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Rule the Waves 3
Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“to me, over 1000 hours in this game, all i can say is it is everything i wanted, is it perfect?, no...is anything? is it what i enjoy?, yes...is that not what you want in a game? so that is my review”
— a player, Steam review · 1,628 hrs played“spent 3 years building a brand new flagship as japan in 1920 with the highest technology of the time. war with china. deploy my battleship line, 20 strong, to face their 5 bbs, 2 cls, and 1 dd. their one dd speeds through my line at like 40 knots fires one torpedo sunk the next…”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played“If Microsoft excel was this addictive I would have been an extremely productive member of the society.”
— a player, Steam review · 85 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:21 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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The Refit Update available now
A new update for Rule the Waves 3 is now available, focused on improving stability and refining several core systems following the release of the Expanded Battles expansion. This patch introduces a se
Rule the waves 3: Expanded Battles is out now
The naval strategy sim Rule the Waves 3 has a new DLC, Expanded Battles , now available. The expansion adds historical scenarios, a ship and scenario editor, and a Quick Battles mode to instantly gene
Rule the Waves 3: Expanded Battles | Dev Diary 5
Quick Battles This of course meant including a scenario designer for players who want to get into the nitty-gritty details of designing their ideal historical or fictional engagement. The flipside of
Tactics Update is out now
Hello wargamers, naval historians, and ship enthusiasts! We have a new update available before the release of the new DLC. Update highlights: - This update lays the groundwork for the release of Expan
Rule the Waves 3: Expanded Battles | Dev Diary 4
The Ship Designer the many draws to RTW3 was the ability to create ships to your liking. RTW3 is intended to be a naval warfare sandbox, letting players live through their own history as the head of t
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Simulation · Wargame · Naval · Military · Strategy · Naval Combat · Singleplayer · Alternate History · 2D · Management · Cold War · World War I (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 11, can work on Windows 10, but not officially supported Processor: 1.2 GHz min, 2.4+ GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: No minimum requirement (no hardware video acceleration is required) DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 1 GB available space