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Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
62 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“Had a lot of potential, but the developers just abandoned the game. The ship designer is cool. The campaign is more like an alpha simulation than an actual game. Loved ultimate general civil war, but abandoning this…”
“I’m not going to complain about the price, I got it in early access and in my region it was dirt cheap at the time. As you can see based on the hours I have on this game, I really like naval warfare, ships, and overall…”
“This game is fun but calling it "finished" is laughable. Designing the ships is enjoyable, but the campaign has so many issues. Convoy missions will pick ships from halfway across the world, while ships that are…”
5 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“DO NOT BUY AS A CASUAL NAVAL ENJOYER! This game has been abandoned for a while, so the base content is lacking. If you, however, are looking to play a fun naval game, get the mod Dreadnought Improvement Project by…”
“use dreadnaught improvement proj mod to help with bugs, they are working to continue development”
“Boat :D Get the DIP mod for advanced fun :D”
4 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“After preparing myself for this game by watching ALL of Drachinifel's videos 2-3 times each over the past few years, I can honestly say I was underprepared for my first quick-battle and that I shall now see myself to…”
“its a bit unpolished but its got strategy, design, choices, and plenty of sliders, i think its a decent purchase if its on sale”
4 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“great game for when ur bored and have no friends like me.”
“I quit playing after 1000 hours. Then I quit playing after 1400 hours. Then I quit playing after 1800 hours. Now I'm playing again.”
39 of the 100 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“This game sucks. It is no fun to play. i got obsessed with by watching Campaigns on YouTube, watched all the guides, tried to pick an easy nation. I managed to start a campaign twice with each campaign taking me about 3…”
“My god, what a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. The reviews were bad, but on youtube it looked quite playable and fun with mods. Unfortunately, it is a baffling study of incompetence in game design. You want to build warships? That works…”
“My god, what a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. The reviews were bad, but on youtube it looked quite playable and fun with mods. Unfortunately, it is a baffling study of incompetence in game design. You want to build warships? That works…”
36 of the 100 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“It’s sad to see that they stopped development believing their game is done, I don’t suppose they even played it themselves, the least they could have done is given an easier way to mod, or given the game over to more…”
“I had high hopes for this game, but it will never be finished. The publishers don't deserve a single cent out of your wallet, stay away from this game.”
“The Dev's abandoned the game, don't buy it alot of bugs and issues.”
11 of the 100 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game sucks. It is no fun to play. i got obsessed with by watching Campaigns on YouTube, watched all the guides, tried to pick an easy nation. I managed to start a campaign twice with each campaign taking me about 3…”
“The Dev's abandoned the game, don't buy it alot of bugs and issues.”
“Abandoned, and pretty resolutely unfinished. That said, it is quite fun to interact with the ship builder. If a bit buggy. But the campaign is lacking: 1.) It isn't finished - There are some neat features, like selling…”
9 of the 100 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I had high hopes for this game, but it will never be finished. The publishers don't deserve a single cent out of your wallet, stay away from this game.”
“The fact that they abandoned this game in such an unplayable state that the modding community cant even fix it should be enough proof that you should not waste money on this game, even if it is the only game like it,…”
“A game with amazing potential, that was haphazardly tossed to the side and left unfinished. Worth it for $10 or less, but be ready for some extremely stupid AI enemies, and poorly designed game mechanics. Be warned,…”
8 of the 100 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Honestly, this game is laggy, not well explained, has nations/features that are unrealistic, and doesn't have good force generation for battles. AI using their ships as designed? nope Hull Selection creates too little…”
“no more updates, laggy, multiplayer servers taken down but multiplayer dlc still on sale”
“The concept is kind of cool and that's it, what an unoptimized buggy mess of a game! This game was also abandoned despite being in a seemingly unfinished state, so don't expect any fixes anytime soon.”
Counted across 100 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 60.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Game is pretty fun, make Sure you are using Brother Monroe's Dreadnought Improvement Project (DIP) it is effectively the continued development of this game.”
— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played“Yes, Though the game is discontinued by the Developers (at v1.7). YOU HAVE TO USE Brother Munro's Overhaul mod to make the game closer to it's potential. For the hours of entertainment/dollar spent its worth it despite all it's glitches.…”
— a player, Steam review · 1,393 hrs played“This game is abandoned by its developer. Its not done and not worth buying.”
— a player, Steam review · 672 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
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Naval Combat · Naval · World War I · Grand Strategy · Wargame · World War II · Military · Building · Turn-Based Strategy · Simulation · Strategy RPG · Historical (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Ukrainian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Greek, Korean |
| Official site | https://www.dreadnoughts.ultimateadmiral.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz, AMD Phenom II X4 940 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, AMD Radeon HD 7870 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 4 GB available space