Expanded Battles for Rule the Waves 3 announced

[Pete Dero]

Discover Rule the Waves 3: Expanded Battles, the first official expansion for RTW3.
Designed to expand and enhance the core experience, Expanded Battles adds new modes and tools that bring even more variety to naval warfare.

Release date: February 24, 2026 Available on Matrix Games Store and Steam.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3170370/Rule_the_Waves_3_Expanded_Battles/


Rule the Waves 3: Expanded Battles adds exciting new content and gameplay options to an already packed singleplayer experience.

This will include new mission types, such as minelaying missions.

New Quick Battle System:

• Jump Straight Into Combat: Quickly set the parameters for your naval engagement and let the AI generate a suitable battle for you to jump in and play.

• Infinitely Repayable Battles: Players can expect to set their belligerent nations, edit the battle size and type, modify the weather, and so much more for an infinitely varied battle generator.

• Varied Technology and Year Parameters: Set the fleets to be of a similar technological level for a balanced skirmish or create hypothetical scenarios with wide gaps in naval technology.

• Flexible Fleet and Ship Editor: Design your ideal fleet for your battle from the smallest corvette and destroyer to the largest behemoth battleships and flattop carriers. Or leave it to the AI to design the fleet for you or do a mix of both.

• Fight Anywhere on the Globe: Choose anywhere on the globe to set your battle and see how the unique geography affects your battle.

• Customize Your Scenario: Add variable time limits to your battles, include air bases, coastal batteries, and other features to spice up your battles further.

Historical Scenarios to Test Your Mettle:

• Rule the Waves 3: Expanded Battles brings with it 6 historical scenarios and a 1 bonus hypothetical scenario for players to test their naval combat skills

◦ Battle of the Yellow Sea (1904) – The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts to block the unification of Russian naval forces in the Far East during the Russo-Japanese War.

◦ Battle of Dogger Bank (1915) – The British Navy gets wind of a major German naval raiding force composed of heavy battlecruisers.

◦ Battle of the River Plate (1939) - A determined force of Royal Navy cruisers pursue the elusive Kriegsmarine pocket battleship raider, the Graf Spee.

◦ Battle of the Denmark Strait (1941) – The Royal Navy attempts to catch the famous German battleship Bismarck and it's supporting vessels as it moves to attack critical merchant shipping.

◦ Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal (1942) – An Imperial Japanese Navy task force attempts to support efforts to eject the US from the important island of Guadalcanal, as the US Navy sends a force to reinforce their embattled troops.

◦ Battle of the Eastern Solomons (1942) – A US Carrier Naval Task Force moves to intercept a major Japanese reinforcement force heading for Guadalcanal.

◦ (Hypothetical) Battle in the Mediterranean (1970) – A naval engagement between Cold War Soviet and NATO task forces vying for control of the seas in the Mediterranean.

Unleash Your Creativity With the New Scenario and Ship Editors:

• Share Ship Designs with the Community: A new and improved ship editor that will let players easily save their ship designs and share them with the community to use in their own battles

• Indulge in Your Creativity: Use the powerful scenario editor to create historical or hypothetical naval engagements from across history.

[Pete Dero]

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