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Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “realistic modern naval combat” (79 of 103 reviews) and “frequent updates and attentive team” (16); the most common complaint is “units ignoring commands and glitches” (12). 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
79 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game simulates sonar and radar on a level no other game I know of does, enabling all kinds of real-world tactics that are just impossible in other RTS. Hide a submarine on the sea floor in shallow water and wait…”
“Former military simulations officer and avid wargamer here. This game is truly something special. If you are interested at all in MILSIM, realistic war games, and tactical decision-making, this game is a must have. Even…”
“As a former USN FC (Tartar/AEGIS), and CG-49mplankowner, this game is a dream come true. Yes, it tends to feed my PTSD, but it is so realistic, especially with all the mods available and distributed by users. There are…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Very fun game if you are a naval warfare nerd, but not looking to spend hours on end with hardcore simulation like C:MO. It's a worthy successor to the old Jane's Fleet Command game. Still pretty buggy and feels a…”
“This game is pretty solid. I'm not particularly good at it, but it's really fun seeing dozens and dozens of anti-ship missiles converging on the enemy fleet. The missions are fun, the players are generous enough to…”
“Umm, I cannot stop playing this game lol please never stop development on this game, I paid full price as I know it is still early access and hope to support this game in any way I can. I come from playing DCS and…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“110 hours in and this might be game of the century. amazing graphics, amazing gameplay, amazing physics, overall and amazing game. the only negative i have is nobody told me sooner”
“It's a good tactical naval warfare sim but it does have some bugs which the devs are working on with new releases/updates. Graphics are first rate. There's a lot of extra scenarios from the user community to keep it…”
“a more detailed and realistic harpoon with state of the art graphics ! Back to 1990 where I lost so many hours in harpoon as a teenager !”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game is pretty solid. I'm not particularly good at it, but it's really fun seeing dozens and dozens of anti-ship missiles converging on the enemy fleet. The missions are fun, the players are generous enough to…”
“Love naval action, get it. mods are epic.”
“I have waited a while to give this game a review. At first it was pretty bare bones but I have to say I did the right thing by waiting. The development team is clearly working overtime to make this an incredible naval…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“As a former USN FC (Tartar/AEGIS), and CG-49mplankowner, this game is a dream come true. Yes, it tends to feed my PTSD, but it is so realistic, especially with all the mods available and distributed by users. There are…”
“I have waited a while to give this game a review. At first it was pretty bare bones but I have to say I did the right thing by waiting. The development team is clearly working overtime to make this an incredible naval…”
“This is probably one of the best naval combat games I've ever seen that doesn't sacrifice fun for realism, while still being insanely realistic. It's still in early release and I can still say that buying this game has…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“TLDR: Iowa-class go boom boom. Aegis is for nerds. Great game but in early access and not for everyone. I tried to be the good guy and get positive IDs on all my tracks...suddenly see a bunch of SS-N-somethings get shot…”
“Very fun game if you are a naval warfare nerd, but not looking to spend hours on end with hardcore simulation like C:MO. It's a worthy successor to the old Jane's Fleet Command game. Still pretty buggy and feels a…”
“Yes, but. Plane AI still needs improving, its completely inadequate and just refuses to follow commands half the time.”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Great game! Former SWO dream- probably the most realistic naval combat game ever made. However, it stutters continuously, even on GeForce Now, due to high CPU requirements. The developers need to optimize it to make it…”
“It's pretty nice. Terribly optimized though, I have to run it on potato and at half resolution. Also there should be more scenarios and the devs keep screwing over the modders by breaking mods with every update.”
