Windows · Mac
Command your troops through the muddy chaos of WWI. Build trenches, call in artillery, and outsmart your enemies in this chaotic and bloody trench warfare strategy game.
Why similar: Political Sim 26.6% ★, RTS 15.9%, Tower Defense 15%, Wargame 14.5%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%
- #7 Battle Fleet 2
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 372 reviews2014
Dev: Mythical City Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Welcome Admiral! Select your fleet, assign weapons, and sink the enemy fleet by controlling each of your ships down to setting the aim and range of each weapon's shot. Features include full open world Pacific & Atlantic campaigns, cross-platform multiplayer and awesome turn-based naval battles.
Why similar: Naval 36.7% ★, Naval Combat 31.3% ★, Wargame 14.8%, Military 11.3%, Strategy 5.9%
- #8 Legacy of Sail
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hydran Software
Windows
As a 17th Century Admiral, send your squadrons out to capture enemy towns and sink their ships. Force boarding actions to capture their prized Ships of the Line all while balancing the need for supplies, repairs and upgrading your crew in this throwback real time tactics naval combat game
Why similar: Naval Combat 31.4% ★, Naval 30.4% ★, Wargame 9.5%, Real Time Tactics 9.3%, RTS 7.6%
- #9 Prince Rystiya's Starfleet
91% match8 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Rystiya
Windows
Conquer the entire galaxy or fight quick custom battles in this free space RTS!
Why similar: Wargame 18.8%, RTS 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, Naval 14.5% ★, Naval Combat 10.3% ★
- #10 Steam & Iron. Battle of Port Arthur
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Goydalka Games
Windows
Steam & Iron: Battle of Port Arthur is a tactical real-time naval simulator focusing on the combat of early 20th-century steamships. Squadrons of battleships, cruisers, and torpedo boats from two empires await your command to clash in epic naval battles.
Why similar: Naval Combat 25% ★, Naval 24% ★, Wargame 16.4%, RTS 11.2%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%
- #11 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
89% matchVery Positive82% of 998 reviews2024
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.
Why similar: Naval 19.5% ★, Naval Combat 18.9% ★, Wargame 15.4%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, RTS 11.4%
- #12 Carrier Battles WW2: Admiral of the Fleet
90% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2021
Dev: Sand Table Software
Windows
A real-time WW2 naval warfare simulation game on tactical level, Admiral of Fleet features 20 scenarios covering the naval battles between carriers in the early stage of the war, from December 1941 to the end of 1942.
Why similar: Wargame 20.6%, Naval Combat 18.9% ★, RTS 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, Military 13.7%
- #13 Clad in Iron: War of The Pacific 1879
89% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
Windows
CLAD in IRON: War of the Pacific 1879 is a War of the Pacific history naval game in which a turned-based digital board strategy and a real-time simulation are combined.
Why similar: Naval Combat 33.1% ★, Tabletop 17.2%, Wargame 17%, Naval 14.2% ★, Military 9.9%
- #14 Silent Shark
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: John Goering
Windows · Mac · Linux
A tactical, map-based WWII submarine sim set in the Pacific Theater: Approach, intercept, strike unseen, withdraw into the deep. With realistic instruments, a Torpedo Data Computer (TDC), and including a full campaign with missions, patrol zones, radio intel, and more.
Why similar: Naval Combat 28.9% ★, Naval 20.6% ★, Wargame 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Military 9.6%
- #15 SkyInFlames
86% matchVery Positive91% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: VasyliyBritva
Windows
Command drones, deploy mobile air defense systems and conduct tactical aerial operations. Choose your side - Ukrainian or Russian forces - and protect critical infrastructure in a realistic military simulation on a detailed map.
Why similar: Wargame 24.1%, Time Management 21%, Real Time Tactics 17.7%, Military 13.4%, RTS 9.2%
- #16 First Sino-Japanese War
86% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: January Desk
Windows
A free and open-source game about the First Sino-Japanese War and other pre-dreadnought battles in East Asia. A miniature-like wargame system, but without 3D models.
