Games Like Silent Shark

Silent Shark is a tactical and realism-focused WWII submarine simulator built around plotting, estimation, and submarine command, set in the Pacific Theater.

Track contacts by hydrophone, work out their course and speed, identify ships through the periscope, estimate range with a stadimeter, and build your firing solution from imperfect information. The game is played on a tactical chart with period-inspired instruments and deliberate controls.

A good attack takes preparation. You need to approach from the right angle, manage depth and speed, account for visibility and sea state, set up the torpedoes, and leave yourself a way out before escorts respond.

If destroyers do locate you, be prepared for evasive maneuvers and paying attention when to go hard and fast, or slow and silent.

Core Features

Full Campaign

Silent Shark is designed for players who like naval history, tactical simulations, manual targeting, and games where the interesting part is keeping a clear head despite incomplete information.

The Developer

Silent Shark was created with lots of love by John Goering - indie developer from Berlin. John is the creator of the head tracking app SmoothTrack and the thought organizing app Mindscope. He thinks it's a bit strange to talk about himself in the third person, but doesn't really know how else to write this section.

He grew up playing the sub sim Silent Service II on Atari, then later discovered Silent Hunter IV, and more recently, UBoat - he then decided to take the parts he loved most about these games - the map mode - and double down on that and turn it into the sub sim of his own dreams.