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World of Warplanes cover art

World of Warplanes

Wargaming Group Limited · 2022-02-10

Steam

ActionMassively MultiplayerSimulationFree To Play

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

Releases: Nov 12, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

World of Warplanes is an aerial combat MMO action game set in the Golden Age of military aviation. The game throws players into a never-ending battle for dominance of the skies.

129
playing now
70%
positive of 5.6k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
58/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

129 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 129 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 342 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~43/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $99.99 at GreenManGaming (2023-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14814820182026Week of 2018-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

151522026-08-06 21:00 — 97 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 91 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 122 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 103 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 97 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 134 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 99 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 106 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 130 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 92 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 66 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 123 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 84 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 75 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 129 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 81 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 75 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 110 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 105 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 66 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 91 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 101 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 79 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 105 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 106 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 52 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 81 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 151 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 88 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 129 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

402026-08-26 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 4 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing11 DLC

23 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Polish, Czech, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Danish…

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DFPSPvPActionArcadeFlightShooterCold WarMilitaryController

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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