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Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
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.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “realistic anti-submarine combat” (34 of 84 reviews) and “challenging but rewarding combat” (6); the most common complaint is “bugs, crashes, missing textures” (14). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
34 of the 84 reviews raise this.
6 of the 84 reviews raise this.
5 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“The game has a very thight scope perfectly summed by the title, you jump on a destroyer (only one available) and.... hunt u-boats! The cutscenes are horrible and repetitive, the game lacks some polish and modern qol…”
4 of the 84 reviews raise this.
3 of the 84 reviews raise this.
“For a single player navy game I give it 10/10. It runs very well and I personally love swapping through the different stations and being able to see most stations at the same time. I recommend”
14 of the 84 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Buggy, unfinished and abandoned. Avoid.”
14 of the 84 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
13 of the 84 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Oh god lord. this one is bad. The horrible voice acting alone will pull you out of the game. The mechanics of ship movements only make the game feel worse.”
10 of the 84 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a 50/50 gamble with this one. It's not the greatest game and not better then U-Boat or other more actual war games. Heck World of Warships is better then this, but it's a chill game if that's your speed. It has…”
8 of the 84 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Buggy, unfinished and abandoned. Avoid.”
Counted across 84 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 74.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I think everyone agrees that this is a specialized game that does not fit mainstream game play mechanics and presentation. However, I like the innovative approach and had a lot of fun and intense moments in this game. I give a positive review. However, there are a few things I…”
— a player, Steam review · 96 hrs played“This is one of those hidden gems, if you like Naval warfare. I highly recommend this one. It doesn't have a lot of reviews, so I am going to help that. You command a squad of destroyers from a main destroyer. (Fletcher class) Your goal is to escort and protect the convoys…”
— a player, Steam review · 78 hrs played“Early Access abandonware, don't let the lack of an early access tag fool you. the devs did that on purpose to hide how unfinished and neglected the game is. it'd be a true gem if they kept working on it. but they ditched it for Sherman Commander, an even clunkier release of…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
LONG-AWAITED ADJUSTMENTS!
Captains!We’re not slowing down, and here’s a new batch of improvements many of you have been waiting for:Slower descent of starshells.U-Boat now submerges when illuminated by starshells.Corrected VFX
We’re Back With Fixes!
Hello Captains,First of all, we owe you an apology. It’s been a long time since our last update, and we haven’t been as communicative as we should have. Please know that we are here for you, and Destr
Optimized for thrills
Dear Destroyer fans, It is with great pleasure that we can finally bring Destroyer to a new platform, namely Mac. In the meantime, we continue to tackle stability issues which could lead to crashes on
The war effort continues
Dear Destroyer fans, As promised, we are keeping up our support for Destroyer, tackling further little issues thanks to your continued feedback through the bug reporter. This time, we have managed to
We’re coming in hot
Dear Destroyer fans, The recently added bug reporter has worked even better than we had thought, almost instantly revealing a few issues that were rather tricky to pinpoint, but, with your help, also
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · Naval Combat · World War II · Military · Immersive Sim · Action · Real Time Tactics · Naval · RTS · Submarine · War · Tactical (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Polish, French, Spanish - Spain, Russian, German, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish, Italian * |
| Achievements | 16 |
| Official site | https://ironwolfstudio.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i5 6400 or AMD equivalents Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 6GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 12 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible