Rule the Waves 3
Skip · Strategy · 2023
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 45, under the fair line, at $23.99.
- Reviews
- 87% positive
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is 40% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Typical seasonal cut
- 40% ($23.99)
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, No minimum requirement (no hardware video acceleration is required), 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
Rule the Waves III is a simulation of naval ship design and construction, fleet management and naval warfare from 1890 to 1970.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. The score is docked for the missing length.
The value story
September 2024 is where it bottomed out, at $23.99. Its cuts run 35 percent off as a rule. There have been 24 in the 3 years tracked, about 6 weeks apart. Today's $23.99 at 40 percent off matches the lowest price in the record.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 23 percent on value. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Wargame: Red Dragon ($29.99, scores 78) beats it on value, while it beats War on the Sea ($39.99, scores 27).
5 of the 407 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2023 to September 2026.
Players
50 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 08:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Rule the Waves 3 scores 45/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. Length is not in our data, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2008100/rule-the-waves-3Reviews set the ceiling. With no length in our data, value sits at a neutral middle whatever the price, and the BANG Score is docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 1.
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