UBOAT

Absolutely, best sub game I have played so far very challenging and fun.

The 30 minutes of “gameplay” I had were spent trying to stop the game from bricking my pc as soon as it launches, unsuccessfully.

I customized every single one of my crew and named them. I put them in some pretty tough battles it's intense. I weeded out the weak of the recruits. I lost a few even an officer but new talent came in with its own struggles. Countless missions and free roam encounters, what felt like hours on the sea bed trying to avoid the depth charges. I spent a real life hour unable to surface from compressor damage. There were two holes in the hull above it. But the chief engineer "engine" fixed the holes under water and we made it back to port. This game is seriously enjoyable you will be locked in for hours long sessions. You wont get bored you will crave the level up process of not only your crew but your ship, your amount of officers etc.

There is one feature I feel like was in the very first release but has sense disappeared (I miss being able to do and I may be wrong but I feel like it was present early release shutting down sections of the uboat to prevent water from flooding entire ship. So you lock your engineer with rebreather in there with door shut it was kinda cool took two sections to bring sub to sea bed).

I also wish instead of at port finding tiny comment images for each person you need to talk to it was more a interface in port where you clicked on it and it found the recruiter or other interactive officials. I wish also that when you run UI interface to 200% (im wide screen 4k) when you go to read backstorys on new recruits (hint hint they are important) the text box is cut off by the character customization box on the right. (simple fix make 'Customization' button a clickable object that makes the character customization box minimize and maximize so we can read the biographys. Ship needs more upgrades that I can buy and the ability to name it. I really want to customize by bed area for crew and officers area. Maybe selections for each room or certain objects that I can change the color and design from lower value to higher value elite. Please Offer the option to leave port as soon as engine starts not after you basically exit dock. I am tired of running into the port walls the channels are so narrow. I wish there were more telecommunications my radioman picked up from the enemy. He basically transmits things or hears a propellar 6 miles away. I wish the enemy shot sent a signal for a sub to hunt you. I love this game just keep adding more I bought the supporter pack give us more content!!

Aside from some minor UI and UX issues (nothing game-breaking), it's a really great game!

A bit of a learning curve on this one, but an 8/10. I played the heck out of Silent Service on NES. UBOAT brought me back a few decades to those happy times. The campaigns are interesting. I like that you can customize the difficulty to a point that you are challenged yet comfortable. I'm overall happy with it and will recommend. It's a memory hog though. I had to uninstall a few things to play it. Great work nonetheless.

If you don't mind all the little things that will disappear your crew, this game is great. But if you board a MILK COW submarine to resupply, don't hit escape. Make sure you click "return to boat" otherwise your whole delegation is gone forever. Makes so much sense. Why wouldn't the skipper of the MILK COW murder your officers and men after you've left? There's CERTAINLY NOT ENOUGH FRESHLY BAKED BREAD ABOARD TO SUPPORT THREE EXTRA PEOPLE. And if you remember your mistake and try to return, your officers and men have thrown themselves into the sea in a form of ritual suicide to repent for their sins. Gone forever. Bullshit. When this happens I want to scream. Makes having a few drinks while playing absolutely a no no, otherwise guaranteed to leave crewmen behind and regret it.

Otherwise, great game. Very sticky, makes me want to keep playing to see the next section, the next mission, the next environment. But the silly shit like above makes me want to roundhouse kick my computer.

a fantastic and beautiful game, that by your own choosing can be very simple or incredibly complex. I am by no means an enthusiast of submarines, I am however an enthusiast of history and games. This game is without a doubt the best submarine game in modern gaming. Silent Hunter was a gem and this game has successfully been passed the torch. The graphics, both the ocean and inside of the submarine paired with the soundtrack and ambiance create nothing short of the most immersive simulator game I have ever played.

