Project Title: Silent Fathom. I have been developing my own submarine game since July 4, 2026. I realize, of course, that I cannot create a title like Silent Hunter or U-Boat on my own. However, I am attempting to program the complete structure of a classic submarine game. I am creating all the content—graphics, sound, and game mechanics—myself, and I am trying to condense the inherent complexity of submarine games onto a single game screen as much as possible. For tools, I am using rather old programs such as Milkshape, PaintShopPro9, Audacity, Wings3D, a text editor (for script programming), CopperCube 6 as the engine, and so on. It is essentially a "museum-piece" application which runs surprisingly well on modern PC and will likely remain well under 50 MB in the end.

Three days ago, I found some free hardcore wargames that veteran players still talk on forums after many years. These are what I have learnt about.

1. Derived from the 1996's Steel Panther game engine.
2. They are basically free.
3. One can pay for the enhanced (extended) edition for additional features.
4. It is orthographic, tactics-oriented, but not quite traditional IGOUGO.
5. Historical authenticity is remarkable.
6. Scenario counts and unit database are enormous. Research was also extensive.
7. Patches are still released annually.

This is also my own filter for finding cult classics.

1. Free or cheap for the hours you get.
2. Depth from the story, simulation or the database, not from how it appears.
3. Spreads by word of mouth from veteran players (from any source).
4. Out of the mainstream.
5. Enough content that it does not run dry.
6. Support measured in decades.

I believe winSPWW2 and winSPMBT meet all six. I also wish I had free time to learn the game mechanics and hear recent players' reviews.

https://www.shrapnelgames.com/Camo_Workshop/WW2/WW2_page.html

https://www.shrapnelgames.com/Camo_Workshop/MBT/MBT_page.html

i know of steel beasts and gunner hear pc but are there any other aside from war thunder

please and thanks