Silent Hunter
Silent Hunter is a Single-player Submarine Simulation developed by Aeon Electronic Entertainment and published by Strategic Simulations. The game is set in the Pacific War during WWII, where the player controls a submarine of the US Navy. Mostly Japanese warships and U.S. submarines are introduced along with some generic merchant ships. In the game, a single encounter generator is present, but the standard mode of the game is its career mode, where the player as the protagonist needs to take his boat to patrol far behind the enemy lines with an epic mission to find out and smash enemy shipping. To success, the player should focus on shipping lanes, which may be deduced from the contact reports. Special missions might be assigned to the player, including beach reconnaissance, the rescue of downed airmen, and more. The career mode of the game starts, when the brutal war against Japan is declared and continues through until 1945. The player can explore the environment to battle against enemies and make points to boost his abilities. There are lots of challenging missions, and each mission has its unique set of objectives that the player needs to complete to progress through the storyline.
#1 Battle Fleet 2
Battle Fleet 2 is a Turn-based Strategy, Naval, Single-player and Multiplayer Grand Strategy wargame developed by Mythical City Games. In the game, the ultimate task of the player is to choose a fleet of warships and equip them by choosing weaponry. After that, the player needs to assign captains and then struggle to attack the enemy fleet to advance through the game. The game grants the player full control over each mission, and the player needs to decide how much power should be put into each task to conquer. It serves as the improved sequel to the original title has had kept the style and some aspects from the previous release. This time, the game takes place in a fully 3D environment and introduces improved ships and hit locations. There are seven different ship classes, and each has its unique statistics and comes with different hardpoint locations for mounting different weapons. Battle Fleet 2 includes prominent features such as Modern Weapons, Deploy Strategic Command Cards, a variety of Aircraft, Single-player Campaigns and more.
#2 Cold Waters
Cold Waters is a Naval, Strategy, and Single-player Submarine Simulator video game developed and published by Killerfish Games for Multiple Platforms. The game takes the player in the beautiful environment, and it places him in the role of the protagonist, a commander who needs to control his crew throughout the game to succeed. The player needs to plan his attack after tracing a Soviet landing force bound for Iceland. The Red Storm Rising inspires this video game, in which the player needs to command a nuclear submarine to prevent the mutually assured destruction when the war gets too hot, and World War II starts. In the game, the player is tasked with intercepting amphibious landings, convoys, insertion missions and also fighting it out with opposing warship, aircraft, and submarines. The game lets the player experience the real-time naval combat, and it introduces more than forty classes of ships and submarines. There’s a dynamic campaign where the performance of the player matter. Cold Waters includes key features such as Authentic Soviet Combat Tactics, Realistic Sonar Model, Dynamic Campaign, more than Forty Classes, and more.
#3 UBOAT
UBOAT is a Submarine Simulation developed by Deep Water Studio and published by PlayWay S.A. for Mac OS and Windows. The game supports Single-player mode only, and its gameplay is inspired by the mechanics of Fallout Shelter and XCOM video game. Similar to other Submarine Simulations, the game places the player in charge of a German U-boat during the event of WWII. The game provides the player with the command of a Type VII submarine. However, the player isn’t directly in command of the submarine itself but in command of men controlling the submarine. During the gameplay, the player must struggle to manage the discipline, morale, and trauma of the team and attempt to ensure that all the team comes back alive at the mission’s end. The team also comprises individuals, and each has its unique story and personality. The game introduces the extensive damage system and introduces survival elements. While playing the game, the player has a chance to test his creativity and ability to stay calm, and he can also try to rescue the crew or can leave someone behind to save others.