Silent Hunter® III on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

The king of submarine simulations returns with an all-new 3D engine, new crew command features, and more realistic WWII naval action than ever before. The movie-like graphics and simple, tension-filled gameplay make this the perfect game for the realism fanatic and the casual gamer.

Silent Hunter® III is a naval combat, simulation and submarine game developed and published by Ubisoft.
Released on June 13th 2008 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and German.

It has received 2,420 reviews of which 2,125 were positive and 295 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 2000 / XP(only)
  • Processor: Pentium® III 1.4 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 1.4 GHz (Pentium 4 2.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 2.0 GHz recommended)
  • Memory: 512 MB
  • Graphics: 64 MB (128 MB video card recommended)(see supported list*)
  • DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0
  • Sound: Direct X 9.0 compliant PCI card
  • Hard Drive: 1.5 GB
  • *Supported Video Cards at Time of Release Nvidia® GeForce™ 3/4/FX series (GeForce 4 MX NOT supported)ATI® Radeon® 8500/9000 families or newer
    Laptop versions of these chipsets may work but are not supported. These chipsets are currently the only ones that will run this game.

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Jan. 2025
Now 20 years old but still immersive. It's faults are well known but tolerable. One piece of advice is to save the game periodically, particularly if on a long ocean transit, and after any successful action. Otherwise you may lose a considerable amount of game time. Often find if you really zoom in on the navigation chart when conducting a detailed action, plenty of plots and updates, the program can bug out then. So again, in such cases in pays to save so you are not wasting a lot of careful work. Stuck to playing the vanilla version but plenty of advice on that and the modded versions on SubSim and other forums, plenty of good info amongst the sometimes rubbish.
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Jan. 2025
There's a reason this game is at or near the top of the charts for Submarine games - even after 20 years. In short, it's damn near perfect. But I'll be honest - if you like instant gratification, guns-a-blazing action then look elsewhere. This game relies on planning and stealth. You may spend hours stalking your prey for that perfect kill. And much like the real-life events it portrays, you will slowly turn from the "hunter" into the "hunted" as the allies slowly figure things out and improve their weapons and tactics. Enjoy the 1st and 2nd "Happy Times" while they last. Like a real U-boat commander, there's a 70-80% chance that you won't survive the war. A remarkable game that has stood the test of time.
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Dec. 2024
This is by far, the best subsim ever made. It still holds up to this day. Graphics are descent, ever after 19 years. The campaign is awesome, especially going from the beginning to the end of the war, especially at the end where the difficulty rises because of how the Allies evolved their tactics and technology. I would also use the Grey Wolves mod to make the experience even better.
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Sept. 2024
love this game. its the best subsim for people with older computers or computers with low end graphics cards. gameplay is fun and exciting and the single missions are awesome
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Aug. 2024
Best sub simulator after mods are installed. ARB UI mod to bring widescreen gfx and nice menus. checkout subsim.com for more, endless modification.
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Silent Hunter® III
8.4
2,125
295
Online players
64
Developer
Ubisoft
Publisher
Ubisoft
Release 13 Jun 2008
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