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World of Warplanes
World of Warplanes is an aerial combat MMO action game set in the Golden Age of military aviation. The game throws players into a never-ending battle for dominance of the skies.
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 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
54 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“intresting game but 90% of a game players are bots. they fill games with fake players only to start a game.”
“Been playing off and on since beta, and played it briefly through Steam to write this review. Aside from releasing new planes to purchase, the game has gone almost entirely unchanged for the past 15 years. Same maps,…”
“The game is fun to play but the graphics need to be changed up a little , like maybe a jungle down below , attacking an air craft carrier etc....”
5 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“what can i say...... best single player multiplayer platform i have flown to date. great graphics. fantastic selection of planes to fly. most excellent player progression and ability to upgrade pilots and aircraft. all…”
“I love this game. It's great. Even if you are new it guides you in with a good to get better planes etc. Or you can just stay with basics until you gain the confidence to progress further. Fantastic fun!!”
4 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“graphics are nice.”
“Feels cheap. Has some really cool planes though.”
“what can i say...... best single player multiplayer platform i have flown to date. great graphics. fantastic selection of planes to fly. most excellent player progression and ability to upgrade pilots and aircraft. all…”
3 of the 83 reviews raise this.
“I nice for people with bad pc's”
9 of the 83 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Substantially better since the rework. Physics is still a bit dodgy though. Fun to play but the tech trees are very limited.”
“game's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ boring with the usual r-tard understanding of aircraft "it's a heavy therefore it can only be slow" and no one plays.”
“the game has very poor aircraft physics and an outdated interface.”
9 of the 83 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Been playing off and on since beta, and played it briefly through Steam to write this review. Aside from releasing new planes to purchase, the game has gone almost entirely unchanged for the past 15 years. Same maps,…”
“Run away, far away! Calling this game trash is being generous. Game has been around for over a decade, and still has all the same issues. Crazy lag spikes, sound cuts out, invisible planes, hit registry might as well be…”
“same as all World of games, pay to win buy gold etc.”
8 of the 83 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Run away, far away! Calling this game trash is being generous. Game has been around for over a decade, and still has all the same issues. Crazy lag spikes, sound cuts out, invisible planes, hit registry might as well be…”
“Can't get the game to load without crashing.”
“Unplayable... maybe? I don't know. I started, or at least tried, to start 6 battles. Non of them did. The game crashes and sends me to desktop. Other times, the game doesn't even load before crashing. Save yourself some…”
7 of the 83 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Run away, far away! Calling this game trash is being generous. Game has been around for over a decade, and still has all the same issues. Crazy lag spikes, sound cuts out, invisible planes, hit registry might as well be…”
“game's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ boring with the usual r-tard understanding of aircraft "it's a heavy therefore it can only be slow" and no one plays.”
“Game is nice but not many online players which makes difficult to run a playing time without waiting for long time. Also some planes goes on queue for next battle and it never starts. Needless to say that only those…”
7 of the 83 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Been playing off and on since beta, and played it briefly through Steam to write this review. Aside from releasing new planes to purchase, the game has gone almost entirely unchanged for the past 15 years. Same maps,…”
“Skill issue 🤫🤫”
“Im sooo bad, i cant drive planes, always crashing, I LOVE ITT HAHAA”
Counted across 83 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 69.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Overall this is a very fun game. It is much more lax than WT and it doesn't seem as much of a grind to get new airframes. My one big complaint is that it seems like there is a very small active player base so most of your team is going to be bots. When you do actually find a…”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played“For those who simply enjoy flying war aircraft in the sky battlefield. This is a good game. The control of flying the planes is so smooth. Get to fly historical aircraft is a plus too. The graphics is not the best but good enough for air battle immersion. And you don't need a…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“The game is fully unplayable. It has a community of like 100 players and every match you get in is going to be against some sweaty try hard whos been playing forever and has wildly overtuned aircraft from their prestige like system. It makes every game just a seal clubbing match…”
— a player, Steam review · 206 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
The First Storm: Start Your Engines!
https://worldofwarplanes.eu/dcont/fb/image/md-450_684x243.png Pilots! From August 3 at 11:20 UTC to August 31 at 11:20 UTC, a chain of 35 missions awaits you. For their completion, you'll receive a ne
ASIA Server Maintenance on July 31
Pilots! During the daily server restart procedure on July 31, we will be migrating our game servers for the ASIA region to another datacenter. This operation will change their IP addresses, which may
Thunderstroke: Start Your Engines!
https://worldofwarplanes.eu/dcont/fb/image/f84g_684x243.png Pilots! From July 3 at 11:20 UTC to July 31 at 11:20 UTC, a chain of 35 missions awaits you. For their completion, you'll receive a new airc
Update 2.1.40
On July 2, from 08:00 to 12:00 UTC, the servers will undergo maintenance to deploy Update 2.1.40. New Aircraft https://worldofwarplanes.eu/dcont/fb/imagesforarticles/releasewipe/prize_premium_plane_68
Wyvern's Wrath
https://worldofwarplanes.eu/dcont/fb/image/wyvern_s4_684x243.png Pilots! From May 7 to June 7, join the Wyvern's Wrath event to get a brand-new aircraft, the Westland Wyvern S.4 Tier VII British multi
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Flight · FPS · Third-Person Shooter · Cold War · Military · World War II · PvP · Shooter · First-Person · Arcade · 3D · Third Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Trading Cards · In-App Purchases |
| Languages | English * , Russian * , French * , German * , Polish * , Czech * , Japanese * , Simplified Chinese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Por… |
| Official site | https://worldofwarplanes.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-2xxx or higher Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Shaders 3.0 (NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512MB, Radeon HD 3870) or higher DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 35 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible Additional Notes: Minimum screen resolution: 1280х768