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War Thunder

War Thunder

War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, and naval craft, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea.

Released Aug 15, 2013 Developer Gaijin Entertainment Publisher Gaijin Network Ltd Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Free to PlaySimulationVehicular CombatCombatWorld War II
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

64.0%positive757,086 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 103 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 64.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20

Recommended · 129 found this helpful

“a game developed by the russian deepstate to make western youth kill themselves. the ingame economy is garbage. i'm angry when i play it. i've spent hundreds of dollars i'll never get back. i'll be back tomorrow.”

— a player, Steam review · 1,193 hrs played
Recommended · 65 found this helpful

“the only safe way to play this game is after a lobotomy cuz if you think too hard about what happened none of it makes sense great game though”

— a player, Steam review · 4,365 hrs played
Not recommended · 403 found this helpful

“I am writing this review as someone who has played War Thunder since the very beginning, before it came to Steam around 2012. I have spent a lot of real money on it and experienced both the good sides and many of the bad ones. I will start with the positives and finish with the…”

— a player, Steam review · 4,203 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:00 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

64,332playing at last check
71,23424-hour peak
125,317all-time peak
0 50k 100k 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 70.1k avg · Feb 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

91achievements
3.0%median completion
0.0%rarest: Rank 9
38.6% of players 34.2% of players 30.9% of players 26.2% of players 26.0% of players 24.9% of players 24.8% of players 24.2% of players 23.6% of players 23.2% of players 23.0% of players 21.1% of players 18.2% of players 15.9% of players 14.0% of players 13.7% of players 10.1% of players 10.0% of players 9.7% of players 9.3% of players 9.1% of players 8.8% of players 8.7% of players 8.6% of players 8.2% of players 7.7% of players 7.0% of players 7.0% of players 6.8% of players 6.8% of players 6.6% of players 6.6% of players 6.3% of players 6.2% of players 6.2% of players 5.8% of players 5.7% of players 5.3% of players 5.2% of players 5.1% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 3.9% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.1% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 38.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
38.6%Element of Surprise — Capture an enemy strategic point with hostile team players in direct vision
34.2%Vengeful Spirit — Destroy a player's vehicle while being dead
30.9%Treasure Hunter — Open 10 chests
Rarest badges of honor
0.0%Rank 9 — Win 100 battles using vehicles of rank 9
0.1%Collector — Get 2000 vehicles
0.2%Thai Ace — Destroy 100 player vehicles while using Thai vehicles

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 25, 2026
Screenshot Competition – Changing Tides!

Welcome to the 234th War Thunder Steam Screenshot Competition! We really enjoyed seeing all of your screenshots that you submitted last week! This week we’re featuring amphibious vehicles! These often

Jul 24, 2026
Work-In-Progress: The M7 Tank

we’re very pleased to share a new work in progress vehicle with you, currently being crafted by War Thunder artists. This is the American M7 medium tank, a project developed right alongside the Sherma

Jul 24, 2026
Update 2.57.1.48

— a bug that caused the pylons with 2x AGM-154A1 JSOW to not display has been fixed. ( Report ). I-16 type 5 — a bug that caused the landing gear to appear deployed when spawning in the air has been f

Jul 23, 2026
Update 2.57.1.43

— a bug that caused the aircraft to be hidden from the tech tree when the test-drive was active has been fixed. ( Report ). ☢MiG-29SMT (9-19) — a bug that caused chaff to be missing from the available

Jul 23, 2026
Scimitar Strike: Scimitar Mk.2

Scimitar Mk.2: An Event Vehicle Light Tank for Great Britain at Rank VI At a glance: High speed and reversible transmission 30 mm cannon with APDS rounds Additional composite armor elements and slat a

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Free To Play
Player tagsFree to Play · Simulation · Vehicular Combat · Combat · World War II · Flight · VR · War · Military · Tanks · Multiplayer · Naval Combat (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer
LanguagesEnglish * , German * , French * , Italian * , Spanish - Spain * , Simplified Chinese, Russian * , Japanese * , Polish * , Czech * , Turkish * , Portuguese - Portugal, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Tr…
ControllerFull support
Achievements91
Estimated owners20,000,000 – 50,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://warthunder.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 (64bit) Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 11 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p. DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 70 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR. Keyboard or gamepad required