Ah, thought it looked like a mobile game. $6.99 on the iTunes store (not on sale).

Sounds like a single player World of Warships, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Questions for the knowledgeable about this game:

Hoped this would be a sort of very light, WW2-era relative of Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations or, better, Naval War: Artic Circle, but still deeper than Battlestations: Midway (and minus the first person individual control of planes). However, a review mentioned "clicking frantically" on enemy ships, which sounds like too light, maybe?

That for the tactical part. What about the strategic layer? Very few captures of that, almost only captures of pretty ships pounding each other and nice planes taking off a carrier, which looks nice, but still wondering about the gameplay.

That said, the discount is really good, maybe this title deserves a chance.

Nice discount : 4.39 euro ( seems the game is on apple at 6.99 $ ), so thats why i guess the nice discount.
Listprice imho is much too high for this game, dont play 3d games or fpp but even if i did i t would be very unlikely i'd buy the game at listprice, then again i favor games with a plot and a story like point and click and adventure games have.

RPG and TBS games usually have a plot... this is more like a shooting game, i played some in my younger days ( very very younger days) but swicthed very quickly to RPG and games with a plot and story like Jagged Alliance and games a like ( no 3d of course).

I saw 2 pages with replies ( not logged in) after i logged in one page magically disappeard ....
why ?

Anyway if someone needs reviews just goto Steam , people who bought / played the game replied, you can visit the big websites that have profesionall reviewers and magazines but you never know if the ratings are true :D
(if theyget free games or cash ?)

I usally check user reviews from people (gamers) who either bought and or played ( or even refunded the game because it was not what they expected).

Scrolling through the negative Steam reviews , i roughly counted 78 or 81 negative reviews ( seems reviews have a habbit to ' disappear' at Steam ) which is okay, seems around 345 are mostly positive so overall the review is a positive one.

for a game missing forum :)

i thought my eyes or brain were fooling me, but there is no forum for the game .... yet....
maybe it will appear as if by magic :D

I was a litlle 'bored' ( yawns) so i Googled and checked some sites, i checked gamersgate to see if they have new old stuff ( refering to newly arrived old casual games in my case) and i saw LSL ( quite expensive game)

seems he lost a couple of pounds ....

https://store.steampowered.com/app/765870/Leisure_Suit_Larry__Wet_Dreams_Dont_Dry/

and pre order :

https://www.gamersgate.com/DD-LEISURE-SUIT-LARRY-WET-DREAMS-DONT-DRY/leisure-suit-lary-wet-dreams-don-t-dry

Unless my eyes are really fooling me i dont see any news about the game here ? :D ( unless the forum doesnt know where it was hidden, happens a lot searching for something that exists but cannot (easily) be found ...
and maybe it will appear as if by magic aswell, you never know :D
( lets pray its not a developed game with Unity ( bad experience with unity) or similar resource hogging cpu frying 'game engine' ) ( wintermute / visionaire)

The games looks nice but I would rather have gog.com release the lost Admiral :-)
https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/the_lost_admiral

I still have the original boxed version and you can easily play it on modern PCs using dosbox, but a gog release would be great and appreciated!

wow that is quite old, i know lots of old dos games but not this one...
one of my favorite c64 games was airborne ranger, pirates !
... yes its true the graphics ( what graphics?) were awfull , yet it was one of my favorites and quite expensive disk 60 or 89 guilders, yes games were very expensive , in a way they still are (too) expensive cause those old games were new games back then and todays games also cost a small fortune 30 tot 69 or more euros thats around 80 or 90 hfl back then.

Retail games with good covers, manuals ( paper) were worth the high retail price, imo digital games ( you only need 1 copy and you can download it a gazillion times ) should be a max. 5 tot 10 % of the retail back then:

no physical storage needed , no waterdamage ( store it in a water proof safe),
no expensive tv adds, just place adds in the forum or online ( websites) much cheaper then broadcasting it :D

Anyway the advantages of digital are endless so the price can be bottom prices: a good casual game should only cost 1 to 3 euros or usd, AAA games maybe 10 bucks, tops no more :D
even then then price is too high.

Yes, it is VERY old but that's probably one of the reasons why we treasure some of these old (and in some cases now really unplayable) games :-)! The picture of the ship on the store page here just reminded me of the lost Admiral... and made me write a comment that this game should have a place here at good OLD games too!

And I fully agree with both views: the old boxed games on physical disks (and later CDs, then DVDs) often provided nice goodies like printed manuals, maps, and all kinds of other stuff. Reading through a thick manual of e. g. the original Civilization, Railroad Tycoon or Gunship 2000 provided both information necessary to play the game and some reading fun beside the game.

Digital only games now mean the comfort of having backups of the game on separate HDs and the option to redownload them compared to defective diskettes or scratched CDs/DVDs, manuals in pdf format (OK, compared to printed versions that's not soo good), and endless numbers of online reviews, walkthroughs and tips & tricks on the internet.

And speaking of the 64.... now, that was a great and completely different time - before the time of gog's PC games of course :-)! I am happy to still have a few 64s, some of them bought just a few years ago before the current retro hype and inflated prices on online auction platforms started, and combined with modern devices (e. g. an ultimate 1541) you can still have a great evening with friends playing M.U.L.E., Space Taxi, Lode Runner and some other classics... But I guess I should stop here and not hijack the "Victory at Sea" thread with old 64 stories that might go on for ever ;-).... and I will have to read a few more reviews and look at some videos before I decide if the game (Victory at Sea) is a worthy addition to my library at the current price...

This, and The Grandest Fleet and a bunch of other QQP classics. Not to mention Great Naval Battles from SSI.

If you wanted "Blood and Thunder" you should have shown your honor. I thought this had been clearly established by now!

Joking aside, looked interesting, but judging by the comments it's too casual for my liking. Alas.

Yes, of course, now that you mention it: +1 for "The Grandest Fleet" - and please don't forget the "Perfect General", another QQP classic that even could be played via serial cable if you connected 2 PCs! These games would really deserve a place here at gog.com!

Is GOG planning to release Victory at Sea Pacific?

Thank you! Yes, the Pacific has to be more fun. They must have noted what you mention when they focused the sequel in that war area.