Games like Ship of the line
If Ship of the line is your kind of game, the closest matches are Legacy of Sail, Conqueror of the Seas and Firefight — picked from the ranked list below. 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 Ship of the line: Command legendary fleets across 240 years of Age of Sail warfare. 19 historical scenarios — Trafalgar, the Nile, the Armada. Real wind physics, three-layer damage, and full PvP. Your fleet. Your tactics. Your history.
Players who liked Ship of the line also play
Steam players who put hours into Ship of the line also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Legacy of Sail
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ship of the line fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ship of the line.
As a 17th Century Admiral, send your squadrons out to capture enemy towns and sink their ships. Force boarding actions to capture their prized Ships of the Line all while balancing the need for supplies, repairs and upgrading your crew in this throwback real time tactics naval combat game
Conqueror of the Seas
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Second-strongest match for Ship of the line fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ship of the line.
Set sail into an epic age of war, where medieval empires clash for dominance on the seas. Cannons thunder, Greek fire burns, and fleets collide amid fire and chaos. Customize your ship, summon holy reinforcements, and unite with allies to conquer historic cities and reshape the fate of an era.
Firefight
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ship of the line fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ship of the line.
Firefight is a World War II real-time simulation game similar in style to the old Close Combat series but brought up to date with better AI, individual soldier modelling, a faster frame rate to give more intense and realistic combat and an easy to use command interface.
Wargame: Red Dragon
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Ranked #4 for Ship of the line fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ship of the line.
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
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Ranked #5 for Ship of the line fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ship of the line.
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail is a tactical wargame from the creators of the Ultimate General series set amidst the epic naval campaigns in the period of the American Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2
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Ranked #6 for Ship of the line fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ship of the line.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is the new real-time strategy game adapted from Games Workshop’s famous tabletop game that portrays the epic space battles of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Steel Division: Normandy 44
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Ranked #7 for Ship of the line fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ship of the line.
Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.
Company of Heroes 3
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Ranked #8 for Ship of the line fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ship of the line.
Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ship of the line at current Steam store prices.
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~58% under Ship of the line on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Ship of the line.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
The Test
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Priced ~72% under Ship of the line on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Ship of the line.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~72% under Ship of the line on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Ship of the line.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Nodebuster
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Priced ~58% under Ship of the line on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ship of the line.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
shapez
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Priced ~86% under Ship of the line on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ship of the line.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Tower Wizard
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Priced ~58% under Ship of the line on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ship of the line.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~72% under Ship of the line on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Ship of the line.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Ship of the line.
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!
Electoral Carnage
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Early Access with Ship of the line.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
NERTS! Online
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
NERTS! Online is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends, played the same way we play it at the Zachtronics office!
The Last Sovereign
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Ship of the line.
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 Ship of the line.
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!
Counter-Strike 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
Dota 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Ship of the line.
Every day, millions of players worldwide enter battle as one of over a hundred Dota heroes. And no matter if it's their 10th hour of play or 1,000th, there's always something new to discover. With regular updates that ensure a constant evolution of gameplay, features, and heroes, Dota 2 has taken on a life of its own.
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Frequently asked about Ship of the line
- How much does Ship of the line cost?
- Ship of the line is listed on Steam at 7.19 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Ship of the line have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Ship of the line supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Ship of the line?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ship of the line are Legacy of Sail, Conqueror of the Seas, Firefight.
- Who developed Ship of the line?
- Ship of the line was developed by YDS and published by GM2SOFT.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Ship of the line.
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