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Victory At Sea
Developer Evil Twin Artworks
Engage in epic RTS warfare across 3 huge campaigns as well as other battle modes. Create your own fleet of ships, pick your side and enter into World War II naval combat on a global scale. From the Steam store page
212 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 31, 2026 · last updated Nov 1, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
70
Fresh
127 positive · 54 negative
95% range 63–76%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 127 | 54 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 7 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
316 of 425 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
70% recommend · 127 yes, 54 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 181 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (435 of 579 positive).
Players find it a fun, arcade-style naval RTS that is easy to pick up. [1][2][3] Many recommend buying it only on sale due to its limited depth and bugs. [4][5][6] Some reviewers criticize the weak Axis side and overpowered carriers. [7][8][9]
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- [14]
I decide to give a thumb down. It is fun at tactical aspect, but the campaign is just a ♥♥♥♥ hole. The mission system sucks, when you have access to CV (you may already have purchases 1 or 2 escort CV at this moment), some missions (like transporting special agent/document, intercept enemy convoys) may send you an enemy fleet with over 4 Battleships and 2-3 carrier and multiple cruisers. It is IMPOSSIBLE to defeat …
- [1]
For a cheap 2014 game, I'm impressed. It's like Sid Meier's Pirates in WW2. There's some nice plus sides here. The game is open and free, and there's not a whole lot of rush. It's forgiving for those that are new (especially the Mediterranean campaign), but can ramp up in difficulty on demand for those that have one at least one other campaign (especially the Atlantic campaign as the Germans). The graphics are …
- [4]
It's alright. By that I mean it's fun enough. Nothing more or less. It can, however, be very grindy, and has a fair bit of minor bugs. Also, It is under NO CIRCUMSTANCES worth $25. Get it ON SALE ONLY. Like $7 or less. Don't let the thumbs up fool you, it's not a good game. It's an alright game worth a play at a good price.
- [12]
Recommended, but if you're a rivet-counting naval warfare nerd you might want to look elsewhere, as the game is fairly arcade-ish. Very easy to pick up. Certainly more of a shelf life (and according to Steam I've wasted 32 hours of my life on this!) than - for instance - any of Totem Games' offerings. My gripes? No interaction with land (apart from attacking or defending ports), and no real historical context or …
- [2]
Sea warfare has always been pretty difficult to put into a game format; a bit like flight simulators, they can either be too arcadey (and therefore not really do justice to their subject) or too realistic (hanging around for hours in a sub with nothing but little wheels to turn). Given the vast distances involved in WW2 sea combat, where opposing fleets in the age of air power sometimes never saw each other directly …
Summarised from 34 of the 211 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
70% of the 181 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Victory At Sea. The complaint that keeps coming up: campaign missions can be impossible or grindy. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
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60 of 212 · most liked firstSo I managed to run my game on Monday. Remembered all the ships and dice. Remembered most of the rules too. A bit ring-rusty making decisions, but a quality evening all round. We'll try a mission proper and some aircraft next time. #warlordgames #victoryatsea #WW2 #WWII #wargame #wargaming
positive · AI labelView post →So 47 wants us to build more capital ships because he liked "Victory at Sea?" For the love of God, don't let him ever play the game Battleship or our Navy's gonna look real weird.
neutral · AI labelView post →We booked a table at the very nice Letsxcape gaming cafe in Newark to play a game of Victory at Sea. It was nice to get the models out - even if Iost 3-0! Good fast paced rules, that are simple and scale well to big and small ships.
