Game Free to play App 236390

War Thunder

Gaijin Entertainment · published by Gaijin Network Ltd · released Aug 15, 2013

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.

Steam store Follow Data updated 18h ago · YouTube searched 3d ago

Price

Free

US store

Reviews

71%

799,856 · Mostly Positive

Playing now

75,972

sampled 43m ago

24h peak

89,926

all-time seen 89,926

Followers

597,833

8h ago

Owners (est.)

~24M

12M – 38.4M

Revenue (est.)

—

gross, lifetime · how

Twitch activity 19,664 watching · 248 live

Product info

from Steam's PICS · read 5h ago

Change number: 40,914,277 · seen 5h ago
Public build: 26,645,180 · Nov 13, 2026 (5h ago)
Operating systems: windows, macos, linux
Architecture: —
Install size: 272 GB · 266 GB download
Install folder: War Thunder
Controller support: Full
Metacritic: 81
Homepage: warthunder.com/
Release state: released
Community: hub · stats

Steam Deck

Verified

Tested Jul 3, 2026 on build 24,015,673

✓Default controller config fully functional
✓Controller glyphs match deck device
✓Interface text is legible
✓Default configuration is performant

Branches · 2

every build Steam serves for this app

Branch	Build	Updated	Description
public	26,645,180	Nov 13, 2026 · 5h ago
release_candidate	26,643,049	Nov 13, 2026 · 7h ago	release candidate

Build history

every build id we have seen on a branch (history starts with our first read)

Build	Branch	Released	First seen
26,645,180	public	Nov 13, 2026 13:19	5h ago
26,643,049	release_candidate	Nov 13, 2026 11:37	7h ago
26,642,060	public	Nov 13, 2026 10:47	7h ago
26,639,296	release_candidate	Nov 13, 2026 08:30	10h ago
26,626,308	release_candidate	Nov 12, 2026 19:37	23h ago
26,625,949	public	Nov 12, 2026 19:19	23h ago
26,618,771	public	Nov 12, 2026 13:45	1d ago
26,617,186	release_candidate	Nov 12, 2026 12:34	1d ago
26,599,741	public	Nov 11, 2026 19:21	1d ago
26,599,250	release_candidate	Nov 11, 2026 18:56	1d ago
26,587,199	release_candidate	Nov 11, 2026 09:02	2d ago
26,586,708	public	Nov 11, 2026 08:35	2d ago
26,585,492	public	Nov 11, 2026 08:16	2d ago
26,585,492	release_candidate	Nov 11, 2026 08:16	2d ago
26,541,662	public	Nov 9, 2026 14:29	3d ago
26,541,595	release_candidate	Nov 9, 2026 14:26	3d ago

Depots · 9

content of the public branch

Depot	OS	DLC / shared	Size	Download	Manifest
236391	windows,linux		93 GB	91 GB	2399792843388606621
236392	macos 64-bit		93 GB	91 GB	5502573553382049696
236393	linux 64-bit		493 MB	255 MB	2479572419912558520
236394	windows		3.4 GB	2.0 GB	3803707214152493687
1945840	windows,linux 64-bit	DLC War Thunder - Ground Forces High-res Texture Pack	48 GB	48 GB	914093033280141788
1945841	windows,linux 64-bit	DLC War Thunder - Air Forces High-res Texture Pack	20 GB	21 GB	3438600256928476205
1945930	windows,linux 64-bit	DLC War Thunder - Environment High-res Texture Pack	14 GB	14 GB	3352946835958788054
228989	windows	shared from #228980	—	—
228990	windows	shared from #228980	—	—

Launch options · 10

Executable	OS	Description
`launcher.exe`	windows beta: DISABLED	Launcher
`WarThunderLauncher.app`	macos	Launcher
`launcher`	linux 64-bit	Launcher
`beac_wt_mlauncher.exe` -skip_pkg_validation -forcestart -config:gameplay/enableVR:b=no	windows 64-bit	Launch Game
`beac_wt_mlauncher.exe` -skip_pkg_validation -forcestart -config:gameplay/enableVR:b=no	windows 32-bit
`launcher.exe` ignoreGameUpdate	windows beta: release_candidate	Configurator
`launcher.exe` force_timestamp_check	windows beta: DISABLED	Update Game Manually
`launcher.exe` force_timestamp_check	windows	Manual Game Update
`beac_wt_mlauncher.exe` -skip_pkg_validation -forcestart -config:gameplay/enableVR:b=yes	windows 64-bit
`linux64/aces` -skip_pkg_validation -forcestart	linux 64-bit	Launch Game

Languages · 18

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
Czech	✓	✓	✓
French	✓	✓	✓
German	✓	✓	✓
Polish	✓	✓	✓
English	✓	✓	✓
Italian	✓	✓	✓
Korean	✓	—	✓
Russian	✓	✓	✓
Spanish	✓	✓	✓
Turkish	✓	✓	✓
Japanese	✓	✓	✓
Romanian	✓	—	✓
Simplified Chinese	✓	—	✓
Traditional Chinese	✓	—	✓
Portuguese - Brazil	✓	—	✓
Hungarian	✓	—	✓
Ukrainian	✓	—	✓
Portuguese	✓	—	✓

Packages · 0

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Bundles · 0

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Not part of any bundle we know.

Change numbers

all changes

#40,914,277 · 5h ago#40,911,107 · 7h ago#40,909,579 · 7h ago#40,905,429 · 10h ago#40,886,893 · 23h ago#40,886,304 · 23h ago#40,874,509 · 1d ago#40,872,175 · 1d ago#40,845,960 · 1d ago#40,845,190 · 1d ago#40,835,422 · 2d ago#40,834,291 · 2d ago#40,827,679 · 2d ago#40,826,407 · 2d ago#40,825,825 · 2d ago#40,825,554 · 2d ago#40,825,097 · 2d ago#40,814,310 · 2d ago

Updates · patch notes

Steam announcements tagged as patch notes, linked to the public build they followed

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When	Note	Build	Update size
Nov 12, 2026	Update 2.61.0.13 AircraftA bug that caused the minimum Battle Rating to be set automatically and weapons to be locked as a result for aircraft with a custom Battle Rating has been fixed.Yak-141 — a bug that caused extra elements of the mounting beams for the launch devices to always be shown on the pylons has been fixed. (Report).F-2A ADTW — a bug that allowed a limited number of AAM-4 missiles to be equipped on t	26,645,180	+4.2 KB
Oct 30, 2026	Server Update 30.10.2026 Battle RatingsBattle Ratings that were different to the final table from the planned Battle Rating changes have been corrected:F-16A MLU (China): BR in Air Simulator Battles has been reduced from 14.0 to 13.7.Hawk T Mk 1A, Hawk T Mk 1A (FRP) — BR in all Air Battles modes has been reduced from 7.7 to 7.3.N1K2-J, N1K2-Ja, Spitfire F Mk XVIIIe, Yak-3U — BR in Ground Realistic Battles has been reduced	—	—