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Command Cold War fleets of ships, aircraft, and submarines, balancing sensor stealth, target identification, and missile strikes.
Released 12 Nov 2024
Track Radar Contacts
Hunt Enemy Submarines
Launch Carrier Aircraft
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.
Developed by Triassic Games · Published by MicroProse Software
Set during the Cold War, Sea Power puts you in command of NATO or Warsaw Pact forces in naval conflicts involving surface ships, submarines, and aircraft. Scenarios include fleet engagements, convoy threats, and operations across different regions.
Direct forces in pausable real-time battles, using radar, sonar, electronic countermeasures, and visual identification to find and track contacts while managing your own emissions. Choose when and how to attack with missiles, torpedoes, guns, and aircraft, while observing rules of engagement.
Play individual scenarios and linear campaigns with branching options, or use the mission editor to create and customize scenarios. Time compression, changing weather and time of day, and the ability to save and load during missions shape how operations unfold.
Players who enjoy the game often point to its detailed Cold War naval simulation, especially the sensor and weapons systems that make detecting, hiding, and striking feel like a tactical contest. Reviews also praise the challenge of coordinating ships, aircraft, and submarines, the presentation of battles, and the scope for creating or adding scenarios. Some players find the systems difficult to learn, and many reviews also raise concerns about unit AI, controls, bugs, or performance.
After hostilities have broken out in Central Europe, the race is on as a pressured US Navy escort force battle off Soviet bomber and submarine attacks on a perilous quest to reinforce NATO defenders in Europe. Meanwhile, in the Persian Gulf, the conflict between Iran and Iraq risks escalating into a larger confrontation between superpowers as both sides indiscriminately attack neutral merchant shipping. And in the Norwegian Sea, an outnumbered Soviet surface force challenges the might of a massive US Navy amphibious force bound for occupied Norway...
Brought to you by the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in a modern naval conflict. Whether it's gunning it out with Boghammars in a surface duel, fighting off aerial attackers armed with long-range missiles, or hunting for enemy submarines with aircraft and surface ships, advanced weaponry and sensors are at your disposal.
Can you successfully hide your forces while detecting and tracking theirs? It is up to you to play an advanced game of cat and mouse on the high seas, to seize the initiative and attack with the advantage of surprise on your side. And at all times, you have to observe rules of engagement and take care not to cause an unnecessary incident that could lead to escalation. After all, you cannot really be sure just who that radar contact at 30.000 feet is, can you?
Gameplay focused on the Cold War era between the 1960s and 1980s
Over 200 naval units, including original ships and submarines, and more than 100 aircraft
Full-featured Mission Editor
Global map available for Mission Editor; create scenarios in any region on Earth
Rich variety of historical and fictional single scenarios, for all factions
Linear Campaign (non Dynamic) with branching options and story events
Dynamic Campaign - theater scale (beta version launching mid 2026)
Pausable real-time controls with time compression options
Dynamic time of day and weather per scenario
Complete support for modding, including 3rd party asset loading
Support for Steam Workshop, with over 4,000 submissions as of January 2026
Custom soundtrack with unique tracks per faction
Real-time combat
Advanced flight and ship physics modeling
Realistic aircraft carrier flight ops, with configurable simulation level
Advanced sensor modeling for radar, sonar, electronic countermeasures, and visual identification
Save and load games anytime and anywhere
Detailed, accurate 3D graphics with meticulously researched ships, submarines, and aircraft
Historically accurate squadron liveries, callsigns, and serial numbers for almost all aircraft
Over 150 weapon systems and 100 unique ground objects, including vehicles, SAM sites, airbases, and buildings
Dynamically generated real-world terrain
Continuously improving AI utilizing real period-correct doctrine
Below is our currently planned early access roadmap for Sea Power.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Players | From 1 (maximum not specified) |
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| Multiplayer | The provided information indicates the game is currently single-player. Store features list Single-player, and multiple reviews state multiplayer is not in the game yet and request future multiplayer, co-op, PvP, LAN, and online support. The Steam tag Multiplayer appears, but the supplied descriptive text and reviews do not confirm any released multiplayer functionality. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Modding and Steam Workshop support are confirmed, including scenarios and assets, but no provided text confirms any multiplayer mod functionality. Reviews discuss mods for content expansion, not enabling multiplayer. |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
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