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Tyr
Tyr is a multiplayer tank shooter. Pilot heavy-armored vehicles with unique capabilities and upgrade them as you battle for victory with your team.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Fast-paced tactical tank combat” (65 of 100 reviews) and “No pay-to-win mechanics” (33); the most common complaint is “Mandatory Discord account linking” (8). What reviewers agree on ↓
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-25)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-21 · quoted reviews as of 2026-09-25.
What the most-helpful reviewers agree on
65 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“As a staunch, chronic PvP hater, I find myself in the strange situation of enjoying a PvP game. The methodical movement, positioning, and forced pauses in a fight due to slow reloads on all sides gives me the chance to…”
“The game plays like the devs were done with World of Tanks and decided to make their own tank game without the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. - No P2W tanks - No gold spam - No arty - No endless unlock grind - No equipment - No crew…”
“The devs were obviously inspired by WoT and other similar games, and like most players were frustrated by some of the mechanics and the changes these games experienced through their life cycle. Tyr respects your time…”
33 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“Tyr launch party was better than the Moon landing. Tyr also saved my wallet, because it is F2P. Tyr please marry me. On a much more serious note: Tyr reminds me of World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks on the PS2.…”
“The game plays like the devs were done with World of Tanks and decided to make their own tank game without the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. - No P2W tanks - No gold spam - No arty - No endless unlock grind - No equipment - No crew…”
“Speaking as a 10 year vet of World of tanks: Imagine world of tanks, but it does not hate you, wish you would give them all of your money and then die. That's this game. It actually respects your time and money. No…”
28 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“My favorite thing about Tyr is that the game was designed to appeal to a casual audience that doesn't have a lot of time to invest into other games of this genre. The main way this shows in the game is its progression…”
“Tyr launch party was better than the Moon landing. Tyr also saved my wallet, because it is F2P. Tyr please marry me. On a much more serious note: Tyr reminds me of World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks on the PS2.…”
“The game plays like the devs were done with World of Tanks and decided to make their own tank game without the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. - No P2W tanks - No gold spam - No arty - No endless unlock grind - No equipment - No crew…”
16 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“As someone with 140 hours in the playtest... This game is AMAZING. Haven't felt the desire to play a game this much in a long time. If you're like me and haven't played World of Tanks / War Thunder / any other tank…”
“As a staunch, chronic PvP hater, I find myself in the strange situation of enjoying a PvP game. The methodical movement, positioning, and forced pauses in a fight due to slow reloads on all sides gives me the chance to…”
“I HATE tank games. I had quite a miserable time with games like WoT. The monitization model, playable tank limits and tier trees combined into a frustrating experience. Tyr doesn't suffer from that. While unlocking a…”
15 of the 100 reviews raise this.
“The war thunderers are mad because you can get all the tanks in under 10,000 hours or less than $2000 USD It's a neat casual tank game, it's free, and it's fun.”
“Tyr launch party was better than the Moon landing. Tyr also saved my wallet, because it is F2P. Tyr please marry me. On a much more serious note: Tyr reminds me of World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks on the PS2.…”
“Speaking as a 10 year vet of World of tanks: Imagine world of tanks, but it does not hate you, wish you would give them all of your money and then die. That's this game. It actually respects your time and money. No…”
8 of the 100 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“The devs have addressed this in the comments: We’ve taken the feedback about clans requiring Discord seriously. Work is now underway to remove that requirement. This review will change when the mentioned changes are…”
“like world of tanks but fun however, the discord integration required for joining a clan (and all the benefits that entails) is retarded, not only that, the permissions it requests from your discord account effectively…”
“10/10 tank game. Its basically WoT but fun and without all the grinding and tank tiers, which makes the game phenomenal. However, NO I WILL NOT GRANT YOU PERMISSION TO USE MY DISCORD ACCOUNT JUST TO JOIN/CREATE A CLAN…”
4 of the 100 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“The devs have addressed this in the comments: We’ve taken the feedback about clans requiring Discord seriously. Work is now underway to remove that requirement. This review will change when the mentioned changes are…”
“10/10 tank game. Its basically WoT but fun and without all the grinding and tank tiers, which makes the game phenomenal. However, NO I WILL NOT GRANT YOU PERMISSION TO USE MY DISCORD ACCOUNT JUST TO JOIN/CREATE A CLAN…”
“Fun game, had 40 hours in the last playtest, but one thing makes me want to not recommend is the schizoid tier game design to have rewards, clans. and chatting in game locked behind linking, to a discord account. Even…”
4 of the 100 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“The devs were obviously inspired by WoT and other similar games, and like most players were frustrated by some of the mechanics and the changes these games experienced through their life cycle. Tyr respects your time…”
“I wish I could recommend this game. It's similar to World of Tanks (which you may or may not like, e.g. tanks are literally invisible until someone spots them) but without the insane grind and pay-to-win aspects, and is…”
“Game is fun, but the spotting mechanic needs work and the Clan system is atrocious.”
4 of the 100 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“A very fun combination of WoT and hero shooters. It's very fast-paced for a tank game, with great variety of tanks with unique abilities to chose from. I especially like the one that transforms into a plane! Matchmaking…”
“game lacks content, is super repetitive and the grind scaling is absolutely awful. you can get like 10k silver per day if you get lucky with the gamba and dont get 5x salute packs, cheapest tanks unlocked not via xp are…”
“the tank game I've been waiting for, simple to understand, hard to master, and devs that are listening! Also very well polished for a beta, 0 crashes or preformence issue, I cannot wait to see how this game shapes up.”
4 of the 100 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“game lacks content, is super repetitive and the grind scaling is absolutely awful. you can get like 10k silver per day if you get lucky with the gamba and dont get 5x salute packs, cheapest tanks unlocked not via xp are…”
“First impressions are good and game looks promising. For now it lacks of content, not many tanks, maps and gamemodes to choose from, but game is fun and addictive. Games are quick and i can see competetive potential in…”
“Fantastic competitive tank game. Not as relaxed as some PvE titles, and does test player skill expression to a high degree. It's balance is still being worked on, and it does feel like the devs are very well in tune…”
Counted across 100 English reviews (the 100 most helpful) · as of 2026-09-25
“An actual free to play. One tier system. No repair cost, garage slots, crew training, subscription, premium ammo, premium tanks, loot boxes. Just simple balanced game. You played enough? Good, heres a next tank for free, enjoy! I love this game, i hope they do well.”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played“No pay to win. No excessive grind. No credit grinding. No frustrating RNG. No predatory monetization. No barriers to playing with friends immediately. I will tell you as a former professional WoT player, and someone who's playtested Tyr for 3 years, the developers behind this…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“It's fun. It's free. It's not p2w. It made me hopeful. It remind me of Tanki Online before it turn into sh**. Go play this game and support the Dev, i'm tired of WOT and War Thunder scummy practices.”
— a player, Steam review · 59 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Strategy, Free To Play, Early Access |
| Player tags | Action · Free to Play · Indie · Tanks · Strategy · Early Access · PvP · Vehicular Combat · Team-Based · Futuristic · Multiplayer · Tactical (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input · DualShock Controller Support |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://playtyr.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit) Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen™ 5 5600X Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1070 or Radeon™ RX 580 DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 4 GB available space