Why similar: Naval Combat 32.5% ★, Wargame 24.6%, Naval 20.8% ★, Military 15.3%, Strategy 5.5%
- #17 Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
85% matchVery Positive90% of 5,749 reviews2024
Dev: Triassic GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 38.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.
Why similar: Naval Combat 33% ★, Naval 25.9% ★, Military 14%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, RTS 5.6%
- #18 Invaders
84% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: GodSGameStudio
Windows
Invaders — a modern RTS of deep strategy and realism. Command your nation, manage supply lines, research technologies, and conquer a dynamic hex-based world with land, air, and naval forces. Every decision shapes your country's survival and dominance.
Why similar: Political Sim 27.6% ★, Wargame 21.2%, RTS 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Strategy 9%
- #19 Marvatten
84% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Impact Unified AB
Windows
Design your warship and take it to battle! In Marvatten you’re a warship architect and commander. It’s not just about size, but smart design. Your design choices directly impact combat performance. Ready to conquer the seas? Join Marvatten now!
Why similar: Naval 30.5% ★, Naval Combat 28.5% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Military 13.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.6%
- #20 Rule the Waves 3
83% matchVery Positive88% of 1,046 reviews2023
Dev: Naval Warfare SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 58.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.
Why similar: Naval 32.3% ★, Naval Combat 25.6% ★, Wargame 20.3%, Military 15.8%, Strategy 4.3%
- #21 Star Ash Fleet
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 16 reviews2025
Dev: Redonleft
Windows
Star Ash Fleet is a groundbreaking real-time strategy game that transcends tradition. Set against a holographic 2D battlefield simulating interstellar warfare, players assume the role of a newly appointed Federal Fleet Commander, crafting their own war epic across the vast galaxy.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 19.3%, RTS 18.8%, Naval Combat 16.7% ★, Naval 14.5% ★, Military 10.7%
- #22 Battleships and Carriers 2: 1940-1945
81% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: SLS
Windows
Casual WW2 naval turn-based strategy: attack/defend, search & destroy, build ships, subs and aircraft. Clear & simple combat and move. Fast, re-playable board game style strategy, with 70 unit types. More than 40 missions, death-matches & campaigns (Destroy, Conquer, Defend, Escort, Kill-Them-All).
Why similar: Naval 27.3% ★, Naval Combat 25.8% ★, Wargame 16.3%, Military 12.9%, Tabletop 9.9%
- #23 Battleline: Pacific
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gronstedt Group
Windows
The Pacific is at war! Take command of an Arleigh Burke destroyer, hunt submarines, guard the U.S. carrier group, & master anti‑submarine warfare. Free Early Access proof of concept, tested & positively evaluated at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School; your feedback will shape the fleet’s future.
Why similar: Naval 32.1% ★, Wargame 23.5%, Military 16.9%, Naval Combat 14.4% ★, RTS 9.6%
- #24 Battle Group 2
82% matchVery Positive83% of 527 reviews2014
Dev: Bane GamesPub: MG Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Your battleships are fully loaded with the return of Battle Group. Command the war against advanced pirates with brand new Satellite Strikes and upgrades for your state-of-the-art battleships. As the commanding gunner of this advanced armada, it's imperative you stop a terrifying new foe our world has yet to fathom.
Why similar: Naval 50.7% ★, Naval Combat 41.7% ★, Strategy 4.8%, Action 2.8%
- #25 Field of Arms: Tactics
80% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2023
Dev: BALANDRA S.A.S
Windows
A strategy game set in the 18th century Caribbean recreating clashes between the empires of the time. Manage resources and armies via three integrated game layers; a strategic overworld for logistics; city building for production and tactical battles to conquer your enemies.
Why similar: Naval 18.5% ★, Naval Combat 18.3% ★, Wargame 14.8%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%, RTS 10.1%
- #26 The Extinction Directive
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: CustomBit
Windows
A single-player sci-fi strategy game set in a future where humankind has made the first leap to a distant star system
Why similar: Wargame 21.7%, RTS 19.9%, Tower Defense 18.8%, Real Time Tactics 18.4%, Strategy 9.8%
- #27 Mini Warrior Defense
78% matchMostly Negative38% of 26 reviews2026
Dev: Playonesoft
Windows
Lead your warriors on an epic adventure to defend your kingdom from invaders - in this action tower defense game, you can use various defense towers, levels, heroes, and many good things to help you destroy enemies!