“it uses more ram than any other game I've ever played and the performance is genuinely 800 times worse than it was in cold waters despite the visuals being practically identical*, but the actual game part of the game is…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I keep trying to love this game, but continue to be let down. Aircraft AI is a joke; squadron leads take off at full military to conduct a strike, and leave their entire formation cruising miles behind them. The lead is…”
“I really wanted to like this game, but its not a game, its a teeth grinding sim. The AI is hopeless, I spend my fighting my own units. They dont follow orders, behave erratically (just shut down, unresponsive). Theres a…”
“Seriously dumb AI can ruin your several hour game by doing something that makes no sense. Aircraft carrier elevators can bug out and get stuck ruining your game as well. Needs work.”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Very fun game if you are a naval warfare nerd, but not looking to spend hours on end with hardcore simulation like C:MO. It's a worthy successor to the old Jane's Fleet Command game. Still pretty buggy and feels a…”
“This game is not balanced at all. There are essentially two sides: US and the USSR. Unfortunately Soviet side lacks crucial weaponry: 4th generation fighters, AWACS planes, flying tankers, land attack cruise missiles.…”
“Very fun if a bit shallow in the mission/campaign department at the moment. The workshop does a good job of filling in the missing content gaps though. Definitely showing a lot of promise as it goes further along into…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Since I joined the Warsaw Pact, I've always hated Aegis cruiser, this absolute joke of a ship can oneshot every single missile in the game at any distance, i used to ragequit whenever a morbidly obese NATO captain…”
“This game is not balanced at all. There are essentially two sides: US and the USSR. Unfortunately Soviet side lacks crucial weaponry: 4th generation fighters, AWACS planes, flying tankers, land attack cruise missiles.…”
“Been playing for a month or so now. This game strives to be the perfect marriage between Harpoon and Fleet Command and its about as close as your going to get. Graphic detail is excellent paired with mechanical detail…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“I left the game running at 1x speed while I went to my nearby store to pick up some stuff (Tortilla wraps in case you're interested). When I came back 15 minutes later absolutely nothing had happened. Thanks for coming to my review.”
— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs played“You can sink oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz decades before it was cool and you are gonna win so much. You’re going to get tired of winning, you’re going to say, "Please, please, it’s too much winning, I can’t take it anymore." Name does not lie, you will be naval combatting in…”
— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs played“I am former United States Navy, and if you want a true simulation of Modern Naval Combat, THIS is the simulation you need. While it is still in very active development, it is fully playable now with campaigns, missions, mission and campaign editor and much more! *note: I am a…”
— a player, Steam review · 83 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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.
Royal Navy, Argentina, South Atlantic 1982 Campaigns — Coming November 11
Hello from the Triassic Games team! The Royal Navy & Argentina Update is coming to Sea Power on November 11 , bringing both factions and two new campaigns in a major update for all Sea Power owners. W
Patch Notes 0.8.5
Hello from the Triassic Games team! We are updating Sea Power to v0.8.5 today. This is a small update which fixes some issues and adds more advanced crash reporting tools, which will allow us to isola
Sea Power Update 0.8.3 — Campaign Updates, New Command Tools, Combat Overhauls
Hello from the Triassic Games team! Sea Power is on sale as part of the Steam Autumn Sale beginning today, running through October 8th! In addition, we have updated Sea Power to v0.8.3 today . This up
Sea Power Is On Sale, Gamescom, and Upcoming Royal Navy / Falklands News
Hello from the Triassic Games team! Sea Power is currently on sale on Steam as part of the MicroProse Publisher Sale . If you have been considering picking it up, or know someone who might enjoy a det
Sea Power Update 0.8.2 - Deployment Zones, Unrestricted Task Force Mode & more
Hello from the Triassic Games team! We have updated Sea Power to version 0.8.2 today. This update includes two large new features for Task Force Mode: Deployment Zones and Unrestricted Mode , along wi
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Naval Combat · Simulation · Strategy · Cold War · Real Time Tactics · Military · Singleplayer · Naval · Real-Time · War · Action · Realistic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German, Russian * , Simplified Chinese * |
| Official site | https://www.triassicgames.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X / Intel Core i5-8600K Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: 4 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon RX 480 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 20 GB available space