- #1 From the Depths
97% matchVery Positive89% of 12,523 reviews2020
Dev: Brilliant Skies Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 40.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.
Why similar: Naval Combat 24.1% ★, Voxel 15% ★, Naval 12% ★, Gun Customization 8.5% ★, Sandbox 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive experience for modular naval construction, allowing you to build ships block-by-block with complex weapon systems and physics.
- #2 Sprocket
96% matchVery Positive93% of 12,133 reviews2021
Dev: Hamish Dunn
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 36.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Carefully balance mobility, firepower and armour in a dedicated tank designer. Then uncarefully put them to the test in a series of combat scenarios progressing through the ages of the tank. Here, your limit is what you can fit inside your hull and turret while still being able to move forwards.
Why similar: World War I 19.3% ★, World War II 13.7% ★, Wargame 12.3%, Sandbox 11.6%, Military 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: While focused on tanks, it provides the same satisfying 'design-and-test' loop where you engineer every aspect of your vehicle's performance.
- #3 Dieselpunk Wars
96% matchMixed63% of 155 reviews2021
Dev: Image Power S.A.
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dieselpunk Wars is a vehicle building game, focused on combat with advanced physics and damage simulation. Use over 300 elements to build a war machine of your dreams. Construct vehicles that ride on the ground, soar through the skies, or dive underwater. Prepare for combat and test your skills!
Why similar: Naval Combat 15.9% ★, Voxel 14.2% ★, Submarine 13.1% ★, Tanks 13.1% ★, Naval 12.9% ★
Why You'll Like It: It shares the voxel-based building and physics-heavy combat style of NavalArt, focusing on creating unique war machines.
- #4 Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
94% matchMixed61% of 7,751 reviews2023
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 81.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!
Why similar: Naval Combat 20.5% ★, World War I 16.8% ★, Naval 12.3% ★, World War II 10.3% ★, Submarine 9.5% ★
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the technical design of warships, allowing you to customize everything from hull shape to turret placement.
- #5 Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
94% matchVery Positive95% of 12,431 reviews2022
Dev: Walternate Realities
Windows
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Design and simulate the starships of your dreams! Command your ship or fleet in epic battles and manage your crew while exploring a dangerous galaxy. Play alone or with friends, test your ships in online PvP, and let your imagination reach for the stars!
Why similar: Building 66.2%, Strategy 19.6%, Simulation 14.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep modular ship design and tactical combat that rewards creative engineering and efficient layout planning.
- #6 Stormworks: Build and Rescue
93% matchVery Positive90% of 57,601 reviews2020
Dev: Geometa
Windows · Mac
Median: 17.4 hrsMean: 111.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
Why similar: Naval 29.8% ★, Sailing 27.9% ★, Sandbox 24%, Building 18.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly deep engineering sandbox where you construct complex vehicles and vessels to operate in a realistic physics environment.
- #7 Airships: Conquer the Skies
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,403 reviews2018
Dev: David Stark
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 36.9 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!
Why similar: Naval Combat 30.9% ★, Tanks 17.6% ★, Wargame 16.7%, Military 11.6%, Building 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines modular ship design with tactical combat, requiring you to balance armor, weaponry, and crew management.
- #8 Besiege
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 52,104 reviews2020
Dev: Spiderling Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Besiege is a physics building game about constructing medieval machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Conquer the campaign or skirmish with friends in Multiplayer!
Why similar: Naval Combat 51.5% ★, Sandbox 20.6%, Building 17.8%, Strategy 5.1%, Simulation 5%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based building game that centers on creating custom machines to destroy targets, mirroring the destructive sandbox feel of NavalArt.
- #9 Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
90% matchVery Positive90% of 5,484 reviews2024
Dev: Triassic GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 37.1 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 45.6% ★, Naval 19.8% ★, Military 12.6%, War 9%, Strategy 4.1%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a deep tactical naval combat experience that emphasizes realistic sensors and weapon systems.
- #10 War on the Sea
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,150 reviews2021
Dev: Killerfish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.
