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Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific

Ubisoft Romania · Ubisoft · 2008-06-13

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 20, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hunt, hide and kill as you take command of U.S. submarines and crews and navigate the treacherous waters of the Pacific during WWII. Silent Hunter, the industry-leading naval warfare simulation franchise for over a decade, returns to its roots with next-generation graphical realism, immersive gameplay, innovative crew evolution and more...

Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific is a 2008 Simulation game priced at $9.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (70% of 1141 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

17
playing now
70%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific is a computer submarine simulation for Windows developed by Ubisoft Bucharest and published by Ubisoft in 2007. It places the player in command of a U.S. Navy submarine during World War II and takes place in the Pacific theater. The game allows players a variety of play modes including career, single war patrol and single battle engagements. An expansion pack, The U-Boat Missions, was released in 2008.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 59 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 46k–91k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,141 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.10 at GreenManGaming (2022-11-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 19 of 36 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

34122026-09-15 00:00 — 13 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 17 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 20 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 17 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 19 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 19 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 13 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 19 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 34 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 29 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 21 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 28 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 15 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 12 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 23 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 14 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 21 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5013Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 16 · peak 37Dec 2012 — avg 15 · peak 39May 2013 — avg 14 · peak 32Oct 2013 — avg 13 · peak 37Mar 2014 — avg 24 · peak 63Aug 2014 — avg 23 · peak 47Jan 2015 — avg 28 · peak 63Jun 2015 — avg 24 · peak 49Nov 2015 — avg 24 · peak 59Apr 2016 — avg 26 · peak 56Sep 2016 — avg 21 · peak 51Feb 2017 — avg 28 · peak 59Jul 2017 — avg 28 · peak 61Dec 2017 — avg 27 · peak 53May 2018 — avg 23 · peak 51Oct 2018 — avg 25 · peak 47Mar 2019 — avg 30 · peak 64Aug 2019 — avg 27 · peak 54Jan 2020 — avg 27 · peak 62Jun 2020 — avg 39 · peak 83Nov 2020 — avg 35 · peak 65Apr 2021 — avg 33 · peak 65Sep 2021 — avg 32 · peak 55Feb 2022 — avg 36 · peak 74Jul 2022 — avg 29 · peak 54Dec 2022 — avg 26 · peak 54May 2023 — avg 27 · peak 58Oct 2023 — avg 23 · peak 45Mar 2024 — avg 27 · peak 66Aug 2024 — avg 24 · peak 50Jan 2025 — avg 25 · peak 51Jun 2025 — avg 24 · peak 55Nov 2025 — avg 26 · peak 47Apr 2026 — avg 22 · peak 53Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 38
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.82$2.152015-01-012026-09-202015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-04-30 — best price $15.412015-06-12 — best price $2.492015-08-28 — best price $2.492015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-01-15 — best price $3.592016-06-23 — best price $4.992016-08-22 — best price $4.982016-12-22 — best price $4.992017-06-22 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $3.392018-11-22 — best price $3.392019-04-01 — best price $9.992019-08-19 — best price $3.402019-12-16 — best price $2.922020-03-16 — best price $3.392020-12-22 — best price $2.492021-10-04 — best price $2.492022-03-07 — best price $2.492022-10-17 — best price $2.152022-12-01 — best price $9.992023-03-02 — best price $2.492023-05-27 — best price $9.992023-07-31 — best price $9.992023-10-03 — best price $9.992023-12-22 — best price $2.492024-02-29 — best price $9.992024-06-24 — best price $9.992024-09-23 — best price $2.202024-12-16 — best price $2.202025-02-17 — best price $2.202025-04-27 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $2.492025-11-22 — best price $2.492026-01-20 — best price $9.992026-04-01 — best price $9.992026-07-01 — best price $9.992026-09-20 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3192026-05-29 — 24 pageviews2026-06-02 — 23 pageviews2026-06-06 — 29 pageviews2026-06-10 — 17 pageviews2026-06-14 — 17 pageviews2026-06-18 — 28 pageviews2026-06-22 — 17 pageviews2026-06-26 — 30 pageviews2026-06-30 — 20 pageviews2026-07-04 — 23 pageviews2026-07-08 — 19 pageviews2026-07-12 — 25 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-20 — 25 pageviews2026-07-24 — 31 pageviews2026-07-28 — 15 pageviews2026-08-01 — 21 pageviews2026-08-05 — 17 pageviews2026-08-09 — 25 pageviews2026-08-13 — 20 pageviews2026-08-17 — 19 pageviews2026-08-21 — 22 pageviews2026-08-25 — 20 pageviews2026-08-29 — 16 pageviews2026-09-02 — 13 pageviews2026-09-06 — 18 pageviews2026-09-10 — 13 pageviews2026-09-14 — 25 pageviews2026-09-18 — 17 pageviews2026-09-22 — 13 pageviews2026-09-26 — 27 pageviews2026-09-30 — 16 pageviews2026-10-04 — 22 pageviews2026-10-07 — 17 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

NavalMilitarySubmarineHistoricalSimulationUnderwaterMultiplayerNaval CombatWorld War II

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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