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Silent Hunter 5®: Battle of the Atlantic

Ubisoft Romania · Ubisoft · 2010-03-03

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 02, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Step behind the periscope of a German U-boat and take on the Allied Forces in famous battles across the vast Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. The best-selling submarine series of all time continues with the highly anticipated Silent Hunter: Battle of the Atlantic.

Silent Hunter 5®: Battle of the Atlantic is a Simulation game released in 2010, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (45% of 2532 reviews).

4
playing now
45%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic is a submarine simulator for Microsoft Windows developed by Ubisoft Bucharest and published by Ubisoft. It is the fifth and latest installment of the Silent Hunter franchise and the successor of Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific. Like Silent Hunter II and Silent Hunter III, it places the player in command of a German U-boat during World War II, more specifically the Battle of the Atlantic.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 29 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 16,739 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 101k–203k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,532 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at GamesRepublic (2015-10-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920172026Week of 2017-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1112026-09-15 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
945Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 61 · peak 126Dec 2012 — avg 47 · peak 111May 2013 — avg 47 · peak 90Oct 2013 — avg 34 · peak 82Mar 2014 — avg 57 · peak 164Aug 2014 — avg 43 · peak 87Jan 2015 — avg 39 · peak 88Jun 2015 — avg 32 · peak 72Nov 2015 — avg 27 · peak 69Apr 2016 — avg 34 · peak 77Sep 2016 — avg 31 · peak 78Feb 2017 — avg 43 · peak 97Jul 2017 — avg 36 · peak 93Dec 2017 — avg 39 · peak 99May 2018 — avg 35 · peak 84Oct 2018 — avg 50 · peak 101Mar 2019 — avg 68 · peak 179Aug 2019 — avg 39 · peak 79Jan 2020 — avg 35 · peak 79Jun 2020 — avg 41 · peak 83Nov 2020 — avg 35 · peak 71Apr 2021 — avg 36 · peak 77Sep 2021 — avg 24 · peak 50Feb 2022 — avg 26 · peak 55Jul 2022 — avg 19 · peak 45Dec 2022 — avg 13 · peak 33May 2023 — avg 13 · peak 31Oct 2023 — avg 11 · peak 28Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 26Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 25Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 20Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 16Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.82$2.492015-01-012021-03-162015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-04-23 — best price $15.012015-05-18 — best price $15.762015-06-18 — best price $15.822015-07-31 — best price $3.882015-10-23 — best price $2.492015-11-25 — best price $4.992016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-03-24 — best price $4.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-12-22 — best price $4.992017-03-27 — best price $9.992017-11-23 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-03-22 — best price $3.392018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-12-21 — best price $3.392019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $3.392019-09-23 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-02-27 — best price $3.392020-03-26 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-03-16 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

43112026-05-30 — 20 pageviews2026-06-03 — 17 pageviews2026-06-07 — 25 pageviews2026-06-11 — 19 pageviews2026-06-15 — 13 pageviews2026-06-19 — 36 pageviews2026-06-23 — 14 pageviews2026-06-27 — 32 pageviews2026-07-01 — 22 pageviews2026-07-05 — 24 pageviews2026-07-09 — 37 pageviews2026-07-13 — 23 pageviews2026-07-17 — 22 pageviews2026-07-21 — 16 pageviews2026-07-25 — 25 pageviews2026-07-29 — 11 pageviews2026-08-02 — 21 pageviews2026-08-06 — 18 pageviews2026-08-10 — 30 pageviews2026-08-14 — 35 pageviews2026-08-18 — 29 pageviews2026-08-22 — 23 pageviews2026-08-26 — 33 pageviews2026-08-30 — 17 pageviews2026-09-03 — 18 pageviews2026-09-07 — 26 pageviews2026-09-11 — 14 pageviews2026-09-15 — 12 pageviews2026-09-19 — 30 pageviews2026-09-23 — 22 pageviews2026-09-27 — 24 pageviews2026-10-01 — 12 pageviews2026-10-05 — 14 pageviews2026-10-09 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-op

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

NavalMilitaryStrategySubmarineHistoricalOpen WorldSimulationUnderwaterMultiplayerNaval Combat

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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