Nostalgia for a childhood favorite
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“A childhood game I played back in Odnoklassniki, such a shame it died.”
Steam review · translated · 9.2 h played ↗
Metal War Online: Retribution
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 58%Mixed · 58%GDT Limited2015Racing · Shooter · Action
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 3 h ago
The verdict
A once-popular browser-born vehicle shooter that is now nearly dead, with tiny player counts, bot lobbies, unfair matchmaking and heavy pay-to-win. Skip it unless you want nostalgia.
Great for
Nostalgic veterans of the VK/OK browser original, or players wanting a light free World of Tanks-style arcade
Main risk
Tiny player base means long queues, bot matches and getting crushed by maxed-out veterans and payers
What players love
Fun, fast World of Tanks-like gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“it is a lot like wot but i love the respawning. makes dying a lot less frustrating”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗
Distinct vehicle classes and teamwork
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“The four car classes each take a useful role, like the scouts for well, scouting, the engineers for healing and freezing enemies in place”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗
Not necessarily pay-to-win early on
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“I currently im only level 4 and ive been top player, several times with no money spent.”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
Free and runs on weak PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“Not the most demanding graphics, so it should be playable even on older PC's.”
Steam review · 16.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Pay-to-win monetization
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Consumables bought with gold, the premium currency, are literally twice as effective as anything a free player can get.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
Dead playerbase, long queues, bot matches
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“with so few players that you will EXCLUSIVELY play in bot lobbies and the bots are braindead”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Terrible matchmaking vs maxed veterans
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“matchmaking is BS your lvl 2-3 you fight guys 6+ lvls, your lvl 6-7 you fight guys lvl 20+”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Abandoned, no updates or development
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“The game isn't developing at all. What was there 4 years ago is still there.”
Steam review · translated · 9.6 h played ↗
No tutorial, missing settings, poor UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“There NEEDS to be a tutorial!”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Won't launch, crashes, or can't connect
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“can't log in opens for a sec then closes”
Steam review · 12.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown4800 MB
Minimum
OSWindows 8 / Windows 7 / Vista / XP SP3
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2 64 3.0 ГГц
Memory2 MB RAM
Graphics512 MB, NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT or ATI Radeon HD 3450
Storage4800 MB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 8 / Windows 7 / Vista / XP SP3
ProcessorIntel Core i5-760 или AMD Phenom II X4 965
Memory4 GB RAM
Graphics1024 MB, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 or ATI Radeon HD 5870
Storage4800 MB available space
OSWindows 8 / Windows 7 / Vista / XP SP3
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2 64 3.0 ГГц
Memory2 MB RAM
Graphics512 MB, NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT or ATI Radeon HD 3450
Storage4800 MB available space
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