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Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.

Rule the Waves 3 is a simulation, wargame and naval game developed by Naval Warfare Simulations and published by Slitherine Ltd..
Released on May 18th 2023 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 879 reviews of which 785 were positive and 94 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 38.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 6.52€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Rule the Waves 3 into these genres:

Simulation Wargame Naval Military Strategy Naval Combat Singleplayer Alternate History 2D Management Cold War World War I World War II Turn-Based Strategy Design & Illustration Historical Choose Your Own Adventure

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS: Windows 10, 11
  • Processor: 1.2 GHz min, 2.4+ GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: No minimum requirement (no hardware video acceleration is required)
  • DirectX: Version 9.0

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March 2025
If you liked Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts for the naval action but thought it was silly there was never any coastline , nor any air power at all, nor any missiles or anything else, Rule the Waves 3 may be for you! It is, however, very much a 'spreadsheet simulator' kind of game. It's the brainchild and love's-labor of one person, and that one person frankly, desperately needs to hire a User Interface/User Experience person. It's very dense, like a fruitcake, so if you haven't got the patience to master a whole new piece of software, give RtW3 a miss. Or don't, I'm not your mother, but you'd be a hippocritapotamus to buy it and then complain about the UI being a hot dumpster fire when I've warned you. This is a game with which to live out your naval grand admiral dreams, everything from designing the botes to sailing them, not to give you a slick and wow experience.
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Jan. 2025
It's a completely Niche game for a specific kind of person. If you watch Drachenfel, History of Everything, or Perun, you will enjoy this game. If you do not know who they are, you will not. (However if you are attracted to this game and do not know who they are, look them up.) The game is one step up from playing an Excel spreadsheet. Things are a bit obtuse and the AI control of battles could do with a lot of work, and Auto-resolve would be appreciated. Buuuuut, it's a very specific niche game that fits an itch that I didn't know I had, and once you get past some of the rather obtuse logic involved in the game, it just turns into something fantastic. Things will click into place more each time you play, understanding combat Divisions, ship design, changes that come from Radar, Aircraft and Missiles. Each time you master a new facet and the game just changes completely, you'll restart and find even more enjoyment from it. Also because you lost two wars and 7 Supercarriers to the French because you didn't understand how the hell Air Recon worked.
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Jan. 2025
Look at a few screenshots of the game. If you don't recoil from them in horror, and are even mildly interested in past century naval warfare, you will like this game.
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Nov. 2024
glorious naval spreadsheet simulator. i played 100 hours of this in less than two weeks. if you read wikipedia articles about naval battles for fun, youll love this game.
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Oct. 2024
This game is an Excel spreadsheet, you should know that before spending money it. Having said that however there is no denying that the game is the most comprehensive early 20th century naval warfare simulation out there.
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Rule the Waves 3 is currently priced at 38.99€ on Steam.

Rule the Waves 3 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 38.99€ on Steam.

Rule the Waves 3 received 785 positive votes out of a total of 879 achieving a rating of 8.42.
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Rule the Waves 3 was developed by Naval Warfare Simulations and published by Slitherine Ltd..

Rule the Waves 3 is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Rule the Waves 3 is not playable on MacOS.

Rule the Waves 3 is not playable on Linux.

Rule the Waves 3 is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Rule the Waves 3. Explore additional content available for Rule the Waves 3 on Steam.

Rule the Waves 3 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Rule the Waves 3 does not support Steam Remote Play.

Rule the Waves 3 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Rule the Waves 3
38.99€ -84% 38.99€ 6.52€ -75% 38.99€ 10.12€
8.4
785
94
Game modes
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Online players
100
Developer
Naval Warfare Simulations
Publisher
Slitherine Ltd.
Release 18 May 2023
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