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.6%, Wargame 21.5%, Real Time Tactics 17.2%, RTS 16.9%, Strategy 6.3%
- #28 Carrier Deck
79% matchVery Positive89% of 1,077 reviews2017
Dev: Every Single Soldier
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Carrier Deck is a fast paced time management game where you play as the Air Boss on board the CVN-76 in the midst of active war.
Why similar: Naval Combat 56.1% ★, Naval 20.4% ★, Time Management 12%, Military 9.6%, Strategy 2%
- #29 Our War: The Strongest Shield
78% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Chengdu Old Man
Windows
A grand and intense tower defense science fiction game, where you only need to purchase once to enjoy all the content of the game.
Why similar: Wargame 21.7%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, RTS 17.2%, Tower Defense 17.1%, Military 14.2%
- #30 暗色战争(Dark Conflict)
77% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Li
Windows
Welcome to "Dark Conflict"! This is a game full of strategy and war elements, allowing you to play as a leader, constructing buildings, assembling armies, and developing resources to compete for the glory of victory.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.3% ★, Wargame 21.6%, RTS 17.1%, Military 14.4%, Economy 10.3%
- #31 FuJianStrike
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mithril_055
Windows
Command the deck crew, experience the aircraft carrier deck scheduling process, ensure the smooth take-off and landing of aircraft, and ensure that the aircraft carrier can defeat the endless stream of enemies.
Why similar: Naval 22.7% ★, Naval Combat 17.4% ★, Wargame 16.9%, Military 15.5%, Time Management 14.6%
- #32 Fleet Hunters
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gnarly Labs SRL
Windows · Mac · Linux
Find and sink battleships in a fast grid-based ocean duel with real-time firing and retro visuals.
Why similar: Naval Combat 31.5% ★, Naval 20.5% ★, Wargame 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Top-Down 4.9%
- #33 Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,208 reviews2023
Dev: Iron Wolf Studio S.A.Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter brings you an authentic and historically accurate destroyer simulation along with gripping anti-submarine warfare set in the turmoils of the Atlantic Ocean during World War II.
Why similar: Naval Combat 26.1% ★, Naval 24.4% ★, Military 13.3%, Real Time Tactics 12%, Wargame 12%
- #34 玩具帝国 Toy Empires
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 二维公民
Windows
Toy Empires is a unique fast-paced, micro-management-free real-time strategy game. All you have to do is make the purest decisions and games!
Why similar: Wargame 23%, RTS 17.8%, Tower Defense 17.6%, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, Military 11.7%
- #35 Calrivar Cluster
75% match4 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: CalrivarGames
Windows
An Accessibility First Real Time Strategy Game, built from the ground up to work with only one hand and limited sight. Entirely single player all movement and control is preformed via keyboard, the camera system was designed around the physical layout of the number pad on keyboards.
Why similar: RTS 20.4%, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Wargame 20%, Time Management 18.5%, Strategy 9.8%
- #36 Toy Shire: Room One
73% matchVery Positive94% of 1,273 reviews2024
Dev: Bluespy StudiosPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Are you prepared for a thrilling toy army tower defense adventure? Welcome to the Toy Shire! Battle diverse foes in various locations, defend your family, and repel foes from your area. Save the world by strengthening your defense with toy towers! FULL GAME AVAILABLE NOW!
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.7%, RTS 17.9%, Wargame 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.8%, Military 14.7%
- #37 Save and Conquer : 8 Years
74% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2022
Dev: Moglax Studios
Windows
This is a 2D defense game that depicts the near future that may arise from climate change. Unlike the defense game, which is automatically attacked by traditional turrets, it is an attractive game that requires you to defeat the enemy by operating the turret directly with limited power.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.2%, RTS 21.6%, Wargame 19.8%, Real Time Tactics 10%, PvE 6.7%
- #38 Global Conflict Blue: Horizon
73% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Wardstone Games
Windows
Global Conflict Blue: Horizon simulates warfare in real time across air and naval domains. Build scenarios, customize tactics, and experience immersive strategy at both the tactical and operational levels.
