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World of Warships

Wargaming Group Limited · 2017-11-15

SteamEpic Games StoreMicrosoft StoreGame Pass

ActionMassively MultiplayerSimulationStrategyFree To Play

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

Releases: Sep 17, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!

World of Warships is an Action, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2017, free-to-play, with an estimated 20,000,000 .. 50,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 156,594 reviews).

7,944
playing now
76%
positive of 157k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3,732
twitch viewers (latest)
59.2
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (93 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (274 downloads)
79/100
opencritic · strong · 78% recommend · from 18 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

7,944 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 UTC (census sample)

World of Warships is a naval warfare-themed free-to-play multiplayer online game developed and published by Wargaming. Players control warships of choice and can battle other random players on the server, play cooperative battles against bots, or participate in an advanced player versus environment (PvE) battle mode. For the most skilled players, two seasonal competitive modes are also available.

Trailer

World of Warships trailer thumbnail

World of Warships - Launch Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7,944 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,429 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~679/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-15

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Oct 15), healthy→thriving (Oct 12), thriving→healthy (Oct 11), healthy→thriving (Oct 10), thriving→healthy (Sep 17), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 15)

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2023-07-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 9 of 9 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.7k8.7k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 707 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 278 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,943 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 337 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,331 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 285 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,899 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 391 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,220 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 441 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,983 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 336 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3,972 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 536 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3,948 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 542 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4,749 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2,660 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3,442 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 702 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3,020 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 613 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,852 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 602 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3,971 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 553 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,280 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 303 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,469 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,496 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,203 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 334 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,623 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 315 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,756 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 360 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,996 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 355 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,516 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 283 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2,048 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 367 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,735 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 351 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,885 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 301 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,644 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,196 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,229 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 384 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,513 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 380 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,679 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,700 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 288 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,656 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 276 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,258 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,196 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,436 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 315 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,421 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 311 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,501 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 357 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,354 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 275 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,738 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 399 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,564 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,064 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 394 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8,678 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 457 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,041 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 404 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,247 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 366 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,290 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 333 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,151 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 289 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,220 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 300 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,027 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 311 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 916 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 315 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 902 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 333 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 970 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5,160 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 658 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 679 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 288 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,411 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,398 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 317 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,550 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 813 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 850 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 824 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 935 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 742 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 253 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 640 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 922 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 896 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 288 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 851 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 281 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,302 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 258 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 665 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 685 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 547 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 411 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,239 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 271 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 662 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 685 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 70 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

24k02026-09-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 7,611 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 10,028 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 8,588 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 6,522 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 9,150 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 10,243 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 10,363 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 11,987 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 9,928 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 6,533 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 9,332 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 17,311 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 10,566 players2026-10-11 01:00 — 7,011 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 15,591 players2026-10-12 10:00 — 14,523 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 20,245 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 6,635 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 7,471 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 8,298 players2026-10-13 16:00 — 10,027 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 4,590 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 6,484 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 8,355 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 9,749 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 4,615 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 7,944 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
29k1Oct 2017Aug 2026Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 3,360 · peak 6,648Apr 2018 — avg 2,427 · peak 3,877Jul 2018 — avg 2,882 · peak 4,679Oct 2018 — avg 3,236 · peak 5,710Jan 2019 — avg 4,199 · peak 7,074Apr 2019 — avg 4,190 · peak 8,385Jul 2019 — avg 4,536 · peak 8,628Oct 2019 — avg 4,834 · peak 9,365Jan 2020 — avg 7,400 · peak 13,968Apr 2020 — avg 10,529 · peak 22,687Jul 2020 — avg 9,260 · peak 18,580Oct 2020 — avg 7,725 · peak 15,604Jan 2021 — avg 8,055 · peak 14,059Apr 2021 — avg 6,993 · peak 13,218Jul 2021 — avg 6,936 · peak 12,355Oct 2021 — avg 7,126 · peak 13,004Jan 2022 — avg 8,494 · peak 15,091Apr 2022 — avg 7,217 · peak 13,056Jul 2022 — avg 7,659 · peak 13,567Oct 2022 — avg 6,806 · peak 13,589Jan 2023 — avg 7,535 · peak 12,955Apr 2023 — avg 6,659 · peak 12,310Jul 2023 — avg 8,532 · peak 158,210Oct 2023 — avg 6,161 · peak 12,030Jan 2024 — avg 7,234 · peak 12,653Apr 2024 — avg 6,492 · peak 12,690Jul 2024 — avg 6,095 · peak 10,814Oct 2024 — avg 6,795 · peak 13,944Jan 2025 — avg 7,584 · peak 15,275Apr 2025 — avg 6,630 · peak 20,427Jul 2025 — avg 8,714 · peak 65,888Oct 2025 — avg 23,470 · peak 38,391Jan 2026 — avg 24,749 · peak 38,669Apr 2026 — avg 21,381 · peak 31,698Jul 2026 — avg 7,213 · peak 13,130Aug 2026 — avg 7,227 · peak 12,917
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#54#1002026-09-152026-10-152026-09-15 — #732026-09-16 — #732026-09-17 — #732026-10-10 — #822026-10-11 — #822026-10-12 — #1002026-10-13 — #542026-10-14 — #542026-10-15 — #54
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
25252026-09-162026-10-152026-09-16: 4 new positive2026-09-16: 6 new negative2026-09-17: 7 new positive2026-09-17: 4 new negative2026-09-18: 10 new positive2026-09-18: 3 new negative2026-09-19: 9 new positive2026-09-19: 8 new negative2026-09-20: 15 new positive2026-09-20: 5 new negative2026-09-21: 4 new positive2026-09-21: 7 new negative2026-09-22: 6 new positive2026-09-22: 5 new negative2026-09-23: 10 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new negative2026-09-24: 5 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 2 new positive2026-09-25: 4 new negative2026-09-26: 9 new positive2026-09-26: 7 new negative2026-09-27: 11 new positive2026-09-27: 10 new negative2026-09-28: 9 new positive2026-09-28: 6 new negative2026-09-29: 10 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new negative2026-09-30: 13 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new negative2026-10-01: 8 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-02: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 11 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 9 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 18 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-07: 25 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 11 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new negative2026-10-09: 12 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new negative2026-10-10: 13 new positive2026-10-10: 6 new negative2026-10-11: 5 new positive2026-10-11: 9 new negative2026-10-12: 16 new positive2026-10-12: 11 new negative2026-10-13: 7 new positive2026-10-13: 6 new negative2026-10-14: 7 new positive2026-10-14: 7 new negative2026-10-15: 10 new positive2026-10-15: 5 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$100.00$0.002017-11-142026-10-142017-11-14 — best price $0.002018-01-09 — best price $0.002018-08-07 — best price $100.002020-03-24 — best price $90.002020-07-15 — best price $100.002021-03-18 — best price $0.002026-04-09 — best price $0.002026-08-26 — best price $0.002026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-09-09 — best price $0.002026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-09-30 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

