# WWII submarine simulator

9 Hacker News commenters recommended WWII submarine simulator and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People praise its realistic calculations and authentic feel for a tactical WWII submarine game. The most common caveat is a tedious tutorial and onboarding.

## Why people recommend it

- Realistic calculations and authentic feel (2 comments): "I love the "dry" part of it: actual calculations of angles and speed estimations etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48220022)) "Love the authenticity though" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48218771))
- Positive reception from commenters (2 comments): "Great job and kudos! Spent 4 hours in tutorials" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48228234)) "This is so cool. Awesome job!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48225509))

## What people warn about

- Tutorial and onboarding are tedious (3 comments): "annoying to start up the tutorial and click next-next-next-next to dismiss all the text" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48220448)) "for something this complex, the issue is definitely going to be onboarding" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48220903)) "got confused by when to start/stop time and it made everything become desynchronized from your tutorial instructions" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48218990))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Dwarf Fortress](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dwarf-fortress.md): 74 recommend
- [Airport Simulator](https://hackerapproved.com/p/airport-simulator.md): 41 recommend
- [Firewood Splitting Simulator](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firewood-splitting-simulator.md): 32 recommend
- [RollerCoaster Tycoon](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rollercoaster-tycoon.md): 21 recommend
- [RimWorld](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rimworld.md): 19 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "WWII submarine simulator", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tactical-map-based-wwii-submarine-simulator/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).