Naval Estimates: The Dreadnought Age

Design the ships. Build the fleet. Balance the budget.

Face the consequences.

Naval Estimates: The Dreadnought Age is a naval grand strategy wargame set in the era when a single ship made every battleship afloat obsolete. You don't pick warships from a list - you design them: the guns (internal ballistics, barrel wear and all), the turrets that carry them, the hulls that carry those - and eventually, the budget that pays for it all. 

IN THIS BUILD - THE COMPLETE DESIGN SUITE

•  Gun designer: period internal ballistics - pressure curves, muzzle velocity, barrel life, armor penetration
•  Turret designer: mountings from deck pedestals to thousand-ton barbette turrets - weights, arcs, rates of fire
•  Ship designer: hulls, armor schemes, machinery, stability - with a 3D viewer to visualize your creations
•  The Royal Navy, 1905: design the first Dreadnought yourself
•  Guided tutorial, fully optional — switch it off and just build
•  Save, export, and share your designs

COMING NEXT

Construction programs, fleet management, and the naval budget - the committee rooms where sea power was actually won. The strategic layer is in active development; battles come after. Follow the devlog here or at navalestimates.com. 

FREE

The Dreadnought Age is free, full stop - in the spirit of Dwarf Fortress and Aurora 4X. No payments, no unlocks, no catch.

RUNS IN YOUR BROWSER

Any modern desktop browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge). Desktop only - it needs a big screen and a mouse. Tablet support might be possible. Downloadable version coming  in the near future.

Community: discord.gg/rKDwhXuwUR

Devlogs & more: navalestimates.com 

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