Why similar: Naval Combat 32% ★, Naval 24.4% ★, World War II 21.9% ★, Wargame 6%, War 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic naval combat and fleet management, perfect for those who enjoy the wargame aspects of NavalArt.
- #11 TerraTech
89% matchVery Positive91% of 24,455 reviews2018
Dev: Payload StudiosPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 33.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
TerraTech is an open-world, sandbox adventure game, where you design and build your own creations through a mix of crafting, combat and discovery. Design vehicles from a huge library of blocks. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector.
Why similar: Sandbox 35.8%, Building 35.8%, Crafting 23.4%, Strategy 5%
Why You'll Like It: Features modular vehicle construction where you build combat machines from salvaged parts to survive in an open-world sandbox.
- #12 Rule the Waves 3
89% matchVery Positive89% of 1,014 reviews2023
Dev: Naval Warfare SimulationsPub: Matrix Games
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 58.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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 Combat 26.2% ★, Naval 18.7% ★, Wargame 15.1%, World War I 15.1% ★, Military 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A comprehensive naval strategy game that excels in the design and management of historical warship fleets.
- #13 Waves of Steel
88% matchVery Positive91% of 414 reviews2023
Dev: TMA Games LLC
Windows · Linux
If you like warships but wish they could kickflip, Waves of Steel is for you! Build your own custom warship and embark on a sprawling campaign filled with enemy ships, planes, submarines, and bizarre superweapons. Fast-paced arcade naval action is here!
Why similar: Naval Combat 31.9% ★, World War II 17% ★, Naval 14.1% ★, Building 9.4%, War 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features an arcade-style naval combat loop with extensive ship customization options for your fleet.
- #14 UBOAT
86% matchVery Positive85% of 25,707 reviews2024
Dev: Deep Water StudioPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 50.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
UBOAT is a simulator of a submarine from WWII era. It is a survival sandbox with crew management mechanics while its primary theme is life of German sailors. The boat is their home, but it can become their grave at any time.
Why similar: Naval Combat 24.2% ★, Submarine 20.8% ★, World War II 14.6% ★, Naval 14.3% ★, Military 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a detailed submarine simulation that emphasizes crew management and technical operation of naval vessels.
- #15 SimplePlanes
87% matchVery Positive93% of 10,799 reviews2015
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Build airplanes by snapping parts together, designing wing sections, and attaching engines. At any time, you can strap yourself into the cockpit and see how it flies with realistic physics. If you're not in the mood for building, over 100,000 airplanes are available to download for free.
Why similar: Sandbox 33.4%, Military 29.8%, Building 28.8%, Strategy 8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers unparalleled freedom in vehicle design, allowing you to build and test complex flying and floating machines with realistic physics.
- #16 Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,088 reviews2021
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail is a tactical wargame from the creators of the Ultimate General series set amidst the epic naval campaigns in the period of the American Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Why similar: Naval Combat 54.2% ★, Naval 16.5% ★, Sailing 8.7% ★, Strategy 7.4%, Simulation 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical naval combat and historical ship management within the Age of Sail era.
- #17 Main Assembly
85% matchVery Positive84% of 1,337 reviews2021
Dev: Bad Yolk GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
You’re the designer, engineer and architect if you can imagine it you can create it! Construct robots of any shape or size from eight-legged spider bots to eerie UFO contraptions.
Why similar: Sandbox 33.6%, Building 29.5%, Crafting 29%, Simulation 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A highly advanced robotics and vehicle building game that gives you the tools to create almost anything you can imagine.
- #18 HighFleet
84% matchVery Positive88% of 7,155 reviews2021
Dev: Konstantin KoshutinPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?
Why similar: Military 42.2%, Building 34.7%, Strategy 13.5%, Simulation 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features a unique ship design system where you build your fleet from modular parts to survive intense tactical combat.
- #19 Juno: New Origins
82% matchVery Positive89% of 3,369 reviews2023
Dev: Jundroo, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Bring to life anything you can imagine from rockets and airplanes to cars and more. Automate them with a visual programming language. Explore 3D planets and make your own. Share your creations online. Complete contracts, conquer milestones, and unlock technology in the newly added Career Mode.