This game has been a bit of a hit and miss for me.
I bought this when it first came out, and couldn't get into it. For some reason I can't explain I really like sub games, but something about this games crew based implementation really threw me. My computer wasn't up to the task of running it either, so for a long time I didn't play it.
Fast forward to this year, and with a new computer I can now run the game without issue. I think in the meantime the development of the game has greatly improved it, so that I can now kind of understand how to play it.
I think I now almost prefer this game to the great sub sim silent hunter 3 & 5, which is high praise indeed. Silent hunter is more 'realistic', but it is rather aging now. I hoped the developers would introduce more realistic gameplay to this game to match silent hunter, but they have stuck to a more simplistic approach sadly. However for a modern take on ww2 sub game this is probably the best place to start. Well done deep water!

Great game, 10/10 the realism and the Gameplay fells great.
but there is one thing i dont enjoy while playing, WHY CANT I SKIP THE TUTORIAL

Great simulation of submarine warfare brought to modern gamers. This is what SIlent Hunter V should've been. it is suitable for hardcore simmers and casual players with modifiable difficulty settings.

UBoat is a lot of fun and definitely brings back some of the old Silent Hunter vibes. It's not without it's issues and limitations but if you're looking for a modern take on a U-Boat simulator this is a very good option.

Game is very good been playing for a year but what i don't love is that there isn't much merchant ships or tankers, let allow most mods for more ships haven't been updated or anything leaving my bored with options. Oh and can't forget the planes but yeah overall a pretty neat and real game, just that we could add more ships and planes in an update in the future maybe. (Forgive my grammar or anything)

I basically just blast “Wolfpack” by Sabaton at full volume while I play this game.

This game seriously needs better tutorials. Even on the easiest difficulty you'll struggle to complete tasks because it barely explains anything. I'm not reading through a massive manual just to have fun playing as a submarine. It's also extremely annoying how the game pauses every single time your radio crew detects a nearby propeller. It makes escaping from a fleet feel really slow as you spam the speed up button every 2 seconds.

U-Boat is a great submarine game. The dynamic difficulty options mean that someone new to the genre (like me) can have a lot of fun without too much stress, then slowly work their way up to a more realistic, intense experience. Veterans of the genre will be satisfied by the high-realism options available.
The graphics are quite good, especially compared to other submarine games. The "section view" makes the boat feel alive even while traveling and allows the player to easily see what is going on and react accordingly. While the submariners can look a little "Sims-like" at times, their individual faces and names help to create a real connection to them and make any losses feel much more impactful.
The mission variety is well-tuned (though players can modify this setting). Some special missions, like smuggling spies or surveilling ports, help to break up the monotony of patrol after patrol without breaking the sense of immersion. The different campaign starts (changing start date, location, and ship) mean that every new run feels fresh and there are always new challenges to face.
While there are some problems remaining with the game, most issues are fixed by the active, well-supported mod community. Be sure to download a radio mod if you plan on letting your crew jam out while on patrol!
Overall, U-Boat is a fun, well-made game that can satisfy genre veterans or relative noobs like me. I thoroughly recommend purchasing the game and diving deep into the history of the U-Boat war.

It has a little bit learning curve in case you wanna play it "manually" but other than that you can order your lieutenants to do hit calculations in the stead of yourself, which is not as that accurate as you would do for yourself if you know how to but it doesn't affect the game drastically. They are quite qood even.

Anyways i couldn't recommend enough if you are interested in this genre. This is the best Sub sim i ve come across so far.
Graphics, mechanics and SFXs are so good. The game immerses the player right off the bat.

Big kudos to developers, Deep Water Studio. They listen and response.

While there are some hiccups in the gameplay, they are fairly minor. The graphics are excellent, the campaign is enjoyable, there is progression and skill-building.

After some teething issues it has been a fun game to play. I like the variety in the missions and will probably try a more realistic simulation level. At the moment I am playing it on the entertaining level

tons of fun, great for practicing for when i have to command submarine fleets irl.

Pro
Amazing Uboat Simulation, for very good price on sale.

Con
Steep learning curve. Ul is not intuitive enough for typical gamer.

