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War on the Sea
Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Great game with alot of potential. Only thing bringing it down is lack of campaigns”
— a player, Steam review · 74 hrs played“I enjoy the game but I have found that the Mac version is greatly dumbed down from the PC version, yet we pay the same price! So it's a mixed review. It's still worth the price for the Mac but just barely and only because the base game for the PC is phenomenal and you still get…”
— a player, Steam review · 1,541 hrs played“This game could be very fun, but one thing that absolutely ruins it for me is how accurate the AI is while my side cant land a single hit. Ill end up having 3 boats sunk before my ships land a single hit. spending 30 minutes watching my shells splash harmlessly nowhere near the…”
— a player, Steam review · 81 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:30 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Improved Campaign Logistics LIVE
Version 1.09a is now LIVE and features a major re-working of campaigns.Key new features are:Resource costs for rearming ships and replenishing aircraftReplenishment at seaExpanding number of ships all
Campaign Logistics 2 (Beta)
This update (version 1.09a) adds a few more new features and addresses some fixes/oversights from the 1.09 update.Key new features are:Improved cargo UIImproved Campaign UIRebalance of shore bombardme
Improved Campaign Logistics (Beta)
This update (version 1.09) features a major re-working of campaigns. In particular, we've been working closely with the modding community to integrate their revisions of campaign logistics as well as
Aircraft overhaul and strategic bombing update now available
The recent aircraft performance overhaul and strategic bombing features are now available in the live version with this new update. Remember, if you want to maintain the version 1.08g7h2 prior to this
BETA: Aircraft Overhaul & Strategic Bombing
Beta continues to grow with a complete overhaul of aircraft flight characteristics along with the addition of strategic bombing in campaigns. The overhaul of aircraft flight performance was initiated
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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 | Strategy · Simulation · Naval · World War II · Naval Combat · Singleplayer · War · Indie · Wargame · Military · RTS · Realistic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://killerfishgames.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: XP Processor: Intel Atom Memory: 4 GB RAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 4 GB available space