Why similar: Building 52.3%, Sandbox 47.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a complex engineering sandbox where you can design and test vehicles with high levels of mechanical detail.
- #20 Battlestations Pacific
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,584 reviews2009
Dev: Eidos Studio HungaryPub: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Experience one war through two epic sagas where you will be a part of history or change it. Feel the power of the historically authentic and decisive battles of the Pacific War. Relive some of the grandest and most critical naval battles of recent history and for the first time, choose to lead your fleet to a completely different ending...
Why similar: World War II 34.5% ★, Naval 26.4% ★, Naval Combat 21.1% ★, Military 7.5%, Strategy 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a blend of action and strategy, allowing you to control individual ships and aircraft in large-scale naval battles.
- #21 Victory At Sea Pacific
83% matchMixed61% of 641 reviews2018
Dev: Evil Twin Artworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Victory at Sea Pacific is the exciting game of naval RTS combat set during World War II. Bringing an epic approach to real time strategy war gaming, search and destroy enemy fleets across an open world sandbox in a desperate attempt to change the course of history.
Why similar: Naval Combat 33.2% ★, Naval 20.8% ★, World War II 18.9% ★, Wargame 14.2%, War 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A grand-strategy naval game that captures the scale of World War II combat with a focus on fleet management.
- #22 Aircraft Carrier Survival
82% matchMixed60% of 1,187 reviews2022
Dev: Gambit Games StudioPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy game set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.
Why similar: Naval Combat 39% ★, Naval 18.6% ★, World War II 18.5% ★, Sandbox 9.5%, War 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the management and survival of a naval vessel, adding a layer of tension to the naval experience.
- #23 Boat Crew
80% matchVery Positive89% of 418 reviews2022
Dev: Tabbing TabbyPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Command your crew in Boat Crew, a gripping action-strategy experience amidst the Pacific War. Take charge of a PT boat against Imperial Japan, skillfully managing resources and personnel by any means necessary to ensure victory in this high-stakes conflict.
Why similar: Naval Combat 33.2% ★, Naval 18.6% ★, World War II 18.1% ★, Wargame 15.9%, War 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A naval combat wargame that focuses on the tactical management of crews and ships during battle.
- #24 Rise of Piracy
78% matchMostly Positive80% of 355 reviews2026
Dev: IrishJohnGamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
The perfect blend of Action, Adventure and RTS. Begin your journey as the lowly captain of a small vessel. End as the commander of a threatening fleet. Rise to glory how you see fit. Trade, fight, recruit, grow, pillage, ally, destroy & conquer.
Why similar: Naval Combat 29.8% ★, Naval 19.1% ★, Sailing 16.6% ★, Sandbox 10.7%, Military 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on naval exploration and combat, allowing you to build and upgrade your own pirate fleet.
- #25 World of Warships
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 153,508 reviews2017
Dev: Wargaming Group Limited
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 82.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 600 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!
Why similar: Naval Combat 40.4% ★, Naval 17.5% ★, World War II 16% ★, Military 10.1%, War 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A popular naval combat game that provides accessible, fast-paced action with a wide variety of historical ship classes.
- #26 NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
78% matchVery Positive81% of 3,819 reviews2022
Dev: Eridanus IndustriesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take command of your hand-tailored fleet of space warships and use realistic radar, electronic warfare, advanced movement controls in 3D space, and precision targeting to outmaneuver and outwit your opponents in a simulation-heavy tactical space game like no other.
Why similar: World War II 32.1% ★, Military 21%, Sandbox 18.3%, War 17.7%, Strategy 6%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical space-naval combat game that emphasizes realistic sensors, line-of-sight, and detailed fleet management.
- #27 ShipCrafter
77% matchVery Positive93% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: MyrmecomanPub: MoreButterGames
Windows · Linux
ShipCrafter is a naval sandbox simulation game. Build your ship, unlock new components and defeat increasingly powerful foes in the campaign !
