War Thunder on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, and naval craft, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea.

War Thunder is a free to play, simulation and vehicular combat game developed by Gaijin Entertainment and published by Gaijin Network Ltd.
Released on August 15th 2013 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 18 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Czech, Turkish, Portuguese - Portugal, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Traditional Chinese and Romanian.

It has received 740,913 reviews of which 471,580 were positive and 269,333 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.3 out of 10. 😐

The game is free to play on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS: Windows 10 (64bit)
  • Processor: Dual-Core 2.2 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DirectX 11 level video card: AMD Radeon 77XX / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660. The minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p.
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 40 GB available space
  • VR Support: SteamVR. Keyboard or gamepad required
MacOS
  • OS: Catalina 10.15
  • Processor: Core i5, minimum 2.2GHz (Intel Xeon is not supported)
  • Memory: 6 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 5200 (Mac), or analog from AMD/Nvidia for Mac. Minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p with Metal support
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 40 GB available space
Linux
  • OS: Most modern 64bit Linux distributions
  • Processor: Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA 660 with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months) / similar AMD with latest proprietary drivers (not older than 6 months; the minimum supported resolution for the game is 720p) with Vulkan support.
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 40 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
Great game, i played world of tanks for 7 years, but this is a whole level up, i encourage wargaming to do a detailed tank model in the future. WAR THUNDER = GREAT
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Dec. 2024
Very good game. I love it! You should give it a try if you want to suffer, gamble and also suffer. If you have an account already but not from steam warning you will loose it if you try to buy something from the steam shop like me :D! Luckly for me i didnt grinded that much. Anyway try the game it is perfect have a fun time playing it and pray for the snail daily:)
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Nov. 2024
it's fun. You can get into how "Real" Sim is or Realistic but I think it does an amazing job of being as accurate as possible. High Tier jets are in an odd state at the moment. I recognize that it was EXTREMELY difficult to dodge FOX 3's before patch- but at least they were more realistic. I like how much effort they put into all ordinance types. An RMA update would be cool, but it's awesome to see everything from low tier to top tier A2A ordinance respond accurately. Some tank rounds could use some updates and I think Naval is the most "Unrealistic". Every ship, from tier 2+, with shells on target would cause massive damage. 205MM Rounds are 205MM Rounds. You don't get plastered by 50 of them and take a damage smoke stack XD
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Nov. 2024
I get to bomb civilians, team kill, and commit war crimes with one click of a button. 10/10 would recomend
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July 2024
It's so good and Gaijn makes getting more vehicles so easy and efficient! (Help me... the snail has my family...)
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War Thunder
6.3
471,580
269,333
Online players
43,296
Developer
Gaijin Entertainment
Publisher
Gaijin Network Ltd
Release 15 Aug 2013
VR VR Supported
Platforms