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War Thunder cover art

War Thunder

Gaijin Entertainment · Gaijin Network Ltd · 2013-08-15

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionMassively MultiplayerSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Nov 06, 2014 (Linux), Apr 07, 2014 (Mac), Jan 28, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 29, 2013 (PlayStation 4), Nov 12, 2020 (PlayStation 5), Jun 19, 2018 (Xbox One)

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.

War Thunder is an Action, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation and Free To Play game released in 2013, priced as free-to-play, with an estimated 20,000,000 to 50,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 774,401 reviews).

83,475
playing now
71%
positive of 780k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6,255
twitch viewers (latest)
65/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (237 ratings)
75/100
opencritic · strong · 46% recommend
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

83,475 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

War Thunder is a 2013 free-to-play vehicular combat multiplayer video game produced by Gaijin Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Oculus, and Vive. It was first released in November 2012 as an open beta with a worldwide release in January 2013; it had its official release on December 21, 2016. A spinoff game called War Thunder Mobile was released in 2023 for Android and iOS.

Trailer

War Thunder trailer thumbnail

"Dancing on the Edge" — War Thunder official cinematic trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 83,475 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 93,607 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11,701/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $29.99 at Steam (2016-07-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 1 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
116k116k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 1,038 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 404 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 920 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 309 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1,084 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 459 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 946 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 475 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 813 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 396 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 927 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 482 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 834 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 399 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 819 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 376 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 627 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 782 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 665 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3,559 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 543 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 967 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 401 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 904 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 452 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 751 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 406 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 795 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 504 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 682 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 466 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 686 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 348 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4,346 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 708 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4,172 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 685 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 463 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 427 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1,522 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 479 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7,053 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 975 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4,518 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 701 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3,663 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 665 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3,604 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 724 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4,753 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,019 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4,980 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,076 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4,774 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,212 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3,993 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 869 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3,735 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 845 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3,440 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,035 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3,418 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 859 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3,790 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 891 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6,327 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,193 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4,971 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,255 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5,515 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,431 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5,020 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,383 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5,322 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,436 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5,357 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,324 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5,093 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,369 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5,953 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,004 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4,734 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,702 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4,531 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,806 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4,806 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,493 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5,090 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,917 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5,385 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,927 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4,677 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,624 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4,737 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,636 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4,314 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,788 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8,034 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2,317 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5,575 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,920 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5,040 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,742 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6,397 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,901 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5,987 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,919 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6,045 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,018 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6,925 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,980 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6,474 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,907 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8,601 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,953 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7,052 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,212 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7,168 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,356 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7,311 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,174 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9,214 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2,514 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7,586 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2,228 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8,337 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 116,286 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5,963 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10,673 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5,527 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3,272 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5,736 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3,177 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6,166 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,198 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6,260 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,295 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11,590 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3,688 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9,663 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3,646 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9,700 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3,082 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8,949 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2,843 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8,406 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,579 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6,824 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2,381 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6,639 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3,759 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8,556 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3,165 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7,702 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8,622 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7,800 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4,257 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8,372 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7,527 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6,986 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,492 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11,621 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,836 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9,415 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3,019 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7,911 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,914 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7,403 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3,526 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8,371 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3,242 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7,250 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,410 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6,570 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,588 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6,691 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,858 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5,955 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,761 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9,220 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,676 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7,384 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6,033 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7,186 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,867 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12,778 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3,111 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9,300 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3,362 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9,267 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3,280 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8,242 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,799 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9,187 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3,180 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7,562 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4,125 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6,861 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3,214 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6,202 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7,322 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5,911 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3,793 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,151 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 635 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

