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War on the Sea cover art

War on the Sea

Killerfish Games · 2021-02-02

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 02, 2021 (Mac), Feb 02, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.

66
playing now
75%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

66 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 66 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 202 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~25/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (611 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 6,714 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 65k–146k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,248 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
46246220212026Week of 2021-02-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

134652026-08-11 22:00 — 108 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 89 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 77 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 91 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 77 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 78 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 123 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 106 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 65 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 115 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 79 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 69 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 119 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 66 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 82 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 114 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 97 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 113 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 134 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 66 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 95 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 125 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 71 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 78 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 104 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 71 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 102 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 119 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 66 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$7.992021-02-022026-07-092021-02-02 — best price $39.992021-07-08 — best price $39.992021-11-01 — best price $39.992021-12-01 — best price $39.992022-01-05 — best price $39.992022-07-07 — best price $39.992022-09-30 — best price $39.992022-11-29 — best price $39.992023-01-05 — best price $39.992023-03-23 — best price $39.992023-07-13 — best price $39.992023-11-28 — best price $39.992024-01-04 — best price $39.992024-03-21 — best price $39.992024-07-11 — best price $39.992024-12-04 — best price $39.992025-01-02 — best price $39.992025-03-20 — best price $39.992025-05-05 — best price $39.992025-07-10 — best price $39.992025-08-23 — best price $39.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992026-01-05 — best price $39.992026-03-26 — best price $39.992026-05-25 — best price $39.992026-07-09 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RTSWarIndieNavalWargameMilitaryStrategyRealisticOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

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