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Design block-built warships, tune their layouts, then test them in naval battles, missions, and carrier air operations.
Released 20 Jun 2018
Shape Custom Warships
Mix Weapons Across Eras
Direct Carrier Aircraft
Design your own warships, equip them with a variety of armament, and bring them out to the ocean!
Developed by Rigidbody · Published by RZ Entertainment
You take the roles of ship designer, engineer, and commander, building vessels from parts in a dock editor. Shape hulls and superstructures, place equipment, and adjust layouts to create historical-style ships or original designs.
Choose weapons and equipment spanning multiple eras, then take ships to trials or battle. Quick Battles and Operations offer combat and missions, while carrier play includes configuring squadrons and directing aircraft using altitude as a resource. Submarines and anti-air systems add other combat options.
Career Mode and mission stages provide structured play alongside free ship testing, Quick Battles, and Gallery Mode for viewing your vessels. You can also use or modify preset and Workshop ships, install mods, and take part in multiplayer battles or co-op stages.
Players often enjoy the freedom to build detailed ships and experiment with unusual or historically inspired designs, supported by a broad selection of parts and weapons. Workshop content and continued updates also earn praise. Some reviewers find the editor difficult or tedious to learn, and opinions on combat and its simulation vary; complaints about an unfriendly player community recur as well.
-Join our Discord channel to give feedback, download mods and learn about upcoming updates! Let’s make NavalArt more enjoyable, together!
-Building NavalArt is a true labor of love. As an indie dev, my vision was simple but massive: to craft the definitive PC naval sandbox. It's been a long voyage since our 2018 Early Access launch, and I couldn't have weathered it without the phenomenal support of this community. Every piece of your feedback has shaped the hull of this game. Thank you for believing in this project. I'll always welcome your thoughts in the Steam discussions as we continue to perfect the experience.
-NavalArt is a sandbox game that combines design, construction, physics, and combat, offering players a variety of experience in different stages. Players will play as designer, engineer, and commander, respectively, and guide their fleets through the ages of steel and nerve.
-As a player, you will construct your warships in dock, using parts offered by the game or the mod community. Through careful placing and adjusting of parts, with an incredibly high degree of freedom, you can shape your warships to anything you like, from overall hull shapes, to tiny anchor chains.
-Each property is critical to your design, as different armor & weapon layouts will have different effects. Take your unfinished/newly finished ships for trials, and see if it is satisfactory.
-In Quick Battles and Operations, utilize a vast arsenal of weapons spanning from the 19th to the 21st century—including naval guns, torpedoes, carrier-based aircraft, missiles, and more—to annihilate your enemies, complete missions, and claim victory.
-Arm your ship with Anti-Air weapons, including Phalanx CIWS, try to survive in the test scene after several waves of air strikes!
-Experience unique RTS-style Aircraft Carrier gameplay, where altitude is a crucial resource for your warplanes. Configure your squadrons, assign specializations, seize air superiority, and launch devastating aerial strikes against the enemy fleet.
-Walk around your ships as a fellow sailor in Gallery Mode, lineup your fleet and enjoy the parade from your flagship!
-Not in the mood of designing ships? Want more parts to use in the game? Don't forget to visit NavalArt's Steam Workshop to get thousands of warship designs and mods!
Thousands of Historic Equipment, spanning from ironclads to the modern era
Numerous Stages
Aircraft Carriers
RTS Air Combat System centered around altitude mechanics
Massive collection of preset ships
Under-water View
Real-time Physics Calculation (including the waves)
Various Sea Conditions and Day-Night Cycle, including combat in fog, heavy rain, and snow
Career Mode
Quick Battle Mode
Mission Stage Mode
Gallery Mode
Anti-air Weapon System
Submarine Mechanics
Mod Support
Sharing designs via Steam Workshop
Install mods via Steam Workshop
Steam-based Multi-player Battles
Multi-player Co-op Stages
Modern weapons such as Phalanx and missiles
Anti-submarine System
Mission Editor
More parts (Naval guns, decorations, missiles, etc.)
More stages
More Career Mode chapters
Map Editor
Weather nodes for the Mission Editor
Brand-new Career questlines
Tutorial Rework
More new mechanics
Rework of legacy gameplay systems
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 7 |
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| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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