83k26k2026-08-06 16:00 — 64,343 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 42,465 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 39,627 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 72,290 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 42,136 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 60,066 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 52,562 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 32,857 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 63,806 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 41,270 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 35,329 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 69,902 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 34,155 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 54,249 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 56,556 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 33,917 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 70,633 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 42,123 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 35,750 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 71,169 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 34,412 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 56,475 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 51,368 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 32,885 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 67,693 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 47,659 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 42,256 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 78,290 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 35,028 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 57,125 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 52,680 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 32,567 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 66,155 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 47,098 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 34,205 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 81,834 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 45,011 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 58,330 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 71,817 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 83,475 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#11#202026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #112026-08-07 — #112026-08-08 — #112026-08-09 — #112026-08-10 — #112026-08-11 — #112026-08-12 — #112026-08-13 — #182026-08-14 — #182026-08-15 — #182026-08-16 — #182026-08-17 — #192026-08-18 — #182026-08-19 — #182026-08-20 — #182026-08-21 — #182026-08-22 — #182026-08-23 — #192026-08-24 — #202026-08-25 — #192026-08-26 — #192026-08-27 — #192026-08-28 — #172026-08-29 — #172026-08-30 — #17
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
2412412026-08-082026-08-302026-08-08: 150 new positive2026-08-08: 143 new negative2026-08-09: 161 new positive2026-08-09: 122 new negative2026-08-10: 208 new positive2026-08-10: 119 new negative2026-08-11: 190 new positive2026-08-11: 129 new negative2026-08-12: 174 new positive2026-08-12: 95 new negative2026-08-14: 157 new positive2026-08-14: 91 new negative2026-08-15: 167 new positive2026-08-15: 107 new negative2026-08-16: 186 new positive2026-08-16: 97 new negative2026-08-17: 158 new positive2026-08-17: 43 new negative2026-08-18: 149 new positive2026-08-18: 77 new negative2026-08-19: 162 new positive2026-08-19: 111 new negative2026-08-20: 177 new positive2026-08-20: 156 new negative2026-08-21: 206 new positive2026-08-21: 140 new negative2026-08-22: 186 new positive2026-08-22: 100 new negative2026-08-23: 170 new positive2026-08-23: 69 new negative2026-08-24: 178 new positive2026-08-24: 108 new negative2026-08-25: 169 new positive2026-08-25: 121 new negative2026-08-26: 166 new positive2026-08-26: 127 new negative2026-08-27: 215 new positive2026-08-27: 85 new negative2026-08-28: 207 new positive2026-08-28: 134 new negative2026-08-29: 241 new positive2026-08-29: 123 new negative2026-08-30: 205 new positive2026-08-30: 122 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — best price $0.002016-07-07 — best price $29.992016-07-08 — best price $0.002016-07-09 — best price $0.002016-07-10 — best price $0.002016-07-13 — best price $29.992016-07-15 — best price $0.002016-07-16 — best price $29.992016-07-18 — best price $0.002016-07-19 — best price $0.002016-07-20 — best price $0.002016-07-21 — best price $29.992016-07-22 — best price $0.002016-07-23 — best price $0.002016-07-24 — best price $0.002016-07-25 — best price $0.002016-07-26 — best price $0.002016-07-27 — best price $0.002016-07-28 — best price $0.002018-06-09 — best price $29.992018-07-06 — best price $0.002020-06-01 — best price $0.002025-08-12 — best price $0.002026-08-26 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.3k3222026-05-13 — 488 pageviews2026-05-16 — 437 pageviews2026-05-19 — 465 pageviews2026-05-22 — 431 pageviews2026-05-25 — 447 pageviews2026-05-28 — 507 pageviews2026-05-31 — 458 pageviews2026-06-03 — 500 pageviews2026-06-06 — 565 pageviews2026-06-09 — 541 pageviews2026-06-12 — 461 pageviews2026-06-15 — 496 pageviews2026-06-18 — 450 pageviews2026-06-21 — 584 pageviews2026-06-24 — 514 pageviews2026-06-27 — 391 pageviews2026-06-30 — 401 pageviews2026-07-03 — 618 pageviews2026-07-06 — 378 pageviews2026-07-09 — 432 pageviews2026-07-12 — 322 pageviews2026-07-15 — 360 pageviews2026-07-18 — 390 pageviews2026-07-21 — 427 pageviews2026-07-24 — 402 pageviews2026-07-27 — 379 pageviews2026-07-30 — 428 pageviews2026-08-02 — 347 pageviews2026-08-05 — 389 pageviews2026-08-08 — 411 pageviews2026-08-11 — 397 pageviews2026-08-14 — 430 pageviews2026-08-17 — 427 pageviews2026-08-20 — 429 pageviews2026-08-23 — 403 pageviews2026-08-24 — 449 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

11k4492026-08-22 15:12 — 3,433 viewers2026-08-22 18:12 — 8,101 viewers2026-08-23 18:12 — 4,987 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 4,400 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 2,330 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 577 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 520 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 511 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 1,221 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 1,700 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 2,041 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 1,002 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 1,133 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 626 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 545 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 603 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 707 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 1,421 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 1,823 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 1,154 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 886 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 504 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 491 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 651 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 873 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 6,843 viewers2026-08-29 17:12 — 8,386 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 10,742 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 2,395 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 1,048 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 935 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 758 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 997 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 1,089 viewers2026-08-30 15:12 — 3,751 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 6,255 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
38.5%
earned "Element of Surprise"
6.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller support35 DLC

17 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Czech, Turkish, Portuguese - Portugal…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)100,3580%91
PS4 (PlayStation)13,6191%13
PS5 (PlayStation)5,9381%13
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)4,4501%13
PS4 (PlayStation)1204%13

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

VRWarTanksCombatFlightModernCold WarMilitarySimulationMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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