Aces of the Deep
Aces of the Deep is an Adventure, Strategy, Naval Warfare, and Single-player video game developed by Dynamix. Throughout the game, the player has to control different ships on the oceans and engage in intense battles. The game has several historical missions where the player finds himself in Germany’s greatest U-boat captain’s role.
Career Mode allows the player to choose a war year and starts his career up to the end of the war. In the campaign mode, the player finds several missions to complete where every mission is completely different from the last one to ensure the complexity. The game keeps three U-boats models in several variations for the player, where every U-boat will be available only in its historical period.
The game has various ships that range from oil tankers to merchant ships and troopships. It also includes a variety of aircraft and vessels that contain technologies according to their historical period. The player can alter their appearance according to their historical appearance on the battlefield. The weapons used by the ships are also historically based.
#1 Fighting Steel: World War II Surface Combat 1939-1942
Fighting Steel: World War II Surface Combat 1939-1942 is an Adventure, Simulation, Naval Warfare, and Single-player video game developed by Divide by Zero Software. Throughout the game, the player serves as a commander whose main mission is to engage in different battles of WWII. It all depends on the player’s commanding skills to outsmart the rivals or let them win the game.
The game has many commanders where the player can unlock all the commanders through progression. Every commander has special abilities where the player has to master all the commanders. The game has ten historical scenarios where the player will experience real-time battles, including long-range daytime melees.
The game has four scenario campaigns where every scenario is different and offers unique gameplay. The game has a battle generator and a scenario editor that lets the player make his desired scenario and share it with others. The game offers a multiplayer mode where the internet is required to battle other commanders. The game has core features such as Four Scenarios, Campaign Mode, Historical Battles, and Different Commanders.
#2 Silent Hunter II
Silent Hunter II is an Adventure, Simulation, and Single-player video game developed by Ubisoft. It is the sequel to the Silent Hunter game where the player has to follow the same scenario as in the last one. Throughout the game, the player has to play like a commander who has to command a German U-boat through tactical wars.
Unlike previous games, the game offers both single-player and multiplayer missions. The game has offered a new mode named U-boat highlights that allow the player to re-experience some well-known adventures. The campaign mode lets the player experience the entire duration of WW II as a German U-boat commander. The player can explore seven different areas, including the Eastern United States, Caribbean, and South Atlantic.
In all the areas, the player will face merciless battles against the United States, North Atlantic, Mediterranean, or the Indian Ocean. After every mission, the player’s stats will get saved, and the commander will receive a medal for good commanding. The player can access 12 different U-Boats during the course through progression.
#3 Dangerous Waters
Dangerous Waters is a Naval Warfare, Adventure, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Sonalysts Combat Simulations. Throughout the game, the player controls a naval commander where the scenarios are to keep the enemies under pressure. The game has featured many controllable units of the armed forces from eighteen different countries.
It all depends on the player’s commanding skills to outsmart the rivals or let them win the game. The multiplayer mode allows the player to invite other players and occupy individual crew stations at the same time. In this mode, the top commanders from worldwide will be controlling the same vessel together. Along the way, the player can perform multiple roles such as radar and sonar according to the assigned missions.
Using a mission editor, the player can create scenarios that include a scripting language according to the desired difficulties. The player can share his scenario over the game cloud for others to experience. The game has multiple interesting features that include multiplayer Mode, Scenario Editor, Many Missions, Commanding Skills, and Several Roles.
#4 Destroyer Command
Destroyer Command is an Adventure, Simulation, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Ubisoft. Throughout the game, the player takes on the role of a commander whose main mission is to engage in battles across the WWII scenarios. The game offers all the elements and techniques that were in World War II to experience real-time fights.
There are 20 historical missions, for example, The Battle of Savo Island and other such kinds of historical events where proper deployable strategy gains success. The game features two campaigns, such as the entire Pacific and Atlantic warfare. Forty missions are there, and every campaign contains 20 missions that are challenging. The game has multiple commanders where the player can gain access to all the commanders through progression.
Identical to other vehicular battle games, the game has offered an arsenal of weapons where every weapon has distinctive specifications. The game has some training missions to let the player hone his skills. The game has core features such as Predefined Missions, Training Missions, Two Campaigns, and Many Weaponry.
#5 Hunter Killer
Hunter Killer is an Adventure, Strategy, Naval Warfare, and Single-player video game developed by Strategy First. Throughout the game, the player plays like a submarine operator whose main mission is to hone his skills and earn dolphins to be the submarine master. All the player needs is to master the sonar and weapons control systems.
Over 12 detailed operating stations are there with different themes to grant a real-time experience. The game has training and campaign missions where the player can improve his skills by completing training missions and move towards campaign mode. 3D graphics and different camera angles let the player view and accurate models of over 20 different naval platforms.
The game has unimagined submarines with varied sizes and attributes. The player must manage all submarine resources such as crewmen training, weapons, strengths, performance, etc. In the multiplayer mode, up to eight payers can play together over the internet, controlling the same submarine. The game has core features such as Naval Simulation, Multiplayer Mode, Resource Management, 20 Platforms, and 3D Technology.
#6 Sea Dragon
Sea Dragon is an Adventure, Shooter, Side-Scrolling, and Single-player video game developed by Wayne Westmoreland. Throughout the game, the player serves as a submarine operator who has to control a submarine that can shoot torpedoes in both directions, such as forward and upward. The game follows navigation underwater and through challenging caves where dangers will not stop to come.
While navigating, the player faces many hazards and must avoid the explosive mines rising from the sea bottom. The dangers such as mine-dropping ships, enemy attack stations, falling stalactites, and the deadly laser will keep the player in trouble. At the top of the screen, the player can view his score and the remaining HP of the marine.
The game gets over if the submarine’s HP runs out of meter. The game has many levels where every level is more challenging than imagination. As the player makes progress, the difficulty increases, and it’s become hard for the player to advance and beat the high scores. The game has core features such as Difficult Challenges, High Scoring System, and Many Dangers.
#7 1914: Shells of Fury
1914: Shells of Fury is a Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, and Single-player video game developed by h2f information system. Throughout the game, the player assumes a submarine operator’s role where the mission is to engage in World War I combats. The game has limitless options to set the realism level of the game as per desire.
The player can switch between different submarine areas with the menu bar on the bottom. The map, the engine room, or the periscope are the exploring areas where the player can come in contact with other NPCs. Depending on the historical timeframe, there are four submarine classes where every class features the same techs as in WWI. The player uses the different maps to plan his route, and after developing the path, he has to follow the selected route.
On the way, the player may encounter other ships. Through progression, the player can unlock various gear to upgrade the marines. The player can play in four campaigns with several missions and a mission generator. The editor allows the commander to create his scenarios.
#8 Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation
Das Boot: German U-Boat Simulation is a Strategy, Adventure, Simulation, and Single-player video game developed by 360 Pacific. Throughout the game, the player assumes the role of a U-boat operator who has to control these boats and submarines in naval warfare. The player can view the environment of the boat from an external and internal perspective.
Enemy submarines and surface boats are attacking the player from all sides, but the player must defeat them to keep advancing. The player has to use all his powers and handy skills to overcome threads. The game lets the player use water as a protective element from enemy planes. The player keeps four styles of the torpedo on board are Contact, Acoustic, Looping, and Magnetic.
The player issues all the orders in coded form to prevent the leaking of sensitive information. The game has a special Enigma code-cracking machine that transfers the codes to other soldiers, and they must follow commands. The game has core features such as U-Boats, Three Torpedo, Coded Commands, Enigma Machine, and Submarines.