positive · AI labelView post →"Victory at Sea: Age of Dreadnoughts" is an older game, but our Battle of Coronel was a very good time. The British did surprisingly well, sinking the Leipzig and pummeling the Scharnhorst into submission. More to come, I think. @armchairdragoons.bsky.social
positive · AI labelView post →As we ready ourselves to commemorate Trafalgar Day, tonight's game is Dogger Bank for "Victory at Sea: Age of Dreadnought". 1800 CST! (h/t to @maniagnosis.bsky.social for the models) @armchairdragoons.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →For this weeks #wipwednesday I varnished all my Japanese & American ships, plus the British I have managed to finish. ❗️1/2❗️ #warlordgames #victoryatsea #miniatures #miniaturepainting
neutral · AI labelView post →Decent game. Was looking for something similar to PTO (which is a hazy good memory), and this is... close enough I guess. No Alaska-class Battlecruisers, but whatever... Anyway, the game is a combat RTS dealing with naval warfare in World War II. There are three campaigns: Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean. I have only done the Med campaign at this point, which allows you to choose between playing as the Brits or the Americans. It looks like you can choose to play as either of those in the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For a cheap 2014 game, I'm impressed. It's like Sid Meier's Pirates in WW2. There's some nice plus sides here. The game is open and free, and there's not a whole lot of rush. It's forgiving for those that are new (especially the Mediterranean campaign), but can ramp up in difficulty on demand for those that have one at least one other campaign (especially the Atlantic campaign as the Germans). The graphics are pleasant enough, and the selection of ships is pretty wide. Having different…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely a fun game, but it has several issues. Pros: Lots of ships to choose from some interesting mission types fun campaign Cons: commanding more than a few ships gets very complicated ships with different speeds will not stay in formation Campaign has very few mechanics Something especially strange is that the exp goals for Axis powers are half that of the Allies. Top tier American battleships are 100,000 XP while Japanese top tier battleships and carriers are 35,000 XP. There's no…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I decide to give a thumb down. It is fun at tactical aspect, but the campaign is just a ♥♥♥♥ hole. The mission system sucks, when you have access to CV (you may already have purchases 1 or 2 escort CV at this moment), some missions (like transporting special agent/document, intercept enemy convoys) may send you an enemy fleet with over 4 Battleships and 2-3 carrier and multiple cruisers. It is IMPOSSIBLE to defeat such a fleet, and if you choose to retreat, you get a FIRM LOST of multiple…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not sure why this game gets so much love, honestly. It's not bad, but it feels like a mobile port, has no depth, and frankly feels almost unfinished - there are *hints* of some kind of gameplay or system beyond "shoot other ships, repeat", but as far as I can tell that's all there is to it. Someone else has said it's basically Mount and Blade but at sea, in WW2, and that's not super inaccurate - I think it would be better to say it feels more like an unfinished but ambitious Mount and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Plays as a Kriegsmarine Captain: -> should I stay true to MEIN VATERLAND and turn on 'limit ship to own nationality'? -> wait are those 18 in guns?!??! -> imports a fleet Japanese Yamatos and steamrolls the Atlantic 11/10 would abandon German engineering and embrace glorious Nippon steelru again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's like when RISK started allowing simultaneous turns. It is definitely not an RTS and it's deceptive to describe it as one. It is a PC version of a tabletop miniature game, and as a PC game it might appeal to die-hard fans of that but it doesn't have much to offer. It isn't particularly strategic except in the sense that you have to neutralise all enemy bases on the map to declare victory, but it is very tactical because you have to drive your player-controlled mega fleet around the map…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a great game, just the right amount of control and focus for me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR: worth if on sale, otherwise game has issues: - bad UI - ok controls but does not give good feedback due to bad UI - game lacking in content, ship samey - ship themselves not unique, no reason to get different ships. The game itself is intuitive, and definitely does the naval combat well, even if its very simple. Personally, I did have fun doing one of the campaigns (the Atlantic Campaign), so I do believe I got my money's worth (~$6 CAD), and I recommend it if it is on sale at around…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a good game but not for it's price. Once you have a carrier fleet, its always 99% winnable in the first minute. Only good battle would be the cargo defense mission. Anything else would be boring as you play the game. Also, the game acts to a simpler design like a mobile game would do. would rate it 7/10. buy it during sale
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sea warfare has always been pretty difficult to put into a game format; a bit like flight simulators, they can either be too arcadey (and therefore not really do justice to their subject) or too realistic (hanging around for hours in a sub with nothing but little wheels to turn). Given the vast distances involved in WW2 sea combat, where opposing fleets in the age of air power sometimes never saw each other directly during battle, Victory at Sea makes some quite good compromises. So, for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Games I love (FLGS Variety) Star Wars Armada Star Wars Legion Victory at Sea Team Yankee World of Tanks Gaslands Gamma Wolves Bolt Action Star Wars Collectible Card Game Star Wars Unlimited Final Fantasy Universus
positive · AI labelView post →Victory at Sea big game today