Why similar: Wargame 26.1%, Military 22.4%, RTS 16.6%, Naval Combat 12.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 11.3%
- #39 War on the Sea
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,185 reviews2021
Dev: Killerfish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.
Why similar: Naval 43.1% ★, Naval Combat 32.1% ★, Wargame 8.5%, Strategy 6.6%, Military 5%
- #40 Battleships Simulator
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
Battleships Simulator puts you in command of mighty ships—strike, sink your opponent, and claim victory! Feel the thrill of naval battles and outsmart your foe in intense, turn-based war action!
Why similar: Naval Combat 38.9% ★, Wargame 23.3%, Naval 22% ★, Military 8.7%, Strategy 7.2%
- #41 Military Defense
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Taranau Aliaksei
Windows
Protect the base from an alien invasion. Place cannons and destroy the invaders. Upgrade cannons to resist the enemies.
Why similar: Wargame 21.6%, Tower Defense 17.1%, RTS 16.4%, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, Military 12.1%
- #42 Great Naval Battles: The Final Fury
72% matchPositive82% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: IO Design GroupPub: SNEG
Windows
Battlestations! All hands prepare for the naval conflict on a truly grand scale! GREAT NAVAL BATTLES: THE FINAL FURY is loaded with enough historical and hypothetical naval conflict to keep players - from casual to connoisseur - busy for hours and hours!
Why similar: Naval 29.7% ★, Naval Combat 24.1% ★, Wargame 18%, Real Time Tactics 11.5%, Military 8.3%
- #43 Red Conflict 2044
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NBS-Games
Windows
An alternate reality sci-fi survival RTS. Command, defend and dominate in 2044 against endless waves of Soviet super soldiers. Two factions, each with their own distinct technology and tactics.
Why similar: RTS 18.1%, Wargame 18.1%, Tower Defense 17.3%, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, Military 9.2%
- #44 Para Bellum - Hold the Line
71% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Laukaus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Para Bellum - Hold the Line is a 3D real time small unit tactics game. Your task is to hold off enemy attacks wave after wave using a variety of different Units and Supports in your arsenal to the best of your abilities in Campaign and Skirmish modes.
Why similar: Wargame 20.7%, RTS 17.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, Tower Defense 17.2%, Military 12%
- #45 Electoral Dynasty
70% matchMostly Negative38% of 21 reviews2023
Dev: Goodnight Gremlin Studios
Windows
A political-simulation watch-the-clock strategy game. Pass laws, executive orders, and deal with events, all while maintaining the balance of your nation's most important attributes. Will you manage to keep your coalition together or establish a dictatorship? Only you can decide, Prime Minister.
Why similar: Political Sim 28.9% ★, Time Management 15.4%, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, Military 13.9%, RTS 10.8%
- #46 Taking London
68% matchVery Positive85% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Pink Pegasus Games
Windows · Linux
A love letter to old-school browser-based RTS MMOs – with charming nostalgic pixel graphics, a dash of political satire, and tonnes of strategic tension. Build your empire, face off against other players, and take what’s yours in true British imperial style: by dominating the map.
Why similar: Wargame 20.8%, Political Sim 20.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, RTS 14.4%, Time Management 12.3%
- #47 City Defense
71% matchMostly Negative38% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Studio48
Windows
City Defense is a tower defense game. The enemies decided to blitzkrieg and a small town turned out to be the line of attack. Build automatic turrets to destroy enemy equipment, pump them, and earn money for the victory over each enemy, because only with a sly strategy and cold mind you can win this battle.
