Best Naval Games on Steam
Games about ships, sailing, fleets, oceans, trade, or maritime life.
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1Barotrauma - Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!
Mar 13, 2023
In this game, you can…
- detach a burning section of your submarine, then put the fire out and re-dock the module.
- befriend a diver in voice chat, steal his headset, cuff him, and leave him in the abyss while the sub can't hear him scream.
- load an explosive railgun shot that tears your own hull open and forces emergency rerouting to drain flooded compartments.
- get blasted across a two-story outpost when three monsters burst from a vent.
- go outside to repair hull damage, get ambushed in the airlock, and fight the intruder off with only a wrench and screwdriver.
- weld an airlock shut to contain an infection while people on the other side scream, then limp the ship back with two survivors.
- keep a dog-sized pet mantis shrimp in a ballast tank, and have it follow you out into the abyss when the sub breaks apart.
2Stormworks: Build and Rescue - Join a world where you design, create and pilot your own air sea rescue service. Release your inner hero as you battle fierce storms out at sea to rescue those in need.
Sep 17, 2020
In this game, you can…
- pump water out of an airlock 200 meters underwater, juggling fluid pressure until the chamber clears.
- build a missile that loiters around a waypoint until a target appears, then guides itself in for a strike.
- use radar automation to coordinate an automatic drone firefighter swarm as a tiny robotic emergency fleet.
- design your own air-sea rescue fleet, then take it into storms to fight fires, repair oil rigs, and run power stations.
- wire a full command center with cameras, live monitors, and radios you built, then run the whole vehicle remotely.
- iterate a boat through failures until it becomes a 200+ km/h hydrofoil that outruns most multiplayer craft.
- design a pipeline that flexes with waves, locks together, and feeds an oil rig while a tug boat holds everything in place.
- fly a helicopter through heavy winds and land it in rough seas, where the waves are big enough to punish bad design.
3Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition - Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.
Mar 4, 2009
In this game, you can…
- march an army from India to Northern Europe while fighting across three continents and multiple oceans.
- get steamrolled in Europe, evacuate half your empire by ship to the New World, seize a South American foothold, rebuild, then sail back for revenge.
- trigger colonial uprisings so early the United States can form in 1710, then land troops and erase it in 1711.
- command a fleet in real time, turn into the wind, fire broadsides, then grapple and board enemy ships.
- use chain shot to shred masts, cripple a warship's movement, then close in for a boarding takeover.
- start a world war in the 1720s as alliances cascade, then bombard capitals like Moscow with cannons and mortars.
- invade England as Sweden after surviving naval attacks, take the whole island, then pivot east and siege Moscow.
- build a trade-and-colony money engine by seizing overseas trade theaters and escorting fleets to keep them alive.
4Return of the Obra Dinn - Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
Oct 18, 2018
In this game, you can…
- step into a corpse's final seconds and walk around a frozen 3D death scene.
- watch the entire story unfold backward, jumping further and further back in time as you investigate.
- go from mundane ship deaths to discoveries of monstrous, supernatural maritime horrors.
- hear only the voices and sounds from the moment someone dies, then use them to identify who's who.
- work backwards from an obvious killing to deduce who the victim was, who fired, and what led to it.
- follow one person through multiple different death memories, then revisit earlier scenes when new info makes them click.
- reconstruct cases where someone vanishes, gets wounded earlier, and only dies later in a different place.
- solve fates in any order, building your own web of deductions across the whole ship.
5Holdfast: Nations At War - Fight on multiple fronts in Holdfast: Nations At War - A multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the great Napoleonic Era and WW1. Charge into battle with over 150 players per server!
Mar 5, 2020
In this game, you can…
- drift away in a stolen lifeboat while a violinist plays, then get run over by a huge enemy ship.
- play a violinist on a warship to boost allies.
- win a fight by beating someone to death with a frying pan while yelling fix bayonets.
- join 150+ player battles on land and at sea.
- load cannons, repel boarders, and fight ship-to-ship battles in the same round.
- watch half the server blast songs over voice chat, then still pull off a coordinated charge.
- carry a flag into an enemy fort, wave it around inside, and survive long enough to sprint back out.
- have the whole match agree to put weapons away and hold a spontaneous fistfight duel
6Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition - Complete your Total War collection with this Definitive Edition of Total War: NAPOLEON, which includes all DLC and feature updates since the game’s release
Feb 25, 2010
In this game, you can…
- deploy guerrilla troops outside your normal starting area, so your infantry and cavalry can begin the battle already in ambush positions.
- fight a whole mini-war across 32 regions in the Spanish Peninsula, flipping provinces politically while guerrillas keep popping up behind your lines.
