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Can I Run War Thunder?