War Thunder
Hooks you right away
What the data shows
- 68% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 20+ hours (67%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 38% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 794,235 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 42.1h for positive, 105.1h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (38.5% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (91)
story milestone ending side
- Element of Surprise Capture an enemy strategic point with hostile team players in direct vision 100%
- Vengeful Spirit Destroy a player's vehicle while being dead 89%
- Treasure Hunter Open 10 chests 80%
- Fully Modified Purchase 50 modifications 68%
- Nemesis Get 'Avenger' 5 times 68%
- Accurate Fire Get 'Triple Strike' 65%
- Revenge-Seeker Get 'Eye for an Eye' 5 times 64%
- First dozen Destroy 12 players’ vehicles while controlling an aircraft 63%
- Firestarter Destroy 30 players' vehicles by setting them afire 61%
- Just a Scratch Get the 'Adamant' award 5 times 61%
- First-class Play 3 battles, taking first place in any team 60%
- Cold-Blooded Destroy 2 players' vehicles while your vehicle's on fire 54%
- Speed up! Activate 10 boosters 47%
- King of the Hill Destroy in one battle 5 players' vehicles while standing on the strategic point captured by your team 41%
- Cadet Spend 10 hours in battle 37%
- At one blow Destroy 5 targets within 1 second 36%
- Rank 2 Win 100 battles using vehicles of rank 2 26%
- Destroyer Deal 10000 damage while controlling an aircraft or a naval vessel 26%
- Knowledge is Power Get 'According to Intelligence' 10 times 25%
- Dead Weight Destroy a player's vehicle which is tied to other player's vehicle by a cable 24%
- Rank 1 Win 100 battles using vehicles of rank 1 24%
- Rank 3 Win 100 battles using vehicles of rank 3 23%
- Tiger Win 50 battles using ground vehicles 23%
- Ninja Get 'Shadow Strike' 100 times 23%
- Guide Get 'Intelligence' 10 times 21%
- Realistic 500 Destroy 500 players' vehicles in realistic battles 20%
- German Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using German vehicles 18%
- Arcade 1000 Destroy 1000 players' vehicles in arcade battles 18%
- Rank 4 Win 100 battles using vehicles of rank 4 18%
- Raining Lead Destroy 10 players’ vehicles with artillery strikes 18%
- Soviet Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using Soviet vehicles 18%
- Falcon Win 50 battles using aircraft 17%
- American Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using US vehicles 17%
- Graduate Spend 100 hours in battle 16%
- German Collection Order 50 German vehicles 16%
- Sniper Destroy 5 players' vehicles at the distance of 1.5 kms or more 15%
- Soviet Collection Order 50 Soviet vehicles 15%
- US Collection Order 50 US vehicles 14%
- Ground-to-Ground Get 'Heavy Metal Hero' 10 times 14%
- Rank 5 Win 100 battles using vehicles of rank 5 13%
- Rank 6 Win 100 battles using vehicles of rank 6 11%
- Street Brawler Destroy 2 players' vehicles within 30 seconds from a distance of 10 meters or less 11%
- Warrior Spend 250 hours in battle 10%
- Rank 7 Win 100 battles using vehicles of rank 7 8.3%
- Air-to-Ground Get 'Thunderer' 10 times 7.8%
- Ultimate Get 'Mission Maker' 10 times 7.8%
- British Collection Order 50 British vehicles 7.0%
- Swedish Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using Swedish vehicles 6.8%
- Invincible Get the 'Professional' reward 100 times 6.5%
- British Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using British vehicles 6.5%
- Veteran Spend 500 hours in battle 6.2%
- Hooked Land on an aircraft carrier 6.2%
- Ground-to-Air Get 'Wing Breaker' 10 times 6.2%
- But... how?! Shoot down a plane with tank cannon in simulator mode 6.0%
- Japanese Collection Order 50 Japanese vehicles 5.5%
- Air-to-Air Get 'Hero of the sky' 10 times 5.5%
- Chinese Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using Chinese vehicles 5.5%
- Japanese Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using Japanese vehicles 5.5%
- Doomsday! Make a nuclear strike and end the mission with a victory 5.2%
- French Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using French vehicles 4.9%
- Rank 8 Win 100 battles using vehicles of rank 8 4.7%
- French Collection Order 50 French vehicles 4.4%
- Weapon of Heroes Destroy 10 enemy ships by ramming them 4.2%
- True 100 Destroy 100 players' vehicles in simulator battles 4.2%
- Italian Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using Italian vehicles 4.2%
- Italian Collection Order 50 Italian vehicles 3.9%
- Size Doesn’t Matter Destroy 3 destroyers in a boat without losing your vehicle 3.6%
- Peaceful atom Shoot down a nuclear weapon carrier 3.6%
- Chinese Collection Order 50 Chinese vehicles 3.4%
- Swedish Collection Order 50 Swedish vehicles 3.4%
- Finnish Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using Finnish vehicles 3.4%
- Legend Spend 1000 hours in battle 2.9%
- Hornet Win 50 battles using helicopters 2.9%
- Israeli Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using Israeli vehicles 2.9%
- Kraken Sink 5 aircraft carriers 2.6%
- True and Fable Win 50 single missions 2.3%
- Fire Arrows Destroy 1000 player vehicles with guided missiles 2.3%
- Hungarian Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using Hungarian vehicles 1.8%
- South African Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using South African vehicles 1.8%
- Australian Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using Australian vehicles 1.6%
- Shark Win 50 battles using bluewater fleet 1.3%
- Piranha Win 50 battles using сoastal fleet 0.8%
- Israeli Collection Order 50 Israeli vehicles 0.8%
- Family Album Get 100 player icons 0.8%
- Dutch Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using Dutch vehicles 0.8%
- High-precision strike Destroy 1 player vehicle with a guided bomb at a distance of 20 km or more 0.5%
- Belgian Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using Belgian vehicles 0.5%
- Swiss Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using Swiss vehicles 0.5%
- Thai Ace Destroy 100 player vehicles while using Thai vehicles 0.5%
- Rank 9 Win 100 battles using vehicles of rank 9 0.3%
- Collector Get 2000 vehicles 0.3%