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Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts is a naval warfare game in which you design warships, build fleets and fight battles from the dreadnought era. You can create ships ranging from small torpedo boats to battleships, then make strategic decisions in a campaign to defeat your opponents by destroying their fleets and weakening their economies.

Design your ships

Choose each ship’s turret layout, armor scheme, funnel placement and tower variations. Hull characteristics, internal upgrades and weight distribution affect speed, maneuverability and weapon effectiveness, so design details shape a ship’s combat capabilities. The game includes over 509 hull variants, more than 2,160 ship parts and thousands of weapons in different sizes and technology levels. You can also recreate famous ships such as HMS Dreadnought or develop speculative designs.

Among the ship models, 43 are extra detailed and can faithfully recreate historical ships, including USS Monitor, CSS Virginia, HMS Dreadnought, HMS Hood, Yamato-class battleships, Bismarck-class battleships and Iowa-class battleships.

Naval combat

Combat takes place in real time, with an in-depth model of naval engagements. The AI assesses engagement distance using the principle of the “Immunity Zone” and compares its firepower with yours. It chooses ammunition carefully, holds fire when appropriate and switches shell types to account for a target’s armor. Unless a mission directive requires otherwise, it may withdraw if its fleet is badly damaged or significantly weaker than yours.

Game modes

Custom Battles let you fight with different ship designs across technology eras from 1890 to 1950, with ten nations to choose from. The Naval Academy includes 63 battle scenarios, each asking you to design a ship or squadron for a specific tactical task.

Campaign

In the campaign, you design and refit your fleet, move ships between ports and across the seas, and make strategic decisions on a global map. Campaigns begin in 1890 and can run to 1940 and beyond. Battles arise through Task Force meetings or the Mission Generator and can be played in real time. Victory comes from controlling your opponents’ seas and overcoming their economies.

The campaign map includes important regions and colonies, while political and economic events include developments such as the discovery of oil resources. Diplomacy is limited: you command the navy and influence the government on other strategic matters. Land can be conquered through major offensives or other battle scenarios that your fleet can support. Older warships can be refitted with newer technologies, and fleets can travel as Task Forces or submarine groups.

Playable nations

• British Empire
• French Empire
• German Empire
• Italian Empire
• Austro-Hungarian Empire
• United States
• Russian Empire
• Empire of Japan
• Spanish Empire
• Chinese Empire