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Review summary

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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many customers found the user experience to be consistently negative, frequently encountering issues with matchmaking that led to unfair battles against much stronger opponents. They also expressed significant dissatisfaction with the pricing structure and perceived lack of value for money, feeling pressured to spend to progress. Some people were dissatisfied with the product and quality, noting that certain vehicles seemed overpowered while others were underperforming or had inaccurate in-game representations compared to their real-life counterparts. However, a few other people also felt that the game was enjoyable and offered good graphics for a free-to-play title, suggesting that mastering tactics and understanding the game's mechanics could lead to a positive experience.

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Based on these reviews

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I’ve played War Thunder for around a year now and I’ve not had a great time. Premium vehicles are often overpowered, especially those at br 8.0-10.0 such as the t58. This area is also pretty much unpl... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The game is ok it’s good enough, but if something goes wrong or a reward you win but never receive it forget about reporting it they don’t reply you get zero help from the developer/developers you can... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The game is horrible almost every battle is uptier witch means your playing opponents double to triple in strength then you witch you have no chance to win. Then there cheaters everywhare players in f... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Used to be fun, but recent updates releasing blatantly overpowered vehicles and weapons for one nation while leaving others with bugs and none functioning counters is blatant bias. Forum posts are... See more


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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

684 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

…thieves and pay to win

Such a pay to win game and also thieves they stole 7,000 golden eagles and would not give them back. Would be a better game is they made the game fair but nope they just a bunch of Russian thieves that don’t know how to make a game stable

January 29, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Support staff frustrations

I click a returning player link that I see on youtube.
The link does nothing.

I install the game to see if I can enter the code or link into the menu.
No luck.

I contact support who after 18 days of waiting tell me that I logged in a couple of minutes before the link was claimed and that there is nothing that can be done to credit any returning bonus to me. (Only after coercing this information out of them after they attempted to give me one sentence answers that did not help the support process whatsoever)

Game is fine but the support made me feel like I was inconveniencing them for having a problem that could be fixed with a 5 minute grace period between a login and their inactivity timer.

And support ticket wait times of 2 days, my reply, 2 days, my reply, 6 days, my reply, 3 days, my reply, should be a concern to any publisher serious about their community.

January 22, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Used to be fun

Used to be fun, but recent updates releasing blatantly overpowered vehicles and weapons for one nation while leaving others with bugs and none functioning counters is blatant bias.
Forum posts are deleted and all conversation about vehicles is stifled on the forums.
Played since 2012 this is the worst i've ever seen it...Play other games

January 6, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This game is unbalanced, have been playing for 3 years

This game is all about playing russia, in the new update the Su 30 sm2 (14.3) and the bmpt (10.7) completely ruined top tier. In my Eurofighter T2 with weak and not properly implemented missiles (aim-120c5) and a weak mechanical radar I have to against a team full of su 30 that are faster than the sm, have great armament the R-77-1 and an amazing radar, meanwhile other countries have worst offensive and defensive capabilities. For ground rb the bmpt ruined top tier, russian already had the best line of vehicles at 10.3/10.7 but now its simply brutal, russian mbt didnt always explode when hit on ammo and saved by magic era, now the bmpt double or even tripled that and if shows just the turret it can be killed. Overall a not well balanced game, I suggest that that the community works against gaijin to make them develop the game in a good way

December 31, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A cheater's paradise

A cheater's paradise. Don't waste your money, you'll be paying for the cheaters' party. Vodka and fortune cookies, what could possibly go wrong?

December 22, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

funny s.it

when i hit someones ammo/fuel tank it never explodes
when someone hits my tank antenna tank explodes bc fuel tank got hit.
funny game.
russian made the game so they are strongest, irl they are sh.. as fu..

December 27, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A digital museum.

Fantastic beautiful models that are great to look at....that's it. As a game to play, it's awful. A disgusting grind developed by the biggest money scroungers on the face of the earth. Treat it as a digital museum. Nothing more.

December 22, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Free to Play? More like Pay to Suffer

Is the game unbalanced? - It's the players.
Is there something wrong with the game? - It's the players.
Are the maps poorly constructed? - It's the players.
Are the developers focusing on premium vehicles instead of techtree vehicles? - It's the players.
Are there not enough game modes? It's the players.
Anything? - It's the players.
"It's the players" - War Thunder Game Director Viacheslav Bulannikov

The developers of this game care about your wallet, not you!

