Ship Handling Simulator
Released Jan 2021
Ship handling, maneuvering and mooring with tugboats simulator. Feel like the captain of a passenger ships, cruise liners, cargo ships, battleships or aircraft carrier.
90% positive · 139 reviews
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Released, but still in active development
High confidence
Active Development
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Steam $8.99
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Evaluation
Ship Handling Simulator launched on January 3, 2021, and the solo developer has maintained a consistent pattern of updates ever since. Major content additions — each introducing new ships — have shipped at regular intervals: Version 1.09 (April 12, 2023), Version 1.10 (October 25, 2023), Version 1.15 (May 23, 2025), and Version 1.16 (December 22, 2025). Feature patches adding new gameplay systems have been equally consistent, including Version 1.17 on September 30, 2026, which added an animated engine room for Titanic-class ships. Across the full update history, major releases have arrived roughly every 4–8 months, and the developer has never indicated that development is concluding. The most recent update shipped just one day before today's date, confirming the developer remains actively engaged with the game.
Evidence
Version 1.17 shipped, adding an animated engine room for Titanic-class ships — the most recent update, posted one day before today's date.
Version 1.16 added the Steamship Californian, a new ship.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Aleksandr Turkin
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Original simulator of ship-handling, maneuvering and mooring to a pier with tugboats.
*Game features*
Realistic control of large cruise liners, old passenger ships, cargo ships, warships, including aircraft carrier.
Single and multi-screw vessels with separate propeller control (including historic ships - Titanic, Britannic, Olympic, Aquitania, Carpathia and Mauretania) or azimuth propulsion.
Maneuvering with thrusters.
Mooring the vessel to the berth using two tugboats with separate control.
Departure from ports to target area.
Narrow-swimming, bypass of hazards, icebergs, passing with other AI vessels.
Different environment and weather conditions.
Sea marks of hazards and channels.
Damage, split in half and sinking of ships at collisions.
A large number of levels with a gradual increase in difficulty.
*Game features*
Realistic control of large cruise liners, old passenger ships, cargo ships, warships, including aircraft carrier.
Single and multi-screw vessels with separate propeller control (including historic ships - Titanic, Britannic, Olympic, Aquitania, Carpathia and Mauretania) or azimuth propulsion.
Maneuvering with thrusters.
Mooring the vessel to the berth using two tugboats with separate control.
Departure from ports to target area.
Narrow-swimming, bypass of hazards, icebergs, passing with other AI vessels.
Different environment and weather conditions.
Sea marks of hazards and channels.
Damage, split in half and sinking of ships at collisions.
A large number of levels with a gradual increase in difficulty.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Oct 1, 2026
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