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NavalArt

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2018

Should you play it?

Design your own warships, equip them with a variety of armament, and bring them out to the ocean!

What works

  • Extensive ship building and customization
  • Creative freedom with mod and workshop support
  • Engaging naval combat and physics
  • Active and supportive community
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve and complex ui
  • Limited multiplayer and cooperative play
  • Lack of tutorial and structured campaign
  • Slow update frequency due to solo development
  • Some bugs and optimization issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Sprocket

  • MachineCraft

  • Panzer War : Definitive Edition

  • SimplePlanes 2

  • Sea of Craft

  • SimplePlanes

More story-driven

Games that feels like NavalArt but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Atlantic Fleet

  • Task Force Admiral - Vol.1: American Carrier Battles

  • War on the Sea

  • Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific U-Boat Missions

  • Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail

  • UBOAT

More social

Games that feels like NavalArt but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Dangerous Waters

  • Airmen

  • Windward Horizon

  • Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander

  • World of Warships

  • World of Sea Battle

Choose your own criteria ->

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NavalArt: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Cooperation, Domination.

Last update: 04/08/2026