World of Warships

Team-based naval shooter with historical warships and tactical salvos

Wargaming Group Limited · Released Nov 15, 2017

Action Massively Multiplayer Simulation Strategy Free To Play

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 76% of 157K
Recent reviews: Mixed; 63% of 566 in 30 days
Playing now: 7,352; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 5 days ago; Sep 17, 2026

What is World of Warships?

A free-to-play, third-person naval combat game built around online PvP and co-op matches. You maneuver battleships, destroyers, cruisers, submarines, and aircraft carriers, fire on enemy fleets, unlock ships across national tech trees, and improve commanders and vessels.

For you if...

+you enjoy tactical, team-based naval battles
+you want both competitive and cooperative online matches
+you prefer arcade-style combat over strict simulation

Not for you if...

−you want a solo campaign or guided story
−you expect quick progress with little grinding
−you prefer realistic naval simulation

What players say

76% of 156,607 reviews are positive · 63% of 566 in the last 30 days

Players praise the tactical ship combat, particularly positioning and landing long-range salvos, and some prefer cooperative PvE modes to PvP. The most common complaints concern expensive monetization and loot boxes, limited-time pressure, uneven matchmaking, and questionable ship and class balance.

Screenshots and trailer

World of Warships system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 x64
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-3210 3,2 GHz AMD Athlon™ X4 970 Quad Core 3,8 GHz
Graphics: 1280x720; Nvidia®Geforce® GT 640 Intel UHD 630 AMD Radeon™ R7 240
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Storage: 67.2 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 43
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards, In-app purchases

Steam Deck: Playable

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Spanish - Latin America. Text only: Czech, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian.