Beautiful graphics and ship models
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“All the ships are beautiful replicas of their historic counterparts. The water and maps are beautiful and eye catching.”
Steam review · 266.5 h played ↗
World of Warships
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Mostly Positive · 74%Mostly Positive · 74%Wargaming Group Limited2017Vehicular Combat · Shooter · Third-Person Shooter
The verdict
A good-looking, tactical naval shooter with satisfying combat and many ships, but hurt by aggressive monetization, a long grind, poor matchmaking and toxic chat. Skip it if you hate F2P pressure.
Great for
Naval fans who like slow tactical play, PvE modes and playing with friends without spending money
Main risk
Aggressive monetization, long grind and unbalanced matchmaking make it feel pay-to-win and frustrating
What players love
Fun, tactical naval combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Nothing beats the feeling of landing a perfect salvo from across the map and watching an enemy ship disappear.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Not really pay-to-win, free-to-play friendly
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“This is actually one of the least pay-to-win games I've played.”
Steam review · 480.1 h played ↗
Great with friends and PvE alternatives
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Honestly this game is hella fun. specially if you can find some friends to play with.”
Steam review · 1751.2 h played ↗
Huge variety of ships and classes
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Awesome game with so many different ships, classes of ships and mods to ships that it keeps it interesting.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Better than War Thunder naval
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“It is not a simulator, it is arcadey, and that makes it significantly more fun than war thunder naval.”
Steam review · 86 h played ↗
What players complain about
Aggressive monetization and lootboxes
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Genuinely the most aggressive monetization i have ever seen. Makes Chinese gacha games look generous.”
Steam review · 268.9 h played ↗
Pay-to-win premium ships
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“They constantly release ridiculous over powered ships that you have to pay to play. Valparaiso being one of them.”
Steam review · 1541.6 h played ↗
Bad matchmaking and one-sided blowouts
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“fix matchmaking. why am i facing ships in the same category with double my hp and triple my damage.”
Steam review · 80 h played ↗
Subs and carriers ruin balance
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Subs and CVs ruin this game.”
Steam review · 1082.2 h played ↗
Slow, punishing grind
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The grind is sheer agony and will test your fortitude from very early on.”
Steam review · 273.3 h played ↗
Toxic community and AFK players
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“No sense of sportsmanship whatever.”
Steam review · 699 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable67.2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 x64
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-3210 3,2 GHz AMD Athlon™ X4 970 Quad Core 3,8 GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
Graphics1280x720; Nvidia®Geforce® GT 640 Intel UHD 630 AMD Radeon™ R7 240
Storage67.2 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 x64 / 8.1 / 10 / 11
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-10400 2,9 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3,6 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
Graphics1920×1080; Intel UHD 630 AMD Radeon™ R7 240 Nvidia®Geforce® GTX 770 AMD Radeon RX 570
Storage67.2 GB available space
OSWindows 7 x64
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i3-3210 3,2 GHz AMD Athlon™ X4 970 Quad Core 3,8 GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
Graphics1280x720; Nvidia®Geforce® GT 640 Intel UHD 630 AMD Radeon™ R7 240
Storage67.2 GB available space
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