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World War 3
World War 3 is a free-to-play tactical online multiplayer FPS where the world is your battleground. Outgun the enemy in thrilling, team-based skirmishes with a huge arsenal of weapons, vehicles, gadgets, and drones at your disposal.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
26 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“they really had a good base for a fantastic game yet refuse to actually improve the game and instead constantly drop new micro transactions. its unfortunate because this could've been the next big shooter if the devs…”
“Last time I played this game (2022) it was really good, in the moment when cockfield 2042 released, the ww3 was a good alternative with interesting gameplay. But I think the main problem was idiotic launcher and 0…”
“Ok first of all, i find this more milsim than anything out there, i encounter fantastic battles and gameplay is very fluent. I got my other 2 brothers to play which are military, and the tree of us think most of the…”
5 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“Ok first of all, i find this more milsim than anything out there, i encounter fantastic battles and gameplay is very fluent. I got my other 2 brothers to play which are military, and the tree of us think most of the…”
“It feels good to finally play without cheaters, and with a realistic, high-quality FPS experience. To think this game is from 2022 and surpasses most current military simulation FPS games in terms of fun and realism,…”
“This game is really nice, It’s a game that’s definitely worth playing—it’s like Warzone, but actually good. I’m playing it right now, and I really like it. I highly recommend it as an escape from all the hackers in…”
4 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“better than battlefield2042 really good graphics and gunplay feels satisfying”
“first of all this game is for a f2p game relatiivly good but it has many problems,first off all the positivs Positivs: 1.still good graphics for a game released in 2018 2.not pay to win,while having microtransactions…”
3 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“Gunplay is really good, very underrated for a free game. However, playercounts are so low, so you're mostly matched with bots which gets boring really quickly. Also seems the devs have abandoned the game hasn't had any…”
“first of all this game is for a f2p game relatiivly good but it has many problems,first off all the positivs Positivs: 1.still good graphics for a game released in 2018 2.not pay to win,while having microtransactions…”
20 of the 75 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Crazy fumble from the dev with how much potential this game had. If they only stayed focused on their game it could of been one of the top out right now with how bad Battlefield and Cod have been in the past years.…”
“Last time I played this game (2022) it was really good, in the moment when cockfield 2042 released, the ww3 was a good alternative with interesting gameplay. But I think the main problem was idiotic launcher and 0…”
“Seems like this has a lot of promise, if only there were people playing it. Performs terribly in the actual rounds for some reason, even on "Max FPS" setting, which is really strange.”
13 of the 75 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Crazy fumble from the dev with how much potential this game had. If they only stayed focused on their game it could of been one of the top out right now with how bad Battlefield and Cod have been in the past years.…”
“they really had a good base for a fantastic game yet refuse to actually improve the game and instead constantly drop new micro transactions. its unfortunate because this could've been the next big shooter if the devs…”
“This game hasn't updated in forever and it's basically dead. Devs has abandoned the game completely. So much potential”
12 of the 75 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Seems like this has a lot of promise, if only there were people playing it. Performs terribly in the actual rounds for some reason, even on "Max FPS" setting, which is really strange.”
“Can't even run the game as lowest setting, there only small scale member battle just like COD but in a bad way.”
“The feel of guns is cool, I enjoy it and it's not one of those flashy fps. Sadly the game is basically dead, only a few people per match and the rest are bots. Also it's not optimized as it should and from time to time…”
7 of the 75 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Can't even run the game as lowest setting, there only small scale member battle just like COD but in a bad way.”
“This game had a lot of potential unfortunately when I went back to play it was full of bots - hopefully one day we can see a comeback - it ran well on my PC and it was great experience at the time of playing - before…”
“Gunplay and game mechanics are great, but the bad maps and low player count is what holds this game back. Respect to the few people that I played against so far.”
5 of the 75 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“it's not a bad game, it had everything to standout from call of duty and battlefield unlike those cheap chinese ripoff of tarkov like delta force and arena breakout, it mix all mainstream fps shooter aspect, Cod tac…”
“Games got real good potential. but i see that 90% of the matches i played there aren't more then 3 real people per team, i would also fix the sliding, that after you slide you don't have to press space to uncrouch…”
Counted across 75 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 54.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“feel like this game could be good... but how can it run so bad... thought i would be okay with my specs.... maybe not :') any help would be amazing”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“good battle / strategy game , fairly realistic , except you don't really die, but That's good isn't it? loads of great fun!!!”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“I bought this game for $60 the first time it released under a different developer. I waited and waited and waited for it to enter a playable state, and then it didn't, and then it went to another developer, and another I think? Where's my refund? Why is no one being held…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:32 UTC · history 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.
World War 3 Server Shutdown
Operators, We have an important update to share regarding World War 3. After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to end support for the game and shut down its servers. The World
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Free to Play · FPS · Multiplayer · Realistic · Online Co-Op · Tactical · Military · PvP · Gun Customization · Character Customization · Shooter · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English * , Polish * , Russian * , German * , French * , Arabic * , Turkish * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese, Korean * , Simplified Chinese * |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://worldwar3.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (x64) Processor: Intel Core i3-4340K / AMD FX-6300 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce GTX 670/ GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon HD 7950 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 80 GB available space