- fight fleet battles that decide whether an invasion happens at all, intercepting armies at sea before they ever reach your shores.
- play famous set-piece battles like Austerlitz, Borodino, and Waterloo from either side and change what history says should happen.
- steamroll into enemy capitals for quick peace deals, then watch your entire invasion collapse when Russia declares war and winter eats your army.
- get a battle-saving comeback when hidden rifle units finally reveal themselves, shred a cavalry charge, then rush exhausted grenadiers to win.
- accidentally blast your own line to pieces by firing cannons through friendly troops, then watch morale collapse as your army retreats.
- negotiate military access as part of a backdoor plan, then have that same faction declare war next turn and force an emergency march back to your capital.
7Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age - 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.
Nov 12, 2024
In this game, you can…
- sink ships from hundreds of miles away, launching missiles at map contacts and waiting for the impact report to land.
- watch a sea-skimming missile swarm hit a ship group as chaff pops, jammers light up, guns open fire, and interceptors launch back.
- run a carrier deck cycle where planes form up, drop flaps and gear, and land while the carrier keeps moving.
- play hide-and-seek with entire fleets, staying dark while you build a track, then striking first before they can react.
- follow a missile from launch to impact in 3D while the battle keeps unfolding around it with aircraft takeoffs and ship explosions.
- command the whole force while your crew works targets for you, slowly classifying contacts from partial radar, sonar, and signal clues.
- build a scenario on a world map and share it instantly, then jump in and fight whatever the Workshop throws at you.
- go from a totally empty scope to "missile inbound" in seconds, then scramble everything as the situation escalates all at once.
8Spilled! - Clean up ocean waste in this short & relaxing game! Recycle, earn coins and upgrade your boat. Explore new areas. Clean bigger spills and different kinds of waste!
Mar 26, 2025
In this game, you can…
- walk into a finale that suddenly turns into a real boss fight in your cozy cleanup game.
- put out fires on beaches and shorelines with your boat's water spray.
- dredge sunken oil barrels up from underwater with a magnet or claw-winch.
- turn a bay from brown, murky sludge into bright blue water you can see through.
- vacuum up floating oil and trash, hit capacity, then haul it to a recycling ship to cash in.
- upgrade your boat to go faster, widen the scoop, and carry way more waste before unloading.
- spray a water cannon to blast oil off shorelines you can't scoop clean.
- unlock the next region by fully cleaning an area, then watch the entire map visibly transform back to life.
- rescue 16 animals trapped in the mess as you clean, including named creatures like an otter.
9SteamWorld Heist II - Skill-based gunplay meets turn-based tactics in SteamWorld Heist 2! Aim carefully, bounce bullets, and pull off trick shots in high-stakes heists. Choose your crew and utilize 150+ items to navigate real-time naval battles and daring missions in this 30+ hour adventure to stop a deadly water crisis.
Aug 8, 2024
In this game, you can…
- stack job skills until one character fires 42 shots in a single turn.
- shoot hats off enemies mid-fight, then take the hats and wear them yourself.
- cruise a real-time sea map in a submarine, then get pulled into naval fights with mines, missiles, torpedoes, and boss ships.
- bank a bullet off walls and arc it across the whole map to drop half the enemy crew in one turn.
- keep shooting with a sniper as long as each shot kills, then clear an entire room alone.
- build a crew member into a personal boss by mixing classes into stun-and-smash, rapid-fire, or laser-lineup monsters.
- chain multiple abilities in one turn until the triggers cascade and a huge chunk of the enemy team disappears.
- rewind two turns or reload mid-battle, then try a completely different plan without restarting the whole mission.
10NavalArt - Design your own warships, equip them with a variety of armament, and bring them out to the ocean!
Jun 20, 2018
In this game, you can…
- turn a Titanic into an anti-air fortress by strapping on 1,000 AA guns and trying to survive waves of carrier air strikes.
- download ridiculous Workshop weapons like a 2000mm railgun, then bolt them onto ships that already mix historical and futuristic systems.
- run carriers with RTS-style squadrons, manage altitude as a resource, seize air superiority, and unleash coordinated strikes on enemy fleets.
- build a warship from scratch, launch it for sea trials, then go back to the dock and rebuild when buoyancy, armor, or weapon placement fails.
- build submarines, take them underwater, and bring them into the same fights as surface ships loaded with modern weapons.
- use meter-precise measurements to recreate real ships from references, then sail your own Yamato-scale replica into combat.
- spawn into battles with a different kind of navy every time, like a megacarrier, a Tomahawk-packed battleship, and a laser submarine in one match.
- build an absurdly long ship, like 456 meters, then take it into battle just to see if the physics can handle it.
