Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal - Pacific War Naval Warfare

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This is a classic hex-and-counter digital wargame covering the naval-air battles of the Pacific War, in the South Pacific and Central Pacific in 1942-1943. Find the forces of your opponent and strike at them before they sink your precious aircraft carriers, while preventing them from invading key points in the theatre of operations or supporting your own amphibious operations.

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Release date:
05 June 2020
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All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (281)

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Description

This is a classic hex-and-counter digital wargame covering the naval-air battles of the Pacific War, in the South Pacific and Central Pacific in 1942-1943.

Find the forces of your opponent and strike at them before they sink your precious aircraft carriers, while preventing them from invading key points in the theatre of operations or supporting your own amphibious operations.

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• Solitaire play again powerful US or Japanese AI
• Cross-platform multi-player
• 11 historical scenarios: Coral Sea May 42, Midway June 42, Eastern Solomon Aug 42, Santa Cruz Oct 42, Guadalcanal Dec 42, Bismarck Sea March 43,
Rabaul 1943, Guadalcanal Feb 1943, Watchtower Aug.42, US Raids Mar 42, Wake Dec 41
• Varied Hex maps with a scale of 30 miles per hex
• 80 types of warplanes, historical ships
• Naval-air search, radar, progressive intelligence gathering on enemy naval forces
• Air strikes against naval and land targets, surface battles
• Advanced damage system
• Invasion, naval bombardment
• Turn-based system
• A nice on-boarding sequence will guide the player to the depth of the game
• Available in English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Italian
• No internet connection required to play against the AI

Estimated Playtime: 1h00 to 3h00.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10+
Processor:
2.5 GHz Intel Dual Core
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9600 or equivalent
DirectX:
Version 10
Storage:
750 MB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX 10+ Compatible

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10+
Processor:
2.5 GHz Intel Quad Core
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
1024 MB DirectX 11 compatible
DirectX:
Version 12
Storage:
2 GB available space
Sound Card:
DirectX 11+ Compatible

User reviews

Marshal Villars
Recommended | 23 Dec 2025
43.4h played

Totally cool and excellent. The game Avalon Hill's, 1980 Flat Top should have been! Too bad it took 45 years of waiting. All it needs is some MacGowan cover art. LOL. Minor upgrades needed for rare in game problems that

Helpful: 7
Paxsan65
Recommended | 26 Sept 2023
19.0h played

Easy to pick up the basics of the different types of counter moves but the strategy is very challenging, which I like. I enjoy being my own Admiral in these scenarios. Each play through is different. Great game. Played

Helpful: 4
Leon
Recommended | 16 Apr 2024
61.1h played

This game captures the tension, thrill, and agony of the WWII Pacific carrier battles. I keep playing it because each of the many scenarios can be different every time--and the AI is generally good enough to usually

Helpful: 5
Panzerfaust779
Recommended | 24 Jun 2024
59.9h played

To give a different opinion from others, the Alt-history options to me are what make this game cool enough to review. This game simulates the hour-by-hour of Carrier/Naval warfare excellently, but with maybe a dozen or

Helpful: 5
armyrobryan
Recommended | 29 Mar 2025
10.1h played

Excellent game, lots of detail and chrome. Played with optional FOW, seaplanes, and submarines. It takes a while to learn all the interfaces and there are still some things I don't understand. The game plays like how a

Helpful: 5
El Guapo
Recommended | 31 Oct 2023
13.4h played

As a huge fan of Avalon Hill's Flat Top from back in the day, I've been waiting for a computer game that could give a similar experience for what seems like forever. This game really nails it in a way I never thought

Helpful: 4