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Impulse of War
Stop! You haven't captured the train yet? Didn't build a base and haven't mastered the planet? I won't jump from a springboard to take the flag! I'll be waiting for you!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
36 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Fun game and has great potential. Just hurry and add new features because at its current state it gets old real quick. Also please add Controller Support.”
“An arena battle game in a style similar to Robocraft (dont judge it from that) It has a lot of potential, but be warned, its buggy and incomplete (only has one dev) but its free, its fun, its worth trying out”
“Pros: Amazing graphics Good gameplay Cool game modes You can built youre own base You can buy colors and trails that makes you different but doesnt affect gameplay buggies and tanks are pretty cool creating lobbies and…”
11 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Pros: Amazing graphics Good gameplay Cool game modes You can built youre own base You can buy colors and trails that makes you different but doesnt affect gameplay buggies and tanks are pretty cool creating lobbies and…”
“This game was good at the gamplay and the graphic but the game like to stop working some time and if you like sci fi or this game is for you”
“I love the game beautiful graphics and simple maps that make the game very fun. I also love the rate at which you earn money it doesn’t feel like a grind. Which is a problem in many games these days. The last thing that…”
7 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Awesome game pls continue developing it but please add 1) a campaign mode and 2) a single player mode Keep the good job up!!”
“Great game, I see potential updates in the future and i hope there will be more players around the world. From the beginning there are only russian people and sometime others. ^_^”
“it has great potential and i hope to see more bug fixes and stability updates other wise ide say its worth downloading,but not at this time,wait for a few bug fixes and updates.so far it seems to not be p2p or p2w its a…”
6 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Driving through enemy territory in a rocket car. All the normal multiplayer games: Capture the flag, Deathmatch etc... only you're driving a car! Plenty of bots for when no-one else is on too.…”
“(This is a pre-access title, so my opinion on the game may change as time goes on) THE GOOD STUFF 1. Two Vehicle Classes: You've got the lightly armored, highly agile buggy. And you've got the heavily armored, lumbering…”
“I thought it was fun found a match quick tutorial was fun and didnt experience any glitches but I have only played like 20 minutes”
6 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Don't waste your time. Yes it free, and yes its very early in development. But there's already a cash shop in the game where you can buy currency in an alpha. There is also many other games in the driving vechicles…”
“Impulse of War, it seems like a pretty neat early access game. I know right now it runs pretty good, but I feel like it needs work in pretty much every other area. I don't know what kind of player I would recommend it…”
“it has great potential and i hope to see more bug fixes and stability updates other wise ide say its worth downloading,but not at this time,wait for a few bug fixes and updates.so far it seems to not be p2p or p2w its a…”
25 of the 101 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“An arena battle game in a style similar to Robocraft (dont judge it from that) It has a lot of potential, but be warned, its buggy and incomplete (only has one dev) but its free, its fun, its worth trying out”
“Impulse of war tries to mix in few interesting features, however none of them are fully developed and need heavy work which this game probably will never see. As you start the game, you wont get a menu, instead you will…”
“Pros: Amazing graphics Good gameplay Cool game modes You can built youre own base You can buy colors and trails that makes you different but doesnt affect gameplay buggies and tanks are pretty cool creating lobbies and…”
24 of the 101 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is pay to win with graphics from the year 2002. It has one soundtrack that guarantees a tumor in your brain with worse tutorial than when linux first came out. If you love to eat cardboard then you may as well…”
“Impulse of war tries to mix in few interesting features, however none of them are fully developed and need heavy work which this game probably will never see. As you start the game, you wont get a menu, instead you will…”
“Great ideas. But the game is abandoned and is in deep alpha. There have been no updates for more than two years.”
20 of the 101 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“got into the game... a tutorial nice!... wait where is the base? (10 min going around) ''finds B for building while pressing keys randomly'' oh maybe its that big blue thing? *tutorial continues*.. dafuq? that was it?..…”
“Gameplay is decent but cannot recommend this game due to 90% of the game are being filled with bots. What's even more annoying is that they make it look like they are players but really are just bots. Atleast make it…”
“Hi today im telling you the amount of fixing (sort of) that this game needs! Bugs bugs just what you needs for a grea t oh sorry i mean for a terrible game but some bugs are in great games so that always doesnt apply.…”
18 of the 101 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“"Impulse of War" is a dead and abandoned cash shop infested train wreck of a game, intended to gouge PC gamers through a P2W cash shop. The developer, and the gamers, gave up on this in 2017, it's dead and has no player…”
“Great game, I see potential updates in the future and i hope there will be more players around the world. From the beginning there are only russian people and sometime others. ^_^”
“Gameplay is decent but cannot recommend this game due to 90% of the game are being filled with bots. What's even more annoying is that they make it look like they are players but really are just bots. Atleast make it…”
14 of the 101 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Let's be honest. this game has a lot of potential.. But if the devs don't update it.. whats the point? i'd rather play CS:GOs version of angry russians.”
“Great ideas. But the game is abandoned and is in deep alpha. There have been no updates for more than two years.”
“"Impulse of War" is a dead and abandoned cash shop infested train wreck of a game, intended to gouge PC gamers through a P2W cash shop. The developer, and the gamers, gave up on this in 2017, it's dead and has no player…”
Counted across 101 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 64.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“Pre-Alpha Test For as far as I know, the game is currently in a state of developement and includes various bugs that's not noticed. Though, it includes a fun fusioned FPS-with-vehicle gameplay which is one of the main reasons I'd recommend people to try it out. The pros and cons…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“This is a fast paced vehicular based first person shooter. The Buggy is fast, the upcoming aircraft is fast, the tank is a tank. You have a choice of capturing flags, capturing a train or team deathmatch known as command battle. Teams cannot rescue or return their own flags.…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played“Servers are offline. Game hasn't been updated since 2017. Should be delisted from Steam Store.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedLatest official news
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Bugfix
Fixed - can't fire gun Fixed - can't get containers Fixed - can't enter to lobby Fixed - can't save volume in sound settings Fixed - issue with building (It could get stuck in the building while it wa
Bugfix
Fixed - can't fire gun Fixed - can't get containers Fixed - can't enter to lobby Fixed - can't save volume in sound settings Fixed - issue with building (It could get stuck in the building while it wa
Minor update - forced start for lobby after 90 sec
I saw that some people sleep and do not start a battle. So I made a "forced start" function for the game after 90 seconds, so that other players could start playing. Thank you for testing this game!
Minor update - forced start for lobby after 90 sec
I saw that some people sleep and do not start a battle. So I made a "forced start" function for the game after 90 seconds, so that other players could start playing. Thank you for testing this game!
Early access NOW!
Hello, everyone! Thank you for testing Impulse of War! You received 1500 GC for the release of early access!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Free To Play, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Racing, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Free to Play · Early Access · Action · Racing · Massively Multiplayer · Multiplayer · Indie · Simulation · Vehicular Combat · Combat Racing · Automobile Sim · Open World (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · In-App Purchases |
| Languages | English, Russian |
| Official site | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjrmKhc9VQHBpP_sc53cIMg/videos |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 - 32/64 bits Processor: Intel Dual Core or equivalent AMD family Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 9.0c Compatible GPU DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible Additional Notes: MacOS, Linux - coming soon