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Steel Ocean

Steel Ocean

It is a free-to-play shooting game.You may choose 6 types of warships used in the WWII to play PvP and PvE naval battle. Start the voyage with your warships and fight for the honor of your fleet!

Released Nov 12, 2015 Developer Changyou.com Limited Platforms Windows Free to PlayNaval CombatNavalWorld War IIMassively Multiplayer
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

69.1%positive4,467 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“⭐ 6/10”

— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:25 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

0playing at last check
2,387all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 1.1k avg · Nov 2015

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

20achievements
1.2%median completion
1.0%rarest: Grand Slam
40.4% of players 24.8% of players 20.3% of players 12.5% of players 8.6% of players 7.4% of players 5.0% of players 4.5% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 40.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
40.4%Power Overwhelming — Win 1 battle.
24.8%No Good Deed — Sink 10 Destroyers.
20.3%Survivor — Survive 10 battles.
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%Grand Slam — Sink one ship of every type in a single battle.
1.0%Lexington Cannonade — Sink 10 enemy ships with a Lexington's main artillery.
1.0%Pacific Rim — Complete: Pacific Beast, Allied Fleet Pride, Mobile Nation, and Unsunken Archipelago.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 08, 2020
Server Temporarily Down (Fixed)

Dear Captains, Game server will be temporarily down for about an hour (0:30 - 1:30 Mar 8, CST). We are sorry for the inconvenience! =========================== *Update: Server is back again!

Feb 03, 2020
Game Service Will Close on May 3, 2020

Dear Captains, Thank you for playing Steel Ocean. We hope you have enjoyed your time with us. However, the game won't receive any more updates in the future. We are afraid it's time to say goodbye. it

Dec 31, 2019
Server Maintenance Notice

Dear Captains, There will be server maintenance at 04:00 a.m. (CST) on Jan 2, 2020. Maintenance will last about 1 hour. Please prepare to be offline at that time. Please note: The server will show as

Dec 18, 2019
Server Maintenance Notice

Dear Captains, There will be server maintenance at 04:00 a.m. (CST) on Dec 19, 2019. Maintenance will last about 1 hour. Please prepare to be offline at that time. Please note: The server will show as

Dec 04, 2019
Server Maintenance Notice

Dear Captains, There will be server maintenance at 03:00 a.m. (CDT) on Dec 5, 2019. Maintenance will last about 1 hour. Please prepare to be offline at that time. Please note: The server will show as

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresFree To Play, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation
Player tagsFree to Play · Naval Combat · Naval · World War II · Massively Multiplayer · Military · Simulation · War · Multiplayer · Action · Strategy · MOBA (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · MMO · Co-op · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Simplified Chinese * , Russian, Korean, Japanese *
Achievements20
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://hz.changyou.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP 3 or higher Processor: Intel(R) P4/PE Core 2 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GT220 DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 6 GB available space