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World of Warplanes

Wargaming Group Limited · 2022-02-10

Steam

ActionMassively MultiplayerSimulationFree To Play

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

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.

World of Warplanes is a 2022 Action Massively Multiplayer Simulation Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with Mixed (70% of 5670 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000.

65
playing now
70%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
58/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
15
Nexus mods (1.6k downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

65 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

World of Warplanes (WoWp) is a free-to-play aerial combat massively multiplayer online (MMO) game developed by Persha Studia and published by Wargaming.net. The game was originally released in November 2013 in CIS countries, North America and Europe. It was relaunched as World of Warplanes 2.0 in October 2017 in the same countries, achieving significantly better reception.

Trailer

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World of Warplanes - E3 2013 Trailer

≈633,463 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 65 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 6% of 27,701 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

145282026-09-15 12:00 — 100 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 96 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 56 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 124 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 124 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 61 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 28 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 132 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 85 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 107 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 129 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 59 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 55 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 103 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 89 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 59 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 89 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 68 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 62 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 103 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 93 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 47 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 65 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
32070Sep 2018Aug 2026Sep 2018 — avg 320 · peak 680Dec 2018 — avg 103 · peak 191Mar 2019 — avg 75 · peak 147Jun 2019 — avg 75 · peak 126Sep 2019 — avg 74 · peak 137Dec 2019 — avg 97 · peak 165Mar 2020 — avg 133 · peak 252Jun 2020 — avg 118 · peak 197Sep 2020 — avg 114 · peak 194Dec 2020 — avg 115 · peak 207Mar 2021 — avg 117 · peak 232Jun 2021 — avg 108 · peak 204Sep 2021 — avg 114 · peak 194Dec 2021 — avg 120 · peak 205Mar 2022 — avg 183 · peak 336Jun 2022 — avg 149 · peak 255Sep 2022 — avg 149 · peak 271Dec 2022 — avg 127 · peak 228Mar 2023 — avg 111 · peak 194Jun 2023 — avg 131 · peak 220Sep 2023 — avg 126 · peak 224Dec 2023 — avg 130 · peak 229Mar 2024 — avg 132 · peak 506Jun 2024 — avg 107 · peak 194Sep 2024 — avg 137 · peak 512Dec 2024 — avg 103 · peak 190Mar 2025 — avg 118 · peak 278Jun 2025 — avg 94 · peak 170Sep 2025 — avg 97 · peak 173Dec 2025 — avg 94 · peak 167Mar 2026 — avg 101 · peak 179Jun 2026 — avg 79 · peak 136Aug 2026 — avg 96 · peak 161
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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…

Post-launch support: 11 DLC released, first 2018-12-24, latest 2026-02-19 (Steam store data)

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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