Games like Rule the Waves 3
If Rule the Waves 3 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts, Battleships and Carriers 2: 1940-1945 and Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Rule the Waves 3: Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.
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Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
WHY THIS
Shares ship design and an immersive mood with Rule the Waves 3.
Top pick for Rule the Waves 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!
Battleships and Carriers 2: 1940-1945
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Rule the Waves 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Casual WW2 naval turn-based strategy: attack/defend, search & destroy, build ships, subs and aircraft. Clear & simple combat and move. Fast, re-playable board game style strategy, with 70 unit types. More than 40 missions, death-matches & campaigns (Destroy, Conquer, Defend, Escort, Kill-Them-All).
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rule the Waves 3.
Third-strongest match for Rule the Waves 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Rule the Waves 3.
Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.
Great Naval Battles: The Final Fury
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Rule the Waves 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Battlestations! All hands prepare for the naval conflict on a truly grand scale! GREAT NAVAL BATTLES: THE FINAL FURY is loaded with enough historical and hypothetical naval conflict to keep players - from casual to connoisseur - busy for hours and hours!
War on the Sea
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rule the Waves 3.
Ranked #5 for Rule the Waves 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Command ships, submarines and aircraft in the South Pacific during WWII.
NavalArt
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rule the Waves 3.
Ranked #6 for Rule the Waves 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Design your own warships, equip them with a variety of armament, and bring them out to the ocean!
Battle Fleet 2
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Shares an immersive mood with Rule the Waves 3.
Ranked #7 for Rule the Waves 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Welcome Admiral! Select your fleet, assign weapons, and sink the enemy fleet by controlling each of your ships down to setting the aim and range of each weapon's shot. Features include full open world Pacific & Atlantic campaigns, cross-platform multiplayer and awesome turn-based naval battles.
Boat Crew
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Shares an immersive mood with Rule the Waves 3.
Ranked #8 for Rule the Waves 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Command your crew in Boat Crew, a gripping action-strategy experience amidst the Pacific War. Take charge of a PT boat against Imperial Japan, skillfully managing resources and personnel by any means necessary to ensure victory in this high-stakes conflict.
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Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts
WHY THIS
Shares ship design and an immersive mood with Rule the Waves 3.
Reviewers of Rule the Waves 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!
Dreadnought
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Reviewers of Rule the Waves 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Command and customize your own capital ships. Take down opponents in thundering, team-based combat. Dreadnought is a free-to-play shooter that puts you at the center of spaceship battles on a colossal scale.
Tactical Warfare Simulator
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Rule the Waves 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Experience Adrenalin fueled dogfights over the western front.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Rule the Waves 3 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~88% under Rule the Waves 3 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~63% under Rule the Waves 3 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under Rule the Waves 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Rule the Waves 3.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Schedule I
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rule the Waves 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
The Forest
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Priced ~50% under Rule the Waves 3 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Rule the Waves 3 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Rule the Waves 3 on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Balatro
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Rule the Waves 3 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Rule the Waves 3.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Rule the Waves 3.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
one night, hot springs
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Rule the Waves 3.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Rule the Waves 3.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
World of Warships
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Rule the Waves 3.
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!
Crusader Kings II
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Rule the Waves 3.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
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Frequently asked about Rule the Waves 3
- Does Rule the Waves 3 work on Steam Deck?
- Rule the Waves 3 is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Rule the Waves 3 cost?
- Rule the Waves 3 is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Rule the Waves 3?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Rule the Waves 3 are Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts, Battleships and Carriers 2: 1940-1945, Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game.
- Who developed Rule the Waves 3?
- Rule the Waves 3 was developed by Naval Warfare Simulations and published by Matrix Games.
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