neutral · AI labelView post →It's alright. By that I mean it's fun enough. Nothing more or less. It can, however, be very grindy, and has a fair bit of minor bugs. Also, It is under NO CIRCUMSTANCES worth $25. Get it ON SALE ONLY. Like $7 or less. Don't let the thumbs up fool you, it's not a good game. It's an alright game worth a play at a good price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Treat it as a mobile game and you are fine. You will sink a lot of stuff and they just keep coming. You get impossible missions and other bugs not to mention cumbersome AI but it is worth it on sale due to there not being much of competition. Just keep those expectations modest and try to enjoy the carnage.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Where do I start? In a single campaign I managed to sink some 14 Yamato battleships (not Yamato class, just BB Yamato x 14), in addition 8 Musashi, some 10 of other Yamato class ships (including Shinano but not a carrier but a battleship). In 1942 I had 5 Iowa class Battleships in my group, not to mention 6 Essex class carriers. To add insult to injury I had to repeat that dumb mission with a cruiser carrying a nuke to Tinian. This bloody cruiser cannot be controlled, and always is the first…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We've another game of Victory at Sea coming up, so trying to get some aircraft ready for it. 3d prints from Magiepie Designer. I've not done much with 3d printed minis, these had a sticky residue after the supports were moved, so a quick bath first. #WWII #Victoryatsea #warlordgames #3d #3dprint
neutral · AI labelView post →It's been a couple months since my last #wipwednesday. I've managed to start in on the Ark Royal, getting most of the base colours on. I love the deck colour, but I'm not married to the hull grey. I may swap to a lighter shade. #warlordgames #victoryatsea #miniatures #miniaturepainting
neutral · AI labelView post →For this weeks #wipwednesday I finished the Northampton sisters (Northampton & Chicago). Next up is to spray my fleets with a layer of matte varnish to protect them, then maybe a battle or two. #warlordgames #victoryatsea #miniatures #miniaturepainting
neutral · AI labelView post →Time for another #wipwednesday. This week, I finished the indianapolis. Next up is the Northampton sisters (Northampton & Chicago), which should be much simpler. #warlordgames #victoryatsea #miniatures #miniaturepainting
neutral · AI labelView post →It feels like a free mobile game. I lost interest in about 10 minutes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can say I am sorry I bought this game it has very poor graphics and poor game play. Also this game reminds me of games that where develpoed back in the 1980,s vey simple and not up to today standards.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The enemy keeps its topedoes until you are close and dodges yours the instant you launch them. Your allies launch their torpedoes from light years away or when you are in the way, and they will broadside to catch as many enemy torpedoes as they can.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty ok, Carriers are pretty OP so Kriegsmarine and Regia Marina are a bit underpowered. Overall the experience and campaigns are a chain of progressively fighting more and more to the point you can contest the keyports needed to end the war. Lack of updates after the devs moved on to the next game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Allies side is worth playing if you enjoy arcade style games. Not much realistic about the games. The Axis side is weak. bad weak and just annoying,
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I enjoy Victory at Sea. This is another game I return to again and again. The gameplay is quite simple and easy to jump into without too much training required. I especially like mixing up my fleets to see how different combinations can work. Of course I love the big battleships like the French Richelieu class.. "boom" .. oh yeah. Its such an enjoyable game.. writing this review has me wanting to jump in and do another campaign. Awesome game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing the game as axis (of course). I decide to attack a port cause why not. I have 11 battleships and 6 carriers and the enemy only some cruisers so what can go wrong. My ships advance firing all guns yet no shell hits. Meanwhile the enemy AI doesn't miss a single shot. I watch in silence as my level 10 captains get all sunk by level 1 cruisers. My landing crafts ran head along into the enemy and got destroyed. I close the game and proceed to bang my fists against a brick wall. Anger…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Victory at Sea is naval real time combat game of WWII era. Game feels very simplistic in areas where it should shine: tactics, realistic ship and arment behaviour. I'm totally fine with alternative history units such as fully operational Graf Zeppelin aircraft carrier for KM, but how plain combat isn't acceptable. From one hand game wants to be proper real time wargame, but it feels as poorly implemented mobile game. Here I could compare it to much older game Pirates!, which was so fun to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very simplistic, more like a mobile phone game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game. Recreate WW2 naval action with up to 20 ships on each side in custom battles. Take control of an individual ship or have the AI run them for you. Or play the story campaign. Ships range from battleships and aircraft carriers to subs and torpedo boats.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mount and Blade Warband meets WWII oceans
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good Points: Captains gain experience Researching to unlock new ship Has formation commands Various navies available Versatile custom settings Moddable Has carriers Bad points - AI controlled ships are suicidal against torpedoes, e.g. will often maneuver so as to present broadside to incoming torpedo. -Torpedoes instantly detected. -Impossible missions earcly in the game. -UI can be awkward and unintuitive