Bobr kurwa! What a f-ing incredible game this is! After SH5 turned into a neglected bugfest, just like Ubisoft itself, I gave up all hope for an awesome, yeah even better WWII submarine game. You guys have outdone yourselves! I can't thank all of you enough. Really great work.

Amazing game, as an aviation enthusiast this was pretty easy to get into and i must say that i see many similarities between aircraft technologies and submarine technologies. It can be challengeing at the start, especially for someone without much experience in these kinds of games but with the reality settings it is possible to start slowly and increase the difficulty step by step. The game automates a lot of things and for this reason i think it is pretty easy initially, but as the campaign goes forward the missions get harder, the enemy finds new ways to hunt you and it gets pretty hard to keep your crew in line.

The devs are costantly updating and fixing bugs.

I can only reccomend this game! Watchout, you'll become a UBoot obbsessed nerd in no time. Jawohl Herr Kaleu!!!

great game. don't feel intimidated if you're not into realistic hardcore sims - there are a ton of customisable realism settings. If you are into hardcore sims you can set it to be highly realistic, where you have to manually calculate enemy positions based on a static map, some sailing instruments, and the callouts of your crew, and manage your crew man by man, manually assigning every task, with ships taking sometimes a half an hour or more to sink, where you're unable to see at night without your searchlight, and merchant convoys travel in groups of several dozen, escorted by 10 or more military ships. If you're really hardcore you can play like this in first-person, seeing everything from the perspective of your skipper. Alternatively, you can configure the game to provide a much more action-oriented experience, with much of the crew management automated and/or abstracted out, where almost every mission is action-oriented and the map is populated with icons or other visual representations for any enemies in your line of sight and/or hearing range. And you're not confined to preset configurations; every one of these settings can be manually turned on or off, and some also have an option for somewhere in the middle. I'm playing with realism around 45-50%, and having a blast. It's really impressive how all the systems work together, and I have only encountered a few very small bugs in my couple dozen hours of play (I have accidentally left the game running overnight a few times, so I've actually played probably 30 hours). Even if you're not a huge WWII buff, I think anyone who enjoys hardcore simulator-type games will definitely enjoy their time with this, and if you like your sims a bit less hardcore with some action to keep things interesting, you'll enjoy it just as much with the right settings. Definite recommend!

This game is awesome and my only complaint is that it is not multiplayer.

It's a good game. Really scratches the itch that's been missing from Silent Hunter days. The crew management is not overly complicated and a welcomed mechanic. A bit repetitive after a while, some bugs here and there, but still fun to play from time to time.

Addicted to it! I started off with a lot of the hand-holding systems automated, then have slowly been turning these off as I get more experience. Fantastic experience, great graphics, great job.

I'd like to first make clear that I purchased this game on sale for $8.99. It's an awesome game if you love simulators, WW2, naval warfare, exploration, RPGs, and more. Open world, RPG-like systems for crew members, continuing story, multiple ways to approach situations. The game is great. I'd love to see more sea fauna and flora to make exploration more exciting. I'd also like to see a few UI features simplified. The game needs tooltips and a better tutorial. This is not an easy game and it is *riddled* with bugs. That being said, the bugs are there because this game was made by a small team and you can really feel the love in it. Watch tutorials, Wolfpack on YouTube is an excellent place to start, and you'll be able to figure out the game and see why so many people end up loving this game, bugs and all.

Best Subsim since glory days of Silent Hunter 3 & 4. Variable difficulty/reality settings, active modders, ongoing updates and support from the devs, what's not to like.

Once you get over the learning curve and you've gotten into the meat of the game, it's phenomenal. The settings allow you to be either a total novice and push a button to fire a torpedo, or to be an absolute wartime Chad and triangulate trajectories, ship speed, earth curvature, and weather conditions to find a successful shot (not to mention placement on the ship you're trying to sink, which is essential - hitting a Destroyer in the magazine can be the difference between life, or being dragged down to Davy Jones locker with your Uboat and crew after being depthcharged into oblivion).

