Victory Belles: Shipgirls

Black Chicken Studios, Inc.

In-app purchases

About this game

Break the rules in a reimagined WW2 and command over 160 dangerously beautiful shipgirls. Win the war.

✪ Fight the fiercest naval war in alternate history with stunning warships from 7 nations: US, Great Britain, Germany, Japan, the USSR, France, and Italy.
✪ Recruit over 160 Belles, each with their own tales of friendship and love. Choose between hundreds of stories spanning two million words... and that's just the beginning.
✪ Command up to 4 fleets of 7 ships as you engage in tactical naval warfare, with over 80 epic campaigns around the globe and new weekly missions.
✪ Battle an otherworldly threat alongside the Allies, the Axis, or the Comintern - acquire victory for your faction to help determine which new ship girls join the line. The winners write history!
✪ Unparalleled ship customization with the ability to research and equip perfected weapon systems. Level up any Belle to be the best no matter her humble beginnings.

Captain, your ships are battle ready... and gorgeous!

Ratings and reviews

There is a lot to like about this game. The battles themselves are automated (reminds me of a tabletop strategy game). The game play is more strategy based with fleet setup, R&D equipment and weapons, scouts, airstrikes, weather, and lighting. Lots of storyline and weekly quests influence the story. Amazing graphics & voices. Cons: mentioned in other reviews, this game is grindy, but there are ways to concentrate your efforts. I get random app crashes during battles (didn't happen before).

There is a lot of heart in Victory Belles. Many of the production values are surprisingly good especially for a game of its size and budget. It runs well even on my old phone. The art, music and voices are all good and inspired with a clear love for the early 20th century. My grievences are mostly in the user interface in how difficult it is to actually find anything. There is an immense amount of information but finding and then working with it is very difficult. So far it's worth it though.

Looking through the other reviews, grinding seems to be a major complaint. They're not wrong, the game doesn't seem to allow you to level up your characters through any other way besides battles. But the game doesn't seem to have a stamina system, so realistically you could play as much as you wanted in a single session, making it very easily to just idly sink hours into. If you're looking for a simple [albeit not very intuitive] game, this is for you

What's new

- Bug fixes
- New story and typo corrections
- New content