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ActionMassively MultiplayerSimulationStrategyFree To PlayVehicular CombatShooterMultiplayerNaval CombatPvP

World of Warships

Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!

Developer
Wargaming Group Limited
Publisher
Wargaming Group Limited
Franchise
World of Warships
Release date
Nov 15, 2017
Store page updated
Sep 10, 2026
Price
Free · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

49.2/ 100

Based on 392 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating
Recent 😐 Mixed 63% of 548
All time 🙂 Mostly Positive 76% of 156,561
“Core gameplay is fun and engaging”

How it holds up

−50+5
Gameplay
-1.51
Progression -2.33 · Leveling, unlocks and gear — is growth rewarding or a grind?
“stingy new ship rewards, insufficient resources, excessive daily grind” (18)
太肝了,新船给的很小气,资源太少。 逮着那几个玩的狠狠刷日活。唉

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Story & World
+2.18

Not enough data — only 6% of reviews mention this.

World +2.53 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

🔒 2 more indicators

Content Volume
-0.82
Variety -2.13 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition

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Visuals & Sound
+3.25
Visuals +3.28 · Graphics, art style, and animation
“amazing graphics for the genre with excellent ship models” (36)

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Multiplayer
-1.45
Playing together -0.21 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

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Pricing & Fairness
-3.38
Pricing -3.30 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
“Wargaming exploiting players with predatory economy changes, forcing payment to play” (109)

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Tech & Support
-2.37
Developer support -2.62 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time
since launch, by month · major update DLC
10%30%50%70%90%
Nov 2017Sep 2026
Reviews
per day · 545 reviews, peak 28/day
02550
Aug 21Sep 18

Steam only gives daily counts for the last 30 days; longer ranges are by month. Months with fewer than 10 reviews are left out of % positive. "Show updates" marks major updates and DLC the developer posted on Steam (since about 2020) — hover a column to see % positive the month before and after.

Review languages

Languages of the 392 reviews we analyzed from the past year — not all Steam reviews.

  • English43%
  • Chinese27%
  • German6%
  • Japanese4%
  • Russian4%
  • French3%
  • Other13%

🔒 Scores broken down by language — how Russian or Chinese players rate each category — are in the paid dashboard.

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