Why similar: Wargame 22.9%, Tower Defense 22.5%, Real Time Tactics 16.9%, Military 14.5%, Strategy 9.2%
- #48 Urban Fantasy: Vampires vs Werewolves
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antenn
Windows
Conquer the real world cities in UF: Vampires vs Werewolves. Play as either Vampires or Werewolves and get rid of your enemies before they expand while making sure that Humans never notice you. Manage your resources, units and use your special abilities to make sure they never come back to this city
Why similar: Political Sim 24.7% ★, Wargame 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, RTS 13.1%, Tabletop 12%
- #49 Wargame: Red Dragon
69% matchVery Positive89% of 19,654 reviews2014
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 52.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Why similar: RTS 23.2%, Military 20.6%, Wargame 19.4%, Naval 16.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 10.4%
- #50 Aircraft Carrier Survival: Tutorial
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,176 reviews2021
Dev: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. And it is like none other. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy set in the merciless reality of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.
Why similar: Naval Combat 27.3% ★, Naval 26.5% ★, Wargame 18.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Card Game 7.9%
- #51 Carrier Command: Gaea Mission
70% matchMixed48% of 1,173 reviews2012
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 51%
A next-gen re-imagination of a groundbreaking 80s classic. Carrier Command: Gaea Mission brings a breathtaking combination of action and strategy elements.
Why similar: Naval Combat 31.5% ★, Naval 31.4% ★, RTS 17.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Action 5.8%
- #52 战地指挥官/Battleboom
68% matchMixed53% of 32 reviews2021
Dev: Battleboom Studio
Windows
"Battleboom"is a fair battle game with military theme.You will play the role of a commander to deploy and command your team. Find your combinations,try your best to destroy the enemy's base to win! come and battle!
Why similar: Military 24%, Wargame 19.6%, Real Time Tactics 19.1%, RTS 18.4%, Strategy 10.9%
- #53 郑成功传 Clash of Armadas: Koxinga
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 铭记历史Pub: 忠烈祠
Windows
Tower Defense + Auto Chess + Naval Battle Choose from the legendary captains of the Age of Sail – Blackbeard, Francis Drake, Horatio Nelson, Zheng Chenggong… and more. Command 10+ ships. Position your fleet. Broadside fire. Enemies come in waves on fixed routes.
Why similar: Naval Combat 39.8% ★, Tower Defense 17.5%, Naval 17% ★, Real Time Tactics 14.7%, Strategy 7.1%
- #54 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
66% matchMixed61% of 7,835 reviews2023
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 16.1 hrsMean: 81.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!
Why similar: Naval 27.4% ★, Naval Combat 26% ★, Wargame 15.4%, Military 11.8%, RTS 7.9%
- #55 Victory At Sea
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 577 reviews2014
Dev: Evil Twin Artworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Engage in epic RTS warfare across 3 huge campaigns as well as other battle modes. Create your own fleet of ships, pick your side and enter into World War II naval combat on a global scale.
Why similar: Naval 44.7% ★, Naval Combat 37.2% ★, RTS 8.9%, Strategy 6.9%, Action 2.2%
- #56 GeoStrategic
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: GreenDroid
Windows
Manage your country and achieve your mission : conquer/protect a territory, destroy a country...
Why similar: Political Sim 35.7% ★, Wargame 23.6%, RTS 15.3%, PvE 7.6%, Strategy 6.5%
- #57 Harpoon Classic '97
65% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Alliance InteractivePub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Harpoon Classic 97 a naval warfare simulation game that builds on the legacy of the original Harpoon®. Command naval forces, including ships, submarines, and aircraft, across global theaters like the Nth Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and Mediterranean, a realistic modern naval combat.
Why similar: Wargame 27%, RTS 19.8%, Naval Combat 19.6% ★, Military 15.6%, Strategy 11.7%
- #58 Gunboat
67% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Accolade, Inc.Pub: Ziggurat
Windows
For decades, the U.S. Navy has deployed the river patrol boat (PBR) in the most hostile and claustrophobic type of war: riverine combat. The classic action sim Gunboat lets you fight from all perspectives of your boat's four-man crew in over 20 missions across 3 sweltering combat zones.
Why similar: Naval Combat 40.8% ★, Naval 38.2% ★, Military 18.1%, Action 2.9%