Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic

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Silent Hunter
Silent Hunter	1996
Silent Hunter 2	2001
Destroyer Command	2002
Silent Hunter III	2005
Silent Hunter 4: Wolves of the Pacific	2007
Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic	2010

Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic is a singleplayer and multiplayer vehicle combat game in the Silent Hunter series.

Key points

No longer requires a constant internet connection. Playable offline.^[1]

Online services shut down on October 1, 2022. Installation and DLC access via Ubisoft Connect were also disabled. ^[2]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Ubisoft Store		Gold Edition. Included with Ubisoft+.
GamersGate (unavailable)
(unavailable)		Collector's Edition.
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)		^[3]
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)		Gold Edition.
Steam (unavailable)

All versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM. Playable offline after activation; no longer requires a constant internet connection.^[1]

Included with Ubisoft+.

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via Ubisoft+.

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/48110/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/48110/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Ubisoft Connect		^[4]

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Commands.cfg file in Data/cfg folder
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		Online services shut down on October 1, 2022.^[2]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista SP2, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ 2.1 GHz	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista, 7)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 2600 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/48110/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (48110) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

Developers

	Ubisoft Romania
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Release dates
Windows	March 2, 2010
Reception
Metacritic	62
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Genres	Vehicle combat
Vehicles	Naval/watercraft
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	World War II
Series	Silent Hunter