You can down everything from freighters and tankers, to little fast-attack boats, to gigantic, massive battleships and huge carriers. The game has a cohesive storyline that follows the events of WWII. I'm not sure how it ends yet as I'm enjoying my time earning medals (I'm like maybe 80 tons away from the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oakleaves, Swords, and Diamonds as of this posting - yep, I've got the itchy throat, I need me them medals - got my Knight's Cross after I sneaked into Scalpa Flow and blew up the HMS Royal Oak at anchor, lost with all hands).

Can't recommend the game enough. If you like wartime games, playing as WWII-era Deutschland (with phenomenal German voice overs) and simulators, either easy or extremely difficult ones, you can't go wrong, folks.

In my opinion, It's currently the best Sub Sim you can get. Not just a Sim, but a survival sandbox and Rpg.

Addictive fun, and excellent role-play. Well... If you're into historical simulations that is. Good fun old sport

Over all the game is very fun and engaging. There are a multitude of customization options depending on how realistic (hard) you want it to be. I feel like with even more work by the devs this game will be a true gem. Don't be afraid to give it a shot. It's amazing

I lost navigation and maps, then I hit english beach at night without map, then I followed unknown boat just to discover it was another ally submarine. Didnt sink any ships and went home. 10/10 experience

After a lot of tutorials i can finally play 100% realistic gameplay. GAme fun and interesting, developers put a lot of work into it, and it turend out almost perfectly!

Even though I haven't played this game for very long and I had it for quit awhile or so I still find it enjoyable to come back to and play when I can. Some of the perks I find that are really cool are, you can dock your submarine, have the crew disembark, then shut off all the lights and take a nap, I've done that a couple of time's. :)
The next would be divining into the water to find some cargo in sunken ships (certain missions ) although I think it would be cool to free dive on any mission, maybe even to plant explosives, underwater on ships in a harbor just like the Italy frogmen did in WW2. Anyway, I paid the full price on this game and it was well worth the money. I Highly recommend it!

interesting and beutifull looking submarine semi-simulator with a lot of varietty. Needs to add more stuff like different submarines or overalll mission varietty, just my opinion

There is still some bugs issue
Eg: I was able to manually spot the ship clearly using the periscope, but in the map, it was out of sighting range

Or, while chasing a convoy, i don't see any ship in the map as they were still out of range, but out of a sudden, i would end up in the middle of the convoy, surrounded by merchant ships and escorts.

But overall, fun game. Just need to keep updating and debugging

Great game. Seems hard at first but when you complete like 3-5 missions you know much. I have learned very fast how to take out a convoy and I do loads of port attacks. I highly recommend. I recommend for you to buy it when it's on sale as I did.

Good SIM in real time, this is a relaxing chill game for me. I don't play this as an action packed game (Vietnam Rising Storm or Star Wars Galactic Battle Front II for that) this is good for my Zen. Awsome music & sound effects bring me deep into this emersive simulation.

Very Immersive game with fantastic sense of progression, it took an hour or two after the tutorial to feel confident about things but now the game is taking off. Open sandbox feels alive as you're out on patrol, and the new damage model system makes encounters that much more dynamic. Overall 9/10 game

Beneath the waves, in the confined steel shell of my submarine, every order matters and every hesitation carries a price. UBOAT captures this tension admirably, immersing me in a world where discipline and careful planning are not just advantageous but essential for survival. Early patrols felt uncertain, a crew fresh from training struggling to find rhythm amid hostile seas. Yet soon enough, familiarity replaced doubt, and I began to relish each precise maneuver and silent stalk through enemy waters.

But as patrols grew longer, monotony slowly crept aboard. Midway through my campaign, hunting convoys became more chore than thrill, an endless repetition of firing torpedoes, resupplying at ports or distant Milchkuh support vessels, and returning to the fray. Historically authentic? Absolutely. Engaging in the long term? Less so. The late-war escorts guarding merchant convoys enforced cautious, distant attacks, reducing tactical variety to predictable engagements and consuming countless hours in repetitive cycles.

