The best naval indie games, ranked by reviews

Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-10-23. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 11 naval indie games on Steam, holding 94,551 reviews at an average of 82% 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 32,723 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

1. Return of the Obra Dinn · 32,723 reviews · 97% positive · 2018
2. Transport Fever 2 · 27,285 reviews · 90% positive · 2019
3. Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts · 6,695 reviews · 61% positive · 2023
4. Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age · 6,131 reviews · 91% positive · 2024
5. Ship of Fools · 5,094 reviews · 82% positive · 2022
6. Spilled! · 4,967 reviews · 94% positive · 2025
7. Cold Waters · 4,616 reviews · 87% positive · 2017
8. SteamWorld Heist II · 2,227 reviews · 93% positive · 2024
9. Ship Graveyard Simulator · 2,154 reviews · 64% positive · 2021
10. Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail · 2,013 reviews · 79% positive · 2021
11. Man O' War: Corsair - Warhammer Naval Battles (Classic) · 646 reviews · 65% 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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