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World of Tanks cover art

World of Tanks

Wargaming Group Limited · 2021-04-28

Steam

ActionMassively MultiplayerSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 12, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

World of Tanks is a tactical action game with very different gameplay depending on the vehicle type and role. Aside from regular PvP, there are competitive and clan-based modes, special PvE and PvPvE events, and much more. Whether you play to dominate or just enjoy the ride, you'll fit right in.

World of Tanks is an Action, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, and Free To Play game released in 2021, priced as free-to-play, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and Mostly Positive (80% of 100,295 reviews) sentiment.

4,546
playing now
80%
positive of 102k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5,551
twitch viewers (latest)
191.4
viewers/channel (concentration)
73/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (297 ratings)
659
Nexus mods (268k downloads)
75/100
opencritic · strong · 63% recommend · from 19 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

4,546 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

World of Tanks (WoT) is an armoured warfare-themed multiplayer online game developed by Wargaming, featuring 20th century (1910s–1970s) era combat vehicles. It is built upon a freemium business model where the game is free-to-play, but participants also have the option of paying a fee for use of "premium" features. The focus is on player vs. player gameplay with each player controlling an armored vehicle, from the interwar period to the Cold War era.

Trailer

World of Tanks trailer thumbnail

World of Tanks: Update 2.0 Cinematic Trailer | gamescom 2025

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,546 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,740 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~843/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $90.00 at GreenManGaming (2020-03-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.5k5.5k20212026Week of 2021-04-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 792 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,502 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,615 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 392 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,259 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 328 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,338 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 324 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,371 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,534 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3,048 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 425 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,930 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 293 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,238 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 330 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2,151 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 332 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2,275 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 307 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,224 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 292 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2,947 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 397 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2,320 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 345 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,723 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,528 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2,747 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 260 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,116 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,142 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3,513 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 277 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5,490 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 328 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3,654 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3,872 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 291 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3,459 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 243 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,506 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 773 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 714 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 657 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 696 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 811 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 174 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,132 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,169 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 958 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 933 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 824 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 619 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 703 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 618 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 869 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 973 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 984 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 260 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 820 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,227 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 383 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 822 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 296 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 735 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,245 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 549 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 317 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 299 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 301 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,266 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 895 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 776 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 452 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,014 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 338 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 899 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 412 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 881 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 408 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 625 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 344 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 545 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 345 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 312 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 289 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 285 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 338 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 338 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 98 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

11k2.3k2026-09-15 11:00 — 6,615 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 7,689 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 2,256 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 8,629 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 10,922 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 2,655 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 5,517 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 10,251 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 3,195 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 6,532 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 9,163 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 3,169 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 3,671 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 8,768 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 6,171 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 3,106 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 7,076 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 5,537 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2,493 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 8,190 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 8,637 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 2,261 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 4,546 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10k1.2kMay 2021Aug 2026May 2021 — avg 1,593 · peak 4,196Jul 2021 — avg 1,241 · peak 2,056Sep 2021 — avg 1,569 · peak 2,944Nov 2021 — avg 1,685 · peak 3,420Jan 2022 — avg 2,894 · peak 5,106Mar 2022 — avg 2,862 · peak 5,307May 2022 — avg 3,313 · peak 6,071Jul 2022 — avg 2,681 · peak 4,320Sep 2022 — avg 2,653 · peak 4,968Nov 2022 — avg 2,186 · peak 3,901Jan 2023 — avg 3,204 · peak 5,759Mar 2023 — avg 3,102 · peak 5,434May 2023 — avg 2,781 · peak 4,777Jul 2023 — avg 2,659 · peak 4,509Sep 2023 — avg 2,727 · peak 5,084Nov 2023 — avg 2,963 · peak 5,394Jan 2024 — avg 4,158 · peak 7,506Mar 2024 — avg 3,554 · peak 6,527May 2024 — avg 3,282 · peak 5,756Jul 2024 — avg 2,994 · peak 5,174Sep 2024 — avg 3,433 · peak 6,473Nov 2024 — avg 3,272 · peak 6,084Jan 2025 — avg 4,657 · peak 8,223Mar 2025 — avg 4,592 · peak 8,692May 2025 — avg 4,884 · peak 9,468Jul 2025 — avg 3,910 · peak 6,801Sep 2025 — avg 10,435 · peak 24,057Nov 2025 — avg 5,800 · peak 10,879Jan 2026 — avg 7,791 · peak 15,819Mar 2026 — avg 5,808 · peak 10,998May 2026 — avg 5,612 · peak 10,925Jul 2026 — avg 4,613 · peak 7,986Aug 2026 — avg 5,930 · peak 11,294
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
57572026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 45 new positive2026-09-21: 57 new negative2026-09-22: 9 new positive2026-09-22: 11 new negative2026-09-23: 10 new positive2026-09-23: 8 new negative2026-09-24: 6 new positive2026-09-24: 7 new negative2026-09-25: 15 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new negative2026-09-26: 14 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new negative2026-09-27: 14 new positive2026-09-27: 6 new negative2026-09-28: 10 new positive2026-09-28: 11 new negative2026-09-29: 13 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 22 new positive2026-09-30: 19 new negative2026-10-01: 11 new positive2026-10-01: 15 new negative2026-10-02: 12 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 6 new positive2026-10-03: 10 new negative2026-10-04: 4 new positive2026-10-04: 6 new negative2026-10-05: 7 new positive2026-10-05: 5 new negative2026-10-06: 9 new positive2026-10-06: 7 new negative2026-10-09: 10 new positive2026-10-09: 9 new negative2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 8 new negative2026-10-11: 11 new positive2026-10-11: 8 new negative2026-10-12: 7 new positive2026-10-12: 9 new negative2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 13 new positive2026-10-14: 14 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$100.00$0.002018-01-092021-05-062018-01-09 — best price $0.002018-07-13 — best price $100.002020-03-24 — best price $90.002020-07-15 — best price $100.002021-05-06 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2581422026-05-28 — 246 pageviews2026-06-01 — 241 pageviews2026-06-05 — 258 pageviews2026-06-09 — 195 pageviews2026-06-13 — 185 pageviews2026-06-17 — 142 pageviews2026-06-21 — 198 pageviews2026-06-25 — 211 pageviews2026-06-29 — 158 pageviews2026-07-03 — 166 pageviews2026-07-07 — 157 pageviews2026-07-11 — 149 pageviews2026-07-15 — 203 pageviews2026-07-19 — 146 pageviews2026-07-23 — 250 pageviews2026-07-27 — 159 pageviews2026-07-31 — 174 pageviews2026-08-04 — 189 pageviews2026-08-08 — 173 pageviews2026-08-12 — 185 pageviews2026-08-16 — 191 pageviews2026-08-20 — 177 pageviews2026-08-24 — 176 pageviews2026-08-28 — 155 pageviews2026-09-01 — 168 pageviews2026-09-05 — 172 pageviews2026-09-09 — 199 pageviews2026-09-13 — 189 pageviews2026-09-17 — 170 pageviews2026-09-21 — 190 pageviews2026-09-25 — 181 pageviews2026-09-29 — 182 pageviews2026-10-03 — 172 pageviews2026-10-07 — 169 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

53k1.5k2026-10-01 01:12 — 3,360 viewers2026-10-01 10:12 — 4,341 viewers2026-10-01 19:12 — 33,703 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 3,087 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 20,360 viewers2026-10-03 00:12 — 3,982 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 14,135 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 26,598 viewers2026-10-04 08:12 — 2,917 viewers2026-10-04 17:12 — 39,011 viewers2026-10-05 03:34 — 2,055 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 16,425 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 2,651 viewers2026-10-06 13:12 — 3,634 viewers2026-10-06 22:12 — 8,202 viewers2026-10-07 09:12 — 1,546 viewers2026-10-07 18:12 — 15,947 viewers2026-10-08 05:34 — 2,958 viewers2026-10-08 14:34 — 12,246 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 7,303 viewers2026-10-09 08:34 — 5,164 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 15,247 viewers2026-10-10 08:12 — 1,818 viewers2026-10-10 17:12 — 42,330 viewers2026-10-11 02:12 — 2,931 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 9,289 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 23,724 viewers2026-10-12 08:12 — 1,807 viewers2026-10-12 17:12 — 34,662 viewers2026-10-13 02:12 — 3,588 viewers2026-10-13 11:12 — 6,264 viewers2026-10-13 20:12 — 8,211 viewers2026-10-14 08:12 — 2,659 viewers2026-10-14 17:12 — 28,854 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 5,551 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
51%
earned "Tyger Tyger, burning bright"
9.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed Input30 DLC

19 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 32 DLC released, first 2021-05-19, latest 2026-08-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)86,8660%66
Xbox One (Xbox)60,7710%122
Steam (Steam)12,3892%60
PS5 (PlayStation)7,9021%51

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

PvPWarCo-opTanksActionMilitaryTacticalHistoricalSimulationTeam-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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