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World War 3

New Generation Games · Wishlist Games · 2022-12-10

Steam

ActionFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 19, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

World War 3 is a free-to-play tactical online multiplayer FPS where the world is your battleground. Outgun the enemy in thrilling, team-based skirmishes with a huge arsenal of weapons, vehicles, gadgets, and drones at your disposal.

8
playing now
54%
positive of 55k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
35/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

World War 3 was a free-to-play first-person shooter video game originally developed by The Farm 51 and published by MY.GAMES and currently by The 4 Winds Entertainment for Microsoft Windows. It featured real-world locations of Warsaw, Berlin, Moscow, Smolensk, Polyarny, the Gobi Desert, Tokyo, the Korean DMZ, and Istanbul; the locations had been extensively revamped since the early access release on October 19, 2018. The full version followed on December 10, 2022. In December 2023, Wishlist Games acquired the rights to develop World War 3 from MY.GAMES.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 444 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~56/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (12,962 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

All-time low: $10.49 at Steam (2022-09-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.0k9.0k20182026Week of 2018-10-01: 5,252 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3,092 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,586 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 833 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 371 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 233 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,002 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 836 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 628 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 463 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,291 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 817 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 677 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 356 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,747 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 637 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,344 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 482 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 814 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 566 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 241 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 658 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,471 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3,945 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9,017 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,408 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 679 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 816 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 756 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 506 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 288 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 421 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 465 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 347 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 551 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 210 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4052026-08-06 21:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 31 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 25 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 40 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 37 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 22 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 28 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 16 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 20 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 12 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 10 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 18 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$28.00$0.002018-10-192022-09-292018-10-19 — best price $25.192018-10-26 — best price $28.002018-11-21 — best price $25.202018-12-10 — best price $25.202019-01-03 — best price $28.002019-02-04 — best price $22.402019-03-28 — best price $28.002019-05-10 — best price $22.402019-05-23 — best price $28.002019-06-09 — best price $25.192019-06-26 — best price $16.802019-07-08 — best price $28.002019-08-09 — best price $14.532019-08-12 — best price $22.322019-09-14 — best price $16.682019-10-28 — best price $19.602019-11-26 — best price $18.762019-12-19 — best price $16.802020-01-09 — best price $18.762020-01-14 — best price $26.032020-01-20 — best price $22.172020-01-25 — best price $22.042020-02-05 — best price $22.002020-02-08 — best price $25.762020-02-13 — best price $21.742020-04-10 — best price $13.672021-11-24 — best price $14.992022-03-25 — best price $14.992022-09-29 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

130152026-05-29 — 23 pageviews2026-06-01 — 25 pageviews2026-06-04 — 130 pageviews2026-06-07 — 46 pageviews2026-06-10 — 33 pageviews2026-06-13 — 35 pageviews2026-06-16 — 32 pageviews2026-06-19 — 39 pageviews2026-06-22 — 36 pageviews2026-06-25 — 24 pageviews2026-06-28 — 47 pageviews2026-07-01 — 24 pageviews2026-07-04 — 33 pageviews2026-07-07 — 24 pageviews2026-07-10 — 36 pageviews2026-07-13 — 27 pageviews2026-07-16 — 21 pageviews2026-07-19 — 26 pageviews2026-07-22 — 27 pageviews2026-07-25 — 38 pageviews2026-07-28 — 29 pageviews2026-07-31 — 23 pageviews2026-08-03 — 93 pageviews2026-08-06 — 45 pageviews2026-08-09 — 23 pageviews2026-08-12 — 40 pageviews2026-08-15 — 27 pageviews2026-08-18 — 27 pageviews2026-08-21 — 29 pageviews2026-08-24 — 29 pageviews2026-08-26 — 39 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, Polish, Russian, German, French, Arabic, Turkish, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSPvPWarActionModernShooterMilitaryTacticalRealisticTeam-Based

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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