ShipCrafter

ShipCrafter

Released Sep 2026

ShipCrafter is a naval sandbox simulation game. Build your ship, unlock new components and defeat increasingly powerful foes in the campaign !

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Evaluation

ShipCrafter officially launched its 1.0 release on September 30, 2026, graduating from Early Access. The release update (NEWS-1) focused on optimization, quality-of-life improvements, a new selection tool, a 3D file importer for photo mode, and various bug fixes. Crucially, the developer closed that post with "See you for next update!" — a clear signal that development is not wrapping up with this release. Throughout 2025 and 2026, the developer maintained a very active update cadence of roughly every 1–3 weeks, delivering substantial additions: a full aircraft system (November 13, 2025), a reworked damage system (November 7, 2025), official modding support with Steam Workshop (July 17, 2026), expanded modding capabilities for engines, shells, and custom ordnance (July 24 and August 7, 2026), multiplayer plane support and reloadable catapults (August 7, 2026), custom campaign difficulty and mod-enabled multiplayer lobbies (August 21, 2026), fire mechanics and a new turret (September 18, 2026), and localization into 11 languages with another new turret (September 4, 2026). This sustained pattern of meaningful content additions shows no sign of stopping at the 1.0 milestone.
Evidence
1.0 release update published on September 30, 2026 with optimizations, new tools, and bug fixes. Post closes with 'See you for next update!' signaling continued development beyond launch.
news post · Sep 30, 2026 source development ongoing
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Developer confirmed official 1.0 release date of October 1, 2026, added localization in 11 languages and a new turret, and signed off with 'See you for next update!'
news post · Sep 4, 2026 source development ongoing
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Details

Developer
Publisher
MoreButterGames
Achievements
18
Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer

About this game

Game description

ShipCrafter is a naval sandbox combat simulator. Build you ship, unlock new parts, and defeat increasingly powerful foes !

Challenge adversaries in the campaign and liberate europe, or battle your own creations in the custom battle mode, and try to come up with the most efficient and original design.

Realtime physics

We are making a game with accurate physics. As such we implemented a realtime buoyancy system based on weight and submerged volume. The ship density and center of mass is displayed in editor, allowing to fine tune your ship and even make submarines using ballasts !

Weaponery physics were particularly cared for as well, with fully simulated shell trajectories considering air pressure, changes in density through the atmosphere, and the influence of speed on shells drag value. Penetration calculations are based on armor thickness, angle of incidence, bounce probability, and shell speed and mass.

Features

  • Realtime buoyancy simulation even considering ocean waves.

  • Various armor thicknesses and accurate penetration calculation based on speed, mass and angle of incidence.

  • Realistic ballistic trajectories even considering changes in the air pressure with altitude. Speeds and distances are however reduced to increase the nervosity of combats (in reality it would take more than a minute to hit a target at 20km).

  • Adjustable ballasts for submarine designs.

  • Physics based damages instead of healthbars. Turrets and engines will also lose performance if hit.

  • Weather system and day cycles, including changes in ocean waves amplitude and rain.

  • Campaign with more than 50 missions.

  • More than 20 different ships to defeat.

  • Custom battle editor, including weather, time of day selection, and bots vs bots naval battles.

  • Manual and automatic control mode for weaponery.

  • Realtime fluid simulation (experimental).

  • Visit your ship in first person view.

  • Steam Workshop supported.

  • Raytracing renderer to generate your most beautiful screenshots !

  • Officially supported modding.

Steam workshop support

Battleships, cruisers, submarines : this game already supports the steam workshop ! You can share your creations with the community and download other people's ships this way !

Multiplayer mode

A sandbox mode is available in game ! Play with up to 10 people, and enable or disable damage to fight naval battles or simply to show off your ships to others.

Raytracing renderer

You can now create your own scene in ShipCrafter, allowing to modify the sun orientation, add fog and generate screenshots with outstanding quality thanks to raytracing.

Discord

Join the discord to post your creations or simply talk about WWII ships and connect with the community !

Last evaluated Sep 30, 2026
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