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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

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolute garbage can

Absolute garbage can. I bought an 8k plane being new to the game, and really the first 20-30 games I was getting thrown to the likes of that. But after a while I get thrown to 100 level players all the time, which means they have spent 10k times more time in the game than me. They absolutely play every day while I log in occasionally. The game balancer is set up so that you either constantly donate or play your whole life in this game. I don't understand how a 30 level player can play with a 100 level player every game.

April 21, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Gaijin is absolutely a garbage…

Gaijin is absolutely a garbage developer, they never comfort players, just add op vehicles to games to destory the balance and drain money from players. Anti-cheat is a joke and was never fixed, russian bias exists(not soviet bias). Anyone complain these on their forum will be silenced immediately, but anyone cheating will be fine if they "invest money" in this game

April 5, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

the game is good but the customer…

the game is good but the customer s7upport is absolutely shit i got 300 dollars worth of steam for my birthday boought a premium and my accounts are linked havent gotten the item in 2 days at this point

March 14, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

war thunder is fine people are just salty cause they cant take the time to play the game

war thunder is fine people are just mad, I have been playing war thunder for mabey 4-5 years now and yes while the grind is difficult and long if you suck it up and play the game it will be just fine tank battles will be slow your grind is going to be slow people complained oh it baised and unrealistic right well explained then when a American tank can kill a top tier Russian tank just fine if you use your brain and actually aim, and for air battles people act like the game is new its been out since 2012 and if made by a company who's player base keeps sending calcified documents to them so no shit they are gonna struggle to release thing if people took the time to relise how hard it is to make and maintained a free to play game that has over 70 million players still and pulled there head out of there ass and just suck it up or leave the game alone they would be better off just cause you don't like it doesn't mean that you need complained like a 3 year old when they don't get there way I made it to top tier just fine and haven't spent money yet, all these reviews are just 12 year olds who cant suck it up and be an adult about something for once in there life.

the game is just fine its fun but hard like a game should be people are to soft to understand that now

I'm still in highschool and I'm able to do everything and maintained a 3.8 gpa and a's and b's

March 11, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

War thunder is garbage

I have over 2000 hours on this game. DO NOT PLAY THIS GARBAGE. Gaijin is a greedy company that is only out for your money. They are blood sucking leeches. This whole game is a scam. It’s not a battle of skill, it’s a battle of who can spend the most real life money on pixel planes and tanks. This game is a joke. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

March 8, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

This game is so dirty

This game is so dirty, you get one shoted from everywhere. They see you but hard to see enemy's. Planes one shot you before you see them. Planes don't show up on radar.Alot of bots in these games, there guns shot straight and don't bounce like real players. I have wasted my time with this pretater game. Don't let your children play it, this game isn't trusted for kids.

February 21, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This is the most pay-2-win game ever

This is the most pay-2-win game ever, not only is it impossible to get anything good, the playerbase is Toxic and horrible. Yeah you might be excited by the stunning graphics and gameplay but trust me, unless you want to pay 240$ to get an actually decent plane. It’s horrible. Also what’s ironic is this is a Chinese company, which in China micro transactions are completely banned. I’ve played 100+ hours and I’m on tier 3-4. Playing custom battles is a death sentence because of the missile spewing jets with no warning or sounds it’s just (Fwoosh) and your dead. Realistic battles is filled with sweaty money whales and arcade battles is a joke, it’s pretty much impossible to get good at this game unless you are okay with spending your life’s savings….
I hate this game and everything about it, this is what’s wrong with humanity. So war Thunder? More like War Crimes

June 20, 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

"Date of experience,"

"Date of experience," - Should just be from the point you press install on this. The game has been dogshit for years.

Top tier GRB? Dont bother over run with premium one lifers

Mid GRB? - May as well give up. Unless you enjoy being in full up tiers every game

Low GRB? - Pointless filled with morons

Giajin decide that airspawns in top tier GRB are okay to be camped, and also that your airspawn spawns in within any AMRAAM pit bull markers, so if you dont spawn first, you are a free kill to anyone up in the air.

Dont bother with this game, I have played it for years, and I'm tired of Giajin not caring in the slightest about the community, only the money they grind from them

They'll never see this, but if I could get the time and money spent on this game back and have my account completely removed from existence I would.

