SEED GAME#20964 BGG all-time

Run Silent, Run Deep(1993)

★ 6.5 BGG2–6 players180 minWeight 2.71
Hexagon GridSecret Unit DeploymentSimultaneous Action Selection

Games like Run Silent, Run Deep

Looking for games like Run Silent, Run Deep? It's a grind of position and pressure, where territory and timing decide it. This page rounds up 12 of the closest alternatives, scored on mechanical overlap with the original (45%), complexity match (35%), and player-count fit (20%), then weighted by BoardGameGeek community ratings so every pick is one players genuinely rate. The strongest matches come first; the further down you go, the more a game trades exact overlap for a fresh take on the same core appeal.

How ISO scores this list:Mechanic overlap 45%·Complexity proximity 35%·Player-count fit 20%·BGG quality multiplier applied

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Ironbottom Sound(1981)

★ 7.52–4 players120 minWeight 3.2
ISO Match
74/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridSimultaneous Action Selection

Second World War at Sea: Strike South(2005)

★ 7.32 players120 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
74/100

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Guadalcanal(1992)

★ 6.62 players90 minWeight 2.6
ISO Match
73/100

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Midway(1991)

★ 6.52 players90 minWeight 2.3
ISO Match
73/100

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Sink the Bismarck!(1992)

★ 6.42 players180 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
72/100

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Coral Sea: Turning the Japanese Advance, 1942(1974)

★ 6.52 players120 minWeight 2.4
ISO Match
72/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridSecret Unit Deployment

Great War at Sea / Second World War at Sea: Cone of Fire(2008)

★ 7.22–4 playersWeight 2.9
ISO Match
71/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridSecret Unit Deployment

Carrier Strike(1981)

★ 5.62 players180 minWeight 2.7
ISO Match
71/100

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Great War at Sea: Russo-Japanese War(2013)

★ 7.81–2 players30 minWeight 3.0
ISO Match
71/100

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Dice RollingHexagon GridSecret Unit Deployment

Battle of the Bulge: Platoon Level Combat in World War II – A Panzer Grenadier Game(2002)

★ 7.02 playersWeight 2.7
ISO Match
71/100

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Great War at Sea: The Mediterranean(1996)

★ 6.82 playersWeight 2.8
ISO Match
71/100

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Hexagon GridMinimap ResolutionSimultaneous Action Selection

The Flight of the Goeben: World War I Naval Operations in the Mediterranean(1970)

★ 7.42 players90 minWeight 2.8
ISO Match
71/100

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