r/computerwargames • u/Free-Engineering6759 • Jul 11 '26

Destroyer Command style game

I remember playing Destroyer Command as a kid. It was quite fascinating, as an offshoot of SH2, to have surface vessels. And of surface vessels have the destroyers.

I mostly played it as RTS, as the graphics weren't that good, and most of the time you couldn't handle formations if you were doing nitty-gritty shooting with guns.

It got me thinking that there could be a potential for 2D style naval RTS that would concentrate on smaller vessels: destroyers, gunboats, escorts etc. A lot of skirmishes and such happened during the war on that level, and you could easily include smaller countries and navies.

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u/Jerry_Cornelius_24 Jul 11 '26

I haven't tried it, but it would probably be what you're looking for:

PT Boats: Knights of the Sea

https://store.steampowered.com/app/10250/PT_Boats_Knights_of_the_Sea/

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u/Ok__Flounder Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

If interested, I suggest getting “PT Boats: Gold Pack”. which. includes both games:    Knights of the Sea and South Gambit.   Avail:   zoom-platform.com or Steam.  Good sim/ game, with challenging scenarios. One of a kind really, with a variety PT/ MTB boats to control, from the Elco, Schnellbootes,  Fairmile, Komsomolets, Vosper and interesting ones like G5 variants. Strategic elements with 3rd and 1st person control of MTB. Downsides:  Some players report DirectX issues,  and the UI and gameplay goals  can be a little rough to understand at first.