War Thunder

War Thunder

Steam Deck Verified

Gaijin Entertainment · Free to Play · Aug 15, 2013

Worth it for the right player.

It's free to play.

71%
Mostly Positive
775k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 55 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Monetization: 44 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Servers and matchmaking: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 775k player reviews · updated 7 hours ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
17% of themes are praise8% are divided75% are caveats
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
Russia gets the new, shiny and basically most OP weapons, vehicles, and these vehicles are favored for the volumetric system.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I was 11 years old didnt even know what was the english language, yet i played it was amazed by the graphics the planes etc. picked it back up around 2016 when i knew better(best game of its time in 2016) didnt need no NASA pc game was well optimized had porpuse a goal a history a community.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love2 themes
Combat24 reviews
Graphics18 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface5 reviews
20%
Players complain% still recommend
Gameplay55 reviews
13%
Monetization44 reviews
18%
Servers and matchmaking25 reviews
0%
Story and characters18 reviews
17%
Multiplayer15 reviews
20%
Bugs14 reviews
21%
Cheating9 reviews
11%
Performance7 reviews
43%
Crashes6 reviews
50%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
71%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
91
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.