Why similar: Naval Combat 19.3% ★, Naval 17.4% ★, Wargame 14.9%, Voxel 14.9% ★, Sandbox 13.8%
- #28 Battle Fleet 2
81% 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 Combat 35% ★, Naval 23.3% ★, World War II 13.9% ★, Wargame 12.1%, Military 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based naval combat game that allows for strategic positioning and ship-to-ship engagement.
- #29 Fleet Command
79% matchVery Positive88% of 475 reviews2006
Dev: SonalystsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 10.8 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 34.6% ★, Wargame 24.9%, Submarine 13.3% ★, Naval 10.9% ★, Military 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A classic naval wargame that prioritizes tactical decision-making and fleet coordination.
- #30 Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 970 reviews2024
Dev: FunGiPub: MicroProse Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks is a unique combination of tank design and tycoon game. It puts you in charge of an arms trading company specialized in tanks from WWI to the modern era. Research, design, sell and follow your tanks in battle to make your own history!
Why similar: Tanks 27.3% ★, Wargame 19.5%, Sandbox 14.5%, Military 12.4%, War 11.8%
- #31 SHIPS AT WAR
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 381 reviews2021
Dev: Golddorf Spieleentwicklung
Windows
Sink player-made battleships, aircraft carriers and submarines in this physics-based game. Use pre-built ships and sink the enemy by deploying aircraft, torpedoes, depth charges or shells. Or built your own ships in the extensive ship-editor.
Why similar: Naval Combat 23.2% ★, Submarine 16.4% ★, Naval 13.2% ★, World War II 12.4% ★, Sandbox 9%
- #32 Task Force Admiral - Vol.1: American Carrier Battles
73% matchVery Positive91% of 586 reviews2026
Dev: Drydock Dreams GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Experience the thrill of leading American aircraft carriers to victory in this innovative full 3D command simulation wargame set in the Pacific in 1942. First-person or God’s eye, you lead your fleet and planes right from the center of the battle.
Why similar: Naval Combat 36.2% ★, Naval 25% ★, World War II 19.1% ★, Military 13.4%, Strategy 3.4%
- #33 Naval Hurricane
75% matchVery Positive90% of 94 reviews2022
Dev: Efril
Windows
Turn based tactical game about war at sea between British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy during World War I. Command powerful dreadnoughts, fast destroyers and stealthy submarines, conduct artillery battles, torpedo attacks and fight for the survivability of damaged ships.
Why similar: Naval Combat 33.8% ★, World War I 31.9% ★, Naval 18% ★, War 8.8%, Strategy 3.9%
- #34 Rising Front
71% matchVery Positive88% of 3,874 reviews2026
Dev: Sandstorm Studios Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!
Why similar: World War I 37.7% ★, Sandbox 17.5%, Wargame 15.8%, War 15.1%, Shooter 7%
- #35 Victory at Sea Atlantic - World War II Naval Warfare
73% matchMixed67% of 111 reviews2025
Dev: Evil Twin Artworks
Windows
Victory At Sea Atlantic transports you to the cold, unforgiving waters of the Atlantic Theatre in WWII. With a vast array of ships, planes, and subs, engage in epic sea battles & secure your place in history. Victory At Sea Atlantic is the ultimate naval warfare experience.
Why similar: Naval Combat 29.1% ★, Submarine 21.1% ★, World War II 16.5% ★, Wargame 14.4%, Sandbox 7.7%
- #36 Aircraft Carrier Survival: Tutorial
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 1,176 reviews2021
Dev: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 43%
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 32.6% ★, Naval 17.7% ★, Wargame 16.4%, Sandbox 11.8%, World War II 9.9% ★
- #37 Victory At Sea
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 574 reviews2014
Dev: Evil Twin Artworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.0 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 Combat 41.5% ★, Naval 28.3% ★, World War II 22.2% ★, Strategy 5%, Simulation 3.1%
- #38 Armored Battle Crew [World War 1] - Tank Warfare and Crew Management Simulator
76% matchMostly Negative34% of 653 reviews2019
Dev: Gattai Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Armored Battle Crew is a Tank and Crew Management Simulation game, where your skills as a Tank commander is tested. Customize your tank carefully and make strategic battle choices to achieve mission success! The fate of your crew lies in your hands!
