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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.

Developer
Gaijin Entertainment
Publisher
Gaijin Network Ltd
Franchise
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Release date
Aug 15, 2013
Store page updated
Sep 16, 2026
Price
Free · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

39.4/ 100

Based on 336 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😐 Mixed 67% of 9,700
All time 🙂 Mostly Positive 71% of 784,419
“addictive gameplay loop despite deceptive monetization and frustration”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
-2.16
Progression -3.80
“grind is excessive and tedious” (27)

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Story & World
-1.05

Not enough data — only 4% of reviews mention this.

World +0.23

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Content Volume
-1.27
Variety -2.95

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Visuals & Sound
+1.35
Visuals +2.15
“models are amazingly detailed” (20)

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Multiplayer
-2.27
Community -3.00

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Fairness
-3.75
Balance -3.95
“Russian tanks overpowered regardless of reverse speed or armor depression” (69)

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Tech & Ops
-2.64
Developer support -3.49
“support agent ignored evidence and issued final ban without fair review” (22)
我是一名真心热爱《战争雷霆》的普通学生玩家。我没有任何违规行为，从未开挂，更没有进行过任何形式的账号买卖。这个账号是我唯一的精神寄托，里面倾注了我无数个日夜的汗水、精力和对这款游戏纯粹的热爱。 然而就在最近，我的账号突然被恶意冻结，报错代码 8111000E。而官方客服 Tatiana 扣在我头上的罪名，竟然是荒谬的“售卖账号”！ 事情的真相让人愤怒且绝望：我因为在外地上学没有电脑，偶尔会去现实中所谓的“朋友/同学”家里玩，并在他的电脑上通过我自己的手机 2FA（双重验证）登录了我的账号。我万万没有想到，这个所谓的熟人、这个同样玩战雷的玩家，在登入我的账号后，竟然在背后狠狠地背刺了我！他利用同一台电脑登录的硬件日志，自导自演向官方提交了虚假的恶意举报，声称我把账号“卖”给了他。 我发誓，我自始至终没有收到过任何一分钱的转账！我的银行卡、支付宝干干净净，没有一毛钱的商业获利！我是一个彻头彻尾被恶意陷害、被盗用登录权限的受害者！ 我向客服提交了我从2023年至今所有的官方支付宝充值账单、我最初注册时的原始邮箱、以及我这几年来从未变过的电脑硬件配置信息。这些铁证，是任何一个买家或黑客绝对不可能拿得出来的！ 可是，Gaijin 的常规客服 Tatiana 展现出了令人发指的傲慢与冷酷。她对原主人铁一样干净的资金链和历史自证视而不见，却宁可盲目相信一个骗子、一个恶意背刺者单方面伪造的虚假举报

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update
0%20%40%60%80%100%
Aug 2013Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 9,501 reviews, peak 465/day
0250500
Aug 19Sep 16

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.

Review languages

Languages of the 336 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English32%
  • Russian12%
  • Chinese11%
  • Spanish10%
  • German7%
  • French7%
  • Other21%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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