Rule the Waves 3: Expanded Battles
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Build Your Navy, from pre-Dreadnoughts to Aircraft Carriers and Missile Cruisers ! Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to [link deleted] will place you in the role of ' Grand Admiral ' of a navy from the time when steam and iron dominated warship design up to the missile age.
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- Publisher:
- The Slitherine Group
- Release date:
- 18 May 2023
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- Recent Steam reviews:
- Mixed (14)
- All Steam reviews:
- Very Positive (836)
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Description
Build Your Navy, from pre-Dreadnoughts to Aircraft Carriers and Missile Cruisers!
Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.
It will place you in the role of 'Grand Admiral' of a navy from the time when steam and iron dominated warship design up to the missile age.
Rule the Waves III will let you design and build the ships of your navy, and lead them into battle when war erupts. You will guide your navy's deployment, construction and operations during a period of great technological innovation and political tensions. While the game derives much of its technology and events from 'actual' history, you will find that you forge your own new history each and every time you play!
Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.
It will place you in the role of 'Grand Admiral' of a navy from the time when steam and iron dominated warship design up to the missile age.
Rule the Waves III will let you design and build the ships of your navy, and lead them into battle when war erupts. You will guide your navy's deployment, construction and operations during a period of great technological innovation and political tensions. While the game derives much of its technology and events from 'actual' history, you will find that you forge your own new history each and every time you play!
Features
- Campaigns start in either 1890, 1900,1920 or 1935 and can run through 1970.
- Monthly strategic turns with Battles resolved in a realistic tactical naval battle resolution system.
- Manage your naval budget, and deal with interfering Kaisers, presidents or navy ministers as well as a variety of historical events including naval treaties.
- Realistic design of ships ranging from corvettes to battleships and aircraft carriers.
- Research and technical development will determine ship design and tactics.
- Espionage will keep you up to date on the progress of competing navies
- Submarines, airships, aircraft and missiles will all appear and change the naval balance of power.
- Build, train, maintain and fight with your own 'ideal' navy.
- Construct coastal fortifications, airbases and other defenses
- Play as USA, Great Britain, Germany, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, Spain, Austria-Hungary, or China.
Recommended system requirements
minimum*
- OS:
- Windows 11, can work on Windows 10, but not officially supported
- Processor:
- 1.2 GHz min, 2.4+ GHz
- Memory:
- 4 GB RAM
- Graphics:
- No minimum requirement (no hardware video acceleration is required)
- DirectX:
- Version 9.0
- Storage:
- 1 GB available space
recommended*
Not specified
User reviews
brentleydgarrett
Recommended | 19 Mar 2026
1580h played
to me, over 1000 hours in this game, all i can say is it is everything i wanted, is it perfect?, no...is anything? is it what i enjoy?, yes...is that not what you want in a game? so that is my review
Helpful: 20
EdwinVonKalckreuth
Recommended | 20 Apr 2026
24.2h played
spent 3 years building a brand new flagship as japan in 1920 with the highest technology of the time. war with china. deploy my battleship line, 20 strong, to face their 5 bbs, 2 cls, and 1 dd. their one dd speeds
Helpful: 19
xeneizero
Recommended | 30 Apr 2026
2.2h played
Rule the Waves 3 looks like Wikipedia and Excel had a kid… and then left it alone in a room full of warships. You boot it up and it’s just menus, numbers, charts, more numbers… like damn, where’s the “game”? But then it
Helpful: 16
Seelenwerk
Not recommended | 04 Apr 2026
96.3h played
I really want to like this game, and it has its moments, but its just not worth it. The designing process and macromanagement aspect are really nice, but the second it comes to war, this game turns into a CBT simulator.
Helpful: 12
thatscientist
Not recommended | 18 Mar 2026
19.0h played
The bones of this look very promising, but the complete lack of UI/UX basics is hard to understand. e.g. one shouldn't be able to select technologies that aren't researched yet, e.g. selecting DD as a class should
Helpful: 9
Admiral Nyano
Not recommended | 13 Apr 2026
101h played
It starts as a decent game but its a lie, once you get past the novelty of it you realise its basically just a less rewarding gambling addiction, RNG controls everything in this game and its really biased against the
Helpful: 6