The best naval indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Assembled from live indielist data on 2026-06-06. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 7 naval indie games on Steam, holding 79,214 reviews at an average of 87% 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 Return of the Obra Dinn with 31,275 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are modeled estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Return of the Obra Dinn · 31,275 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
2. Transport Fever 2 · 25,891 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
3. Ship of Fools · 6,009 reviews · 82% positive · 2022
4. Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age · 5,789 reviews · 90% positive · 2024
5. Spilled! · 4,941 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
6. War on the Sea · 3,190 reviews · 76% positive · 2021
7. Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail · 2,119 reviews · 79% positive · 2021

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 modeled estimates, not official sales data.

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