December 14, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolute trash of a game honestly one…

Absolute trash of a game honestly one of the worse made games out there and I have been playing for like a week only reason I keep playing because i brought the xbox joystick to fine out there's like 3 games u can use it with this being one of them warthunder is made for mouse only everything else wobbles so domt play this shit and don't buy the xbox joystick

December 14, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

War Thunder is an extremely flawed game…

War Thunder is an extremely flawed game and might i say a horrible game especially considering the fact that not only has it been review bombed, but also has 3 stars on steam. I am highly disappointed in Gaijin for making such a pathetic excuse for a "game." It is not only filled with almost unavoidable micro transactions, but also lacks skill based matchmaking, battle rating equality, and fair penalties. I mean, seriously, who would play a game that you have to pay tens of dollars for just to have a virtual military vehicle? I would much rather just play its more realistic and fair competitor, Digital Combat Simulator. At least I don't have to grind upon hundreds of hours just to get to modern jets.

November 22, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DO NOT BUY FROM THEM. This company is awful

This company is awful. They write up misleading descriptions that leave critical details out of their in-game purchases making the purchases worthless for the end user. Mind you it's $80 for these products they are selling. Furthermore, they are an 18 and up game yet heavily marketing to children that don't understand this. They refuse refunds and are a despicable organization.

October 18, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

War thunder is a cool game however I…

War thunder is a cool game however I found in my time of grinding and useing the the premium for a better play experience I find that using the premium only makes it worse. And you're just spending your money for nothing.
At this point, the game is very unforgiving.
I've shot about 5-6sable rounds and h e rounds at all of The correct spots in real life tank combat and yet, I get taken out by one shot. How's that for fairness so I decided not to put any more money into the gang guy, just not getting another cent out of me. Till they fix that issue.

November 10, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

PRAISE THE SNAIL

War Thunder garbs your soul and gives you depression in exchange I have to give it 5 Stars or else the Snail will find me

November 9, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don’t waste your time

The game is ok it’s good enough, but if something goes wrong or a reward you win but never receive it forget about reporting it they don’t reply you get zero help from the developer/developers you can pay for in game stuff again if it goes wrong just say goodbye to that money. They’re the worst I’ve encountered if you need anything whether say it’s £5 or £100 they don’t care about you only themselves!!! Play at your own risk.

October 26, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Greedy, short sighted, incompetence

Gaijin, had what was an excellent game, which had virtually cornered the market, but they got greedy. They do not listen to users, actively silence any criticism, pander to vocal gamer blocks, and employ, what appears to external observers to be, biased "balancing".

They have made the game so a fil to progress in, so you are forced to spend even more money. Actively reducing all methods of progressing to ensure that it is effectively pay to win.

The simulator community is regularly ignored and bugs reports get closed and buried. Leading to some well known bugs existing for years.

If a certain vocal block stamps it's feet they roll over and pander to them as ... Yes you guessed it that's where the wallet warriors, whales, and rabid ultra-nationalists come from.

Cheating is rife in ground battles and all measures implemented are lackluster or done to ban players just before sales so that they will spend money getting back to their old ways.

October 29, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

to be fair people say it is hard or…

to be fair people say it is hard or unfair or to many uptiers i woud say skill issue. it is not hard only time consuming. i woud iven recrement than to start aat air ab if it is to hard or get beter. yeah you need time i have plait for 300 hours and i am just half way but you play because it is fun not for the grind if you only care about top tier dis isn't your game but if you like to fly aircraft en drive tanks it is great. you can go and play a chiller mode (arcad) or a more realistic mode (realistic) if you dont like one dont just ride a bad review try the other. so it aint bad it is just a skill issue or you are playing the wrong mode. so stop crying AbOUt rUssIAn bAIssE what isn't real and go play something you can enjoy if you suck in is not the game's fault. it is just not your type of game.
and yes the developer are greedy but nobody forces you to buy anting i still didn't buy anything. i am half way still going storng a i actuele lear the game.
so just give it a try along as you dont come crying back because it is to hard

September 19, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Just Bad

Just Bad. I have spent so much money on this game and they can't can't even save your custom sights. This game is just not worth it.

September 7, 2025
Unprompted review

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