Top Tier SIM - Filled with people who have no clue how to fly and either crash, or just hide at ground level using only IR missiles to fight because they dont know how to fly

If you want a game for tanks and planes or whatever, do NOT chose this piece of this

Oh yeah, and they ban people for literally nothing, the game is riddled with cheaters still but they dont give a f. As long as they get their money

February 12, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

false bans ignorant unhelpfull support steal your money aswell

falsely banned Alina from support total waste of speaking to wont manually look at my account tried send proof just ignored all what else can i do prove if anyone looks at my gameplay you will see innocent normal game play

a lot will say they all say same etc but if you see my gameplay you see issue love to see it 6 days before i spent over hundred on my account then banned refuse help me with anything must be another way get help other then contact support for a quick reply to what ever part they decide reply to never known such ignorance and I've tried contact 2 game masters no reply spent hours and lots money just be banned falsely will have people probably say lying etc but just check my gameplay you will see ive asked for date so i can gather proof to send just don't want acknowledge

probably get deleted this post be deleted or locked don't surprise me from my experience so far or get called lie just like got when i reply to someone else saying innocent people actually getting banned just replied making things up and lie to me ignorance

holding all my account hostage just 6 days of spending hundreds to have it taken away and refuse refunds thief's and that Alina from support wow ignorant wont acknowledge anything I say wont let me prove its false ban hopefully i get attention from helpful person from support PayPal case stays open will fight for my stolen money

February 5, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not play. Period.

Horrible game. To start, nations aren't balanced. Everybody's talking about Russian bias, and they are damn right. Overpowered AF. Gaijin just take down your game nobody wants to play it

January 20, 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely trash game after investing a…

Absolutely trash game after investing a year and a couple hundred bucks i can confidently say the game is trash. Nothing works how it should. Like the most basic thing for any shooter is for your rounds to 1 actually be shot, 2 for the rounds to do the damage they are supposed to when you hit somethin,3 your rounds are supposed to go where the cross hair is pointed. Well war thunder does none of those things correctly almost ever.. save your money and time because the game actively tries to sabotage your gameplay. Especially if you start doing too well. Then even more wonky stuff happens like things that in no way should kill you ever just 1 shot you randomly.

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

Almost a good game

Almost a good game, I wouldn’t bother if you own a console. Pc players definitely have an advantage. Console controls can’t do a lot of things pc players can.

Could be a great game if it had a revamp, menu is hard to navigate and it has limited modes.

Very disappointing really

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

Fun game. but is WAY to p2w

I have spent over 200 dollars on a f2p game. I don't know why I did this. But I got addicted, you can play this game without grinding. Because you can still test drive the 50-80 dollar premium jets and tanks. Which is still extremely boring shooting down mig15s. And the grind is not worth it, over 700 plus hours on this game I still haven't reached topteir with a premium, and a premium vehicle. The game is still amazing, Wonderfull graphics, and every hit is calculated. but the grind is the bad part about the game. It would be better if you didn't need 400k RP which is like 40 battles. Even longer if you keep dying and without premium. And the packs are so overpriced. Maybe people would buy them if they weren't 60-80 dollars maybe 40-60 dollars. less even... So I enjoy playing the game. It's fun and all. But think twice before playing. You might sell your soul to the snail. Happy new years..

December 25, 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Waste of time

What a bullshit ... 0.00 realistic. Not even close... . Tiger II is a paper-tank. 3 different generations of tanks in one battle, total different speed of tanks, different reloadtimes, US tanks can shoot tracks of german tanks with maschineguns, a sherman can destroy a Tiger II headon, one hitand the tank stands, this happens in 70-80% of time, ... waste of time.

December 6, 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I'd give it a zero but the system won't…

I'd give it a zero but the system won't let me. For starters everytime an issue is brought up a "employee or keyboard warrior from the toxic community" says it's you're fault for being trash and dismisses the issue everytimr. Then the game play is totally trash, spawn killed 90% of the time because you're allowing ww2 tanks and plans up against cold war and modern tanks and planes. Then you allow consistent spawn killing and claim it's part of the game. Then turn around and wonder why the player base keeps going down.

December 3, 2024
Unprompted review

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