Why similar: World War I 31.7% ★, Tanks 21.7% ★, Military 11.1%, Driving 10.1%, War 8.7%
- #39 Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,195 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 26.8% ★, Submarine 17.5% ★, World War II 14.8% ★, Naval 14.2% ★, Military 9%
- #40 Total Tank Simulator
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,576 reviews2020
Dev: Noobz from PolandPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.
Why similar: World War II 28.5% ★, Tanks 26.3% ★, Sandbox 18.3%, War 13.2%, Strategy 7.6%
- #41 Atlantic Fleet
73% matchVery Positive86% of 1,541 reviews2016
Dev: Killerfish Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Turn based tactical and strategic naval combat. Atlantic Fleet puts you in command of the Allies or Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in the longest military campaign of WWII, The Battle of the Atlantic.Take command of surface ships, submarines as well as carrier and land based aircraft in the deadly struggle for control of Atlantic shipping...
Why similar: Naval Combat 45.4% ★, Naval 22.2% ★, World War II 19.8% ★, War 5.2%, Strategy 4.1%
- #42 Call to Arms: Panzer Elite
69% matchMixed70% of 1,425 reviews2025
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Digitalmindsoft Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead a platoon of WWII tanks in this immersive TPP and FPP game. Engage in realistic, tactical combat across historic battlefields. Play through campaign or challenge yourself in skirmish mode as either German or US forces.
Why similar: Tanks 25.2% ★, World War II 22.9% ★, Wargame 17.8%, Driving 12.9%, Military 9.8%
- #43 Tank Mechanic Simulator
70% matchVery Positive88% of 8,976 reviews2020
Dev: DeGenerals S.A.Pub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Renovate & build II World War tanks. Experience highly detailed & realistic simulation game. Take tanks fully apart by using different tools. Transform them from rusty and ruined to fully working. Check them on the training ground, sell or put into your own museum.
Why similar: Tanks 34.8% ★, World War II 31.1% ★, Building 15.4%, Crafting 13.9%, Simulation 4.7%
- #44 Wolfpack
71% matchVery Positive88% of 2,043 reviews2019
Dev: Usurpator ABPub: SUBSIM
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A crew of players experience the tense atmosphere of a WW2 U-boat, manning the stations in this realistic co-op simulation game. Several crews may play together in a wolfpack, completing missions based on iconic events during the different stages of German U-boat warfare. Solo play included.
Why similar: Naval Combat 39.8% ★, Submarine 25.1% ★, World War II 16.9% ★, Naval 9.3% ★, Simulation 3.7%
- #45 Silent Depth 2: Pacific
70% matchMixed61% of 252 reviews2024
Dev: MicroProse Software
Windows
Silent Depth 2: Pacific is a lite sub-sim. You enter the Silent Service at the command of a Gato class submarine on War Patrols during World War 2. How long will you survive, and ultimately how much tonnage you sink is down to skill and cunning.
Why similar: Naval Combat 24.4% ★, Submarine 23.9% ★, Naval 16.4% ★, World War II 15% ★, Wargame 10.1%
- #46 Flyout
68% matchVery Positive81% of 2,149 reviews2023
Dev: Stonext Games
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Build and fly realistic aircraft. Use free-form fuselage and wing editor tools and tune your engines to recreate aircraft from any era or design your own.
Why similar: Sandbox 37.8%, Building 26.9%, Military 23.8%, Simulation 11.5%
- #47 World of Sea Battle
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,909 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Interactive
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Set sail in World of Sea Battle, an action-packed open-world MMO in the Golden Age of Sail! Command historic ships, battle in PvP & PvE, shape the economy, and engage in territorial guild wars in your quest for glory across the high seas!
Why similar: Naval Combat 37.8% ★, Naval 22.8% ★, Sailing 19.1% ★, Sandbox 12%, Crafting 8.4%
- #48 Make Sail
72% matchMixed55% of 110 reviews2018
Dev: Popcannibal
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make boats and sail them. Survive an ocean of storms and beasts to find better pieces to make your ship bigger, faster, stronger, prettier, stranger, wilder: more yours.