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fairly buggy if you want to actually control the ships yourself. Set a ship for manual control and it slips back into automatic mode for no apparent reason. Send a bunch of ships in one direction, they detect a target that they shouldn't go after (e.g. destroyers vs battleship) and they steam straight for it even if you command otherwise. Plays ok to get you through the Steam 2 hour refund window and then it heads straight for the bottom. Another reviewer compared it to Pirates! but it lacks…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pure fun in this game. Like RTS ship games, this is it. However, its even more fun when its on a sale ;)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My ex bought this for me and it was a terrible decison on his part, much like his choice to break up with me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall an enjoyable game, but by no means is it 25$ worth, it just feels a little steep for what it is. You can find this game somewhere in the realm of 5-10$ which is definitly worth it. The fun is definitly aquiring a nice big fleet of ships over time and taking the fight to various enemies about the map and pushing your side to victory. Its very much like "mount and blade" in that sense. I like the freedom of floating about looking for ships or ports, and its not just scripted chain of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recommended, but if you're a rivet-counting naval warfare nerd you might want to look elsewhere, as the game is fairly arcade-ish. Very easy to pick up. Certainly more of a shelf life (and according to Steam I've wasted 32 hours of my life on this!) than - for instance - any of Totem Games' offerings. My gripes? No interaction with land (apart from attacking or defending ports), and no real historical context or narrative.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While we're hard at work on the latest update for Victory At Sea Atlantic, remember to check out our other updates. The Single Fleet Mode is a call back to the original VAS game where you controlled a single, customisable fleet, completing missions to win the war! #IndieDev #RTS
neutral · AI labelView post →While it can be fun, on normal difficulty the game is a complete joke, while on hard and expert the game is complete ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ where a couple of the enemy's beat up destroyers can take out of your cruisers. This game is the definition of fake difficulty,
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this gameis ugly..i mean the designof the shipsloks like school children have make that...its disgusting---theyshoulpayyoutoo play thistrash..horrible.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a huge ship enthusiast, and this is definitely a grab! I couldn't get myself to stop playing after 14 hours, no game has ever done that for me in 7 years!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let me start by saying what this isn't: A simulator In-depth control of ships Realistic to the minutest detail. Now, what this is: Fun Easy to pick up Engaging This is based on Mongooses Victory at Sea strategy wargame. Set in one of three (at time of review) campaign areas (Pacific, Atlantic, Mediterranean) you start off being the captain of a sole destroyer. With each battle you earn XP that unlocks ships and also you earn credits that enables you to buy them. There are Mods out there that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Found this game in a random old box, saw i could activate it on steam and my god im not disappointed. This game is the ♥♥♥♥ and i dont eve like boats.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lack of further development and no modding/steam workshop have killed this game. Was a tiny bit fun when you thought it is going places, but it got repetitive quickly. Now its dead. Don't buy it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Victory At Sea is a naval warfare strategy game developed and published by Evil Twin Artworks that places players in command of large military fleets during the chaos of World War II. Built around large-scale naval operations, tactical fleet deployment, and real-time military engagements, the game attempts to capture both the scale and complexity of maritime warfare during one of history’s most significant global conflicts. Rather than focusing on a single ship or limiting players to scripted…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm needing a new mat for naval wargames, Victory at Sea for now, but I see Kiss Me Hardy is coming back. Any suggestions or good experiences from you folks? I dinnae ken whether to get a neoprene/mousemat style or fabric No idea. I've a game scheduled soon though #wargaming #warlordgames #WW2
neutral · AI labelView post →“Victory at Sea” was originally broadcast in 1952. About naval warfare that took place 70+,years ago. “Battleship” the game was originally published in 1931 (94 years ago) focused on WWI naval warfare. Let’s start thinking about battleships!
neutral · AI labelView post →IF you are thinking about purchasing this for $5 on steam sale - do it. It's fun, arcade like approach to naval combat. Do not expect depth of realism. I have put about 700 hours into the game. It's worthwhile and a good play. Is it realistic, heck no. But where else can you take command of a Yamato class and devestate the Allied fleet?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great naval game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What's your "no one but me remembers" game? Victory At Sea, a Mac-only grand strategy game from 1993. Even MobyGames has barely any information on it; this screenshot comes from the Macintosh Repository.
positive · AI labelView post →75% discount means that I am only slightly peeved Unchallenging AI, clunky interface Nil strategy content
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good game. More fun in the beginning when you have a chance of losing battles. Once you get a big fleet you become like Godzilla and stomp the little Japanese ships to pieces. Gets repetitive after a while.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is clearly a badly ported mobile game. There is no balance, there is no accuracy historical or otherwise. The only reason i can see for ever buying this abomination is if you are an old school battleship fan and want to giggle as your ship eats 30-40 torpedo impacts with no significant damage and you finally get to revenge the defeat at the hands of the aircraft carriers as unless the AI amasses 5 or more your battleships are going to have a field day.
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