Then there's the curious loophole I've discovered, which feels less like commanding a U-boat and more like running a sneaky paperwork operation: quietly circling an empty ocean quadrant under time compression until command is satisfied that yes, targets have surely been hunted then sailing casually into an enemy harbor as if dropping by for afternoon tea, sinking stationary ships with all the urgency of filling out routine forms. It's efficient, amusing, and probably would earn a reprimand from Admiral Dönitz himself.

Still, the heart of the simulation remains undeniably strong. Adjusting the game's difficulty lets me experience submarine warfare exactly as I wish, and the visual authenticity combined with a functional soundscape deepens immersion. True, navigating menus on a 4K display can be cumbersome, but it’s a minor frustration in an otherwise exceptional portrayal of WWII naval warfare.

UBOAT offers a compelling journey beneath turbulent seas, rewarding those who appreciate realism, discipline, and historical detail. Despite occasional repetition and a few quirky loopholes, it stands as one of the most immersive U-boat simulations available today. With patience, strategic finesse, and careful resource management, you'll find yourself willingly submerged, patrolling oceans filled with both danger and quiet triumph.

Great game, providing flexibility of playstyles ranging from "Pretty much Arcade" to "This is a pretty realistic sim" and everything in-between. Managing the crew is a nice touch imo, and gives a sort of "Bomber Crew" vibe that i actually really enjoy.

Another thing I'm really liking is the opportunity to upgrade and modify your U-Boat in a given campaign, and that time moves on throughout the war as you go. I was expecting a "Mission 1: Do X, Mission 2: Do Y" type of campaign, but no, every playthrough is persistent and builds upon your past successes and, I assume, failures.

Graphics are great, game seems decently optimized.

I'm really enjoying this one.

Very fun game and when there are Allied ships (enemys) it really makes the game a challenge.

They said the game would have controller support by 2020 but it still doesn't have it:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/494840/view/1608270539800851503

Questions about this are ignored and Steam won't give a refund because it's been too long.

Its a fun game, and maybe worth it now they dropped the price but so buggy! I have never played more than 20 minutes because it crashes/locks that often. I've turned down the graphics to average/low and it made no difference. you need to save manually every 10-15 minutes for it to be even half decent.

Yes, absolutely, 100%. It's a little hard to describe in this format, but there are these moments in the game where you can almost feel nothing but your heart beating, warship props all around and on top of you, depth charges going off nearby... moments where time seems to almost stand still, even though it's actually (apparently) been thrown into fast-forward and when you leave the game it's been 6 hours since you started playing. Invigorating, escapist, and a very enthralling simulation, UBOAT is... awesome.

If you really want to have a clue as to what I'm talking about, check out some videos on YouTube, or better yet: buy the game and try it yourself!

Greatest sub-sim I've ever played. It's realistic as it gets on top of being able to tweak the game play and difficulty to your comfort. On top of beautiful graphics that surpasses many other games of this genre.
If you're interested in WWII, and like a good challenging single player experience, I recommend getting this game. There's also unlimited user-generated content you can add to your game play through the workshop as well.

In the future I'd like to see a multiplayer feature, Allied submarines, as well as passenger ocean-liners that are sinkable.

This is a game to test you, this is a game that is difficult to get going at first but slowly and surely its getting better. I struggled with this game from fresh but i am now enjoying it 60 odd hours in.
Think of it as the underwater hell let loose if you will, there is lots more to it than just straight kills etc.

The game in general: fun. Learning how to play the game: NOT FUN. I wish that this game actually had a tutorial that EXPLAINS things and doesn't just give vague instructions and then throws you in. I had to watch many tutorials in order to understand the game but then...... all these things pop up on the screen like "oh no not enough air submarine exploding". I mean seriously, Hearts of Iron 4 is easier to learn than this game.

Why does time compression constantly put me in a situation where the hostile ships just spawn next to me since the game didn't register their presence until after coming out of time compression. It's like having random hostiles teleport directly to you. Not only is it immersion breaking its extremely annoying...