Why similar: Sailing 28.5% ★, Naval 25.5% ★, Building 22.3%, Sandbox 14.5%, Simulation 9.2%
- #49 Dieselpunk Wars Prologue
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 172 reviews2020
Dev: Image Power S.A.
Windows
Dieselpunk Wars: Prologue is a free version of an epic vehicle building game, focused on combat with advanced physics and damage simulation. Use over 140 elements to build an awesome war machine. Build vehicles that ride on the ground, soar through the skies, or dive underwater. Prepare for combat!
Why similar: Tanks 20.5% ★, Sandbox 19.9%, Naval 17.1% ★, Building 15.7%, Crafting 10.7%
- #50 Model Builder: Complete Edition
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,276 reviews2022
Dev: Moonlit S.A.Pub: Green Man Gaming Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Become a master model maker in the Complete Edition of this beloved crafting simulator, featuring all DLCs. Assemble, customize and display your creations, whether you’re a veteran or a novice. Get building, and get creative!
Why similar: World War I 25.2% ★, Tanks 16.8% ★, Submarine 13.5% ★, Sandbox 9.9%, World War II 9.5% ★
- #51 Aviassembly
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,303 reviews2025
Dev: Jelle Booij
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Build and fly your own airplane! Complete missions to earn money, upgrade your plane, and discover new locations in an open world.
Why similar: Building 34.6%, Sandbox 33%, Crafting 23.3%, Simulation 5.2%, Strategy 4%
- #52 Ship Explorer
65% matchVery Positive82% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: Turbine Room StudioPub: Seabank Digital Productions
Windows
You know their stories. Now it's time to step aboard! Board iconic ocean liner and warships from history like SS United States, Morro Castle and more as you explore and learn about the secrets that made them into legends.
Why similar: Naval 26.7% ★, World War II 23.4% ★, Sailing 22.1% ★, Military 12.7%, Sandbox 11%
- #53 Brick Rigs
63% matchVery Positive95% of 56,117 reviews2023
Dev: Fluppisoft GmbH
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 77.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build your own vehicles or download one of the more than 200,000 creations already uploaded to the Workshop and experience the dynamic driving and destruction physics of Brick Rigs!
Why similar: Sandbox 32.8%, Driving 26.5%, Building 25.3%, Gun Customization 11.2% ★, Simulation 4.2%
- #54 Dangerous Waters
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 390 reviews2006
Dev: SonalystsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 32%
S.C.S. - Dangerous Waters allows you total control over multiple air, surface, and submarine platforms in a modern-day naval environment. Take direct control of individual crew stations and also plan and execute combined arms naval strategies from a top-down 'Commanders Eye' perspective.
Why similar: Naval Combat 31.2% ★, Submarine 23.2% ★, Naval 18.1% ★, Military 9.7%, War 6.6%
- #55 Panzer War : Definitive Edition
67% matchVery Positive85% of 1,301 reviews2018
Dev: WindyVerse
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 66.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Panzer War delivers intense tank combat, featuring a realistic damage system where every hit counts. Skip the grind—access all tanks instantly and dive into battle. Unleash your creativity with the Tank and Map Designer, crafting custom scenarios for endless gameplay possibilities.
Why similar: World War I 35.8% ★, Tanks 25.2% ★, World War II 23.4% ★, War 9.2%, Simulation 6.4%
- #56 Silent Depth 3D Submarine Simulation
69% matchMixed63% of 79 reviews2018
Dev: Codeknitters
Windows
Submarine Simulation playing in WWII in the Pacific.
Why similar: Submarine 26.5% ★, Naval Combat 16.1% ★, Naval 15.5% ★, World War II 15.5% ★, Wargame 10.7%
- #57 Dimensions: Dreadnought Architect
67% matchMixed55% of 199 reviews2023
Dev: Craft Theory
Windows
Unleash your creativity, design your dreadnought with a variety of modules, and have complete control over the function and style of each module. Command your battleship with wisdom and decisiveness. Gallop in the vast galaxy and destroy all enemies.
Why similar: Sandbox 48.3%, Building 46.6%, Simulation 5.2%