Wolfpack
Wolfpack is a Co-op, Naval, Single-player and Multiplayer Submarine Simulation developed by Usurpator AB and published by SUBSIM. The game introduces the realistic first-person U-boat game where the player controls a crew during World War II. While playing the game, the crew will discover the large convoys of merchants escorted by sloops, destroyers, and corvettes. However, their ultimate objective is to intercept and sink the ships of enemies and escape undetected. The supports multiplayer mode and each player in the game means a station in the U-boat. So the crew needs to cooperate to succeed in their mission. Unlike other simulators, the game is specially designed for players to randomly manage the submarine through manual and direct interaction with levers, valves, and instruments. There are several U-boats, and each has up to five players such as the helmsman, the captain, the radio man, the dive officer, and the navigator. The player moves across the ship from a first-person viewpoint, and he can interact with lifelike equipment, weapons, and gears.
#1 688(I) Hunter/Killer
688(I) Hunter/Killer is a Single-player and Multiplayer Submarine Simulator video game developed by Sonalysts, Inc. and published by Electronic Arts. The game allows the player to master the sonar and weapons control system while learning how to improve the real target situations and outfits for his boat with the modern weaponry. After that, the player can use his skills to accomplish the tour of duty and struggle to make his dolphins to become a brilliant submariner. There are twelve different operating stations, and each lets the player control the aspects of the submarine warfare, including the fire control, the sonar suit, target and helm motion analysis. During the gameplay, the player will experience the real-world terrain where he can explore the depth of the ocean to check the density of water for the entire world that is based on accurate satellite topographical date. To succeed in the game the player needs to manage all of the resources of his submarine, including the weapon load-outs and crewmen training. 688(I) Hunter/Killer includes prominent features such as Multiplayer Warfare, Real-world Terrain, 3D Technology, Complete Control over Crew, and more.
#2 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.
#3 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.
#4 Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific U-Boat Missions
Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific U-Boat Missions is a Naval, WWII, Single-player and Multiplayer Submarine Simulation developed by Ubisoft Romania and published by Ubisoft. In the game, the player will experience the thrill of the hunt while the water prowls when the captain of a German submarine take part in the conflict against British supply lines. The game is played from a first-person viewpoint, and there are lots of challenging levels, and each level appears with a set of tasks. The game takes place in World War II, and it lets the player become a captain, control a submarine, as well as crew to confront rivals. The main objective is to rise in rank and experience by gaining access to new strategic resources, including recon aircraft and battle groups. The game introduces a new campaign that spans from July 1943 to May 1945. Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific U-Boat Missions includes prominent features such as Better Accessibilities, Historical Figures, New Playable Submarines, Strategic Warfare, and more.
#5 Crash Dive
Crash Dive is a Single-player Submarine Simulation developed and published by Panic Ensues Software for Mobile Devices such as Android, iOS, and Windows Phone. The game takes place in the 3D environment, and it offers the tactical submarine combat, following the event of World War II. In the game, the player can take command of a U-boat to search for enemy convoys to sink. While playing the game, the player needs to sneak past the escorts and torpedo the transports to advance through the game. The player can use his deck gun in a night to attack enemies and defeat them to unlock further content. It offers the smooth mix of arcade action with the submarine simulator, and it provides the player with a set of tools for both offense and stealth elements. In the game, the player can decide how aggressive he wants to become. There are multiple times of the day, and each one enables the player for different play styles. The tutorial mode will teach the necessary skills, and four difficulty levels will challenge the capabilities of the player. Crash Dive includes prominent features such as Location-based Damage, Submarine Simulator, Random Encounter Generator, and more.
#6 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.
#7 Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific
Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific is a Naval, World War II, Single-player and Multiplayer Submarine Simulation developed and published by Ubisoft for PC. The game offers challenging gameplay, in which it places the player in charge of an American Submarine, and lets him explore the history of WWII. It introduces a set of modes, including Single War Patrol, Career, and Single-player engagements. However, an expansion was released in the year 2008 for this game, The U-boat Missions. The game uses accurate and detailed 3D graphics to engage the player in the environment of a WWII submarine. The massive systems of a vessel are functional, and players are exposed to several aspects of submarine warfare of that time. Similar to its predecessor, the game introduces a dynamic campaign and provides the player with different missions and unique rewards. Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific includes prominent features such as Lifelike Graphics and Visual Effects, Large Scale Naval Engagements, Innovative Crew Evolution, Single-player Gameplay, Scalable Learning Experience, and more.
#8 Harpoon 4
Harpoon 4 is a Simulation, Adventure, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Three-Sixty Pacific Inc. for multiple platforms. It serves as the fourth installment in the Harpoon series and offers the same gameplay to the last titles. Throughout the gameplay, the player takes on the role of a naval captain, and the primary mission is to outlast the rivals by outlasting them.
It all depends on the player’s strategy and strength, whether to dominate the opponents or let them allow to defeat the player. The game comes up with more than ten Cold War scenarios, and each of the scenarios will offer unique gameplay and requires the player to perform multiple factors for domination.
The player will come to experience over 100 arsenals and NATO weapons, which offers different destructions. The game enables the player to know about their plans by using several types of sensors, radars, and sonar that tracks enemy ships and crucial information.
#9 AirBuccaneers
AirBuccaneers is a Free-to-play, Strategy, RPG, and Single-player video game developed by LudoCraft Ltd for Windows. Throughout the gameplay, the player takes on the role of an unnamed protagonist, where the main task of the player is to drop the enemies down and regain control over the North. About many years before, the Vikings have dominated the ancient North and treat the inhabitants as slaves.
The player can make a team of different players and assign them unique tasks in the playfield. The victory depends on the player’s cooperation with the guild-mates. Make every possible strategy, lead the crew intelligently, and regain the North.
The game comes up with four specialization classes that include Captain, Defender, Cannoneer, and Guerrilla. Get in the adventure, beat the rivals, and search out the dark mysteries of the past. The significant features of the game are Four Classes, Multiplayer Mode, Team-based, Battles, and Dangerous Enemies.
#10 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.
#11 Harpoon 3 Advanced Naval Warfare
Harpoon 3 Advanced Naval Warfare is an Adventure, Simulation, Tactical, and Single-player video game developed by Matrix Games. Throughout the game, the player has to control a fleet of two or more ships through naval wars. It is a map-based game where the player has not to control the soldiers directly through the playfield.
The game progresses through decisions made by the player. Most of the game is text-based, where the matter is to interact with the message boxes that appeared one after another. The game has a multiplayer mode, where the player can control multiple fleets at one time. The game requires the player to control over full-fledged operations such as submarine and antisubmarine warfare, convoy actions, land-based air operations, and weapon employment.
The game has seven battle-sets with more than 120 default scenarios in single- or multiplayer game modes. Dive into the adventure, experience battles in a unique way, and play different operations. The game has core features such as 120 Scenarios, Multiplayer Mode, Different Modes, Easy to Learn, and Tactical Gameplay.