163692026-05-29 — 131 pageviews2026-06-02 — 102 pageviews2026-06-06 — 112 pageviews2026-06-10 — 84 pageviews2026-06-14 — 80 pageviews2026-06-18 — 82 pageviews2026-06-22 — 92 pageviews2026-06-26 — 163 pageviews2026-06-30 — 84 pageviews2026-07-04 — 94 pageviews2026-07-08 — 113 pageviews2026-07-12 — 125 pageviews2026-07-16 — 96 pageviews2026-07-20 — 108 pageviews2026-07-24 — 127 pageviews2026-07-28 — 105 pageviews2026-08-01 — 93 pageviews2026-08-05 — 77 pageviews2026-08-09 — 103 pageviews2026-08-13 — 104 pageviews2026-08-17 — 117 pageviews2026-08-21 — 83 pageviews2026-08-25 — 77 pageviews2026-08-29 — 78 pageviews2026-09-02 — 113 pageviews2026-09-06 — 104 pageviews2026-09-10 — 114 pageviews2026-09-14 — 96 pageviews2026-09-18 — 77 pageviews2026-09-22 — 104 pageviews2026-09-26 — 98 pageviews2026-09-30 — 85 pageviews2026-10-04 — 75 pageviews2026-10-08 — 69 pageviews2026-10-12 — 70 pageviews2026-10-14 — 73 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7.5k2352026-10-01 21:34 — 3,354 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 1,577 viewers2026-10-02 11:12 — 2,305 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 2,550 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 458 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 1,521 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 2,885 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 664 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 2,071 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 855 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 864 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 1,629 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 380 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 995 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 1,780 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 263 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 1,085 viewers2026-10-07 23:12 — 2,838 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 739 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 5,949 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 2,929 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 891 viewers2026-10-09 15:34 — 2,042 viewers2026-10-10 00:34 — 1,041 viewers2026-10-10 09:34 — 961 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 1,736 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 445 viewers2026-10-11 12:34 — 2,897 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 1,597 viewers2026-10-12 06:34 — 464 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 1,086 viewers2026-10-13 00:34 — 733 viewers2026-10-13 09:34 — 725 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 2,675 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 395 viewers2026-10-14 12:34 — 876 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 1,034 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 677 viewers2026-10-15 15:34 — 2,216 viewers2026-10-15 20:34 — 3,732 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
48.4%
earned "Junior Naval Designer"
4.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesAdjustable Text Size24 DLC

17 supported languages: English, French, German, Czech, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 23 DLC released, first 2018-05-04, latest 2025-11-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)33,0323%43

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

PvEPvPWarCo-opNavalActionMilitaryTacticalTeam-BasedMultiplayer

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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