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Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal - Pacific War Naval Warfare
CARRIER BATTLES is a classic hex-and-counter digital wargame covering the naval-air battles of the Pacific War, from 1942 to 1943. Find your opponent and strike at him before he sinks your precious carriers, while preventing them from invading or supporting your own amphibious operations.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-15.
“A good successor to my all time favorite, Flattop.”
— a player, Steam review · 238 hrs played“Wunderbar!”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 22:10 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
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1.15 - Leyte Gulf
Scenario: Leyte Gulf, October 1944 ( DLC ) This scenario covers the landing at Leyte and the Japanese gambit to counter it using remaining carriers as decoy and seeking a surface battle. What-if optio
1.14 - Philippine Sea & Pilots
This option reflects the growing inexperience of Japanese pilots. Japan had expected a short conflict with Occidental powers. It had skillfull elite pilots but very few training programs. As the war p
1.13 - Overhaul
New 1944-Scenario Operation Hailstone (DLC) Multiplayer After giving the hand to the opponent, the program periodically checks if it is your turn to play. * A Next button invites to play your turn on
CARRIER BATTLES STILL ON BATTLE STATIONS
Almost 4 years since its first launch, the game continues to be passionately followed and improved, with already 4 content-rich DLCs added to one of the most detailed simulation of the carrier battles
1.11 - Indian Ocean Raid & Royal Navy
New Scenario: Indian Ocean Raid (DLC) - The Imperial Japanese Navy makes a foray into the Indian Ocean in an attempt to deter or destroy the British Eastern Fleet. - Enjoy British units Night duration
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Simulation · Wargame · Naval Combat · Historical · Turn-Based Strategy · World War II · Indie · Asynchronous Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Italian |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://carrier-battles.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10+ Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Dual Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600 or equivalent DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 750 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX 10+ Compatible