Simulation · March 15, 2019

Wolfpack (2019)

group100k–1M ownersrecommend1.8k recommendations
Wolfpack is a realistic, first person, co-op U-boat game where one or multiple crews of players man the stations of a highly detailed German type VII U-boat during the Second World War. The crew will encounter large randomized convoys of merchants escorted by destroyers, sloops, and corvettes. Their objective is to intercept and sink enemy ships and escape undetected. Each player mans a station in the U-boat, and the crew will need to cooperate in order to succeed in their mission. Unlike other submarine simulators, Wolfpack is designed for players to procedurally manage the submarine through direct, manual interaction with valves, levers, and instruments. Each U-boat has up to five players: The captain, the helmsman, the dive officer, the radio man, and the navigator. The radio man operates the hydrophone, radio, radio direction finder, and Enigma machine. The helmsman controls the U-boats heading and speed, and operates the torpedo data computer. The dive officer controls the depth using the dive planes, ballast and negative tanks and serves as a lookout and gunner for the deck gun and anti aircraft gun. The navigator calculates the position of the u-boat, and determines the best route to intercept enemy convoys. The captain is the commander of the U-boat, and leads the crew. Wolfpack also features a single player mode where one captain can easily manage his U-boat solo. Plus, it is easy to start a mission solo and allow other players to join the battle in their own subs as part of a wolfpack. The captains can use the U-boat radio to communicate with each other just like the real U-boats did. All stations and instruments in the U-boat are carefully modeled after original pictures and sources, and kept as realistic as possible without compromising usability. The game contains a fully operational torpedo data computer, manual navigation tools, and ship recognition manual.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Simulation · 128
  • Naval Combat · 117
  • World War II · 90
  • Submarine · 89
  • Co-op · 82
  • Early Access · 56
  • Multiplayer · 50
  • Naval · 45
  • Underwater · 45
  • Realistic · 41
  • Singleplayer · 41
  • Online Co-Op · 40
  • First-Person · 25
  • Military · 22
  • Historical · 21

Position in Simulation

MetricThis titleGenre position
Positive rating90% positiveGenre average: 79% — this title sits in top 25%
Engagement hours12 h averageTop 76% for session depth among Simulation

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11 Simulation titles launched in 2019 — top 6 by review volume.

Press Quotes

“'Immersion” means different things to different players. Turn-based and RTS players identify so much with their units that they feel they are members of the force. Simulation and FPS players have even more visceral connections: they are virtually on the spot, spewing bullets and doing Split-Ss. Submarine simulations tend to combine both styles. The main position is the captain’s positions in the command center where he can pick targets by the periscope. He can also click on dials to control…

Release & Availability

Release dateMar 15, 2019
DeveloperUsurpator AB
PublisherSUBSIM
Base price$34.99
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Reception Metrics

Steam community

90%Very Positive · 1.9k reviews

1.7k positive · 192 negative

Curator recommendations

1.8k

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

12h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

12h

Typical completion time

Editions & Packages

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