The best naval combat indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-09-07. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 8 naval combat indie games on Steam, holding 45,979 reviews at an average of 80% positive. This list ranks them by Steam review count, the most reliable public sales proxy, with a white-box sales estimate behind every title. The most reviewed is VTOL VR with 19,847 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. VTOL VR · 19,847 reviews · 98% positive · 2017
2. Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts · 6,650 reviews · 61% positive · 2023
3. Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age · 6,131 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
4. Ship of Fools · 5,026 reviews · 82% positive · 2022
5. Cold Waters · 4,598 reviews · 87% positive · 2017
6. Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail · 2,006 reviews · 79% positive · 2021
7. Seablip · 1,077 reviews · 82% positive · 2024
8. Man O' War: Corsair - Warhammer Naval Battles (Classic) · 644 reviews · 64% positive · 2017

How this list is built

Games are ranked by Steam review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales when actual figures are private. Each title links to its indielist page, where the white-box sales estimate expands into the full Boxleiter formula, so you can audit the number rather than trust a black box. Review counts come from Steam; sales figures are estimates, not official sales data.

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