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World of Tanks: HEAT cover art

World of Tanks: HEAT

Wargaming Group Limited · 2026-05-25

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionCasualMassively MultiplayerFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: May 26, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 26, 2026 (PlayStation 5), May 26, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

World of Tanks: HEAT is the first ever hero-driven tank action game. Choose your Agent, personalize your tank, and combine skill and strategy to dominate the battlefield.

World of Tanks: HEAT is an Action, Casual, Massively Multiplayer and Free To Play game released in 2026, free-to-play, with Mixed reviews (47% of 6932 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

47%
positive of 7.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
3,860
twitch viewers (latest)
1930.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
78/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
3.37★
PlayStation Store rating (2,718 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

Trailer

World of Tanks: HEAT trailer thumbnail

World of Tanks: HEAT - Official Announcement Trailer

≈434,144 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 2,161 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~270/week).
  • · Review velocity down 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,351 Action games in the census by review count.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 2 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.0k2.0k20262026Week of 2026-05-26: 1,636 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 1,978 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 495 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 520 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 295 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 497 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 201 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 132 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 116 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 86 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 33 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

32
achievements tracked
64.4%
earned "Self-Made Tank"
35%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportIn-App PurchasesDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2026-07-14, latest 2026-08-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,4541%32
PS5 (PlayStation)1,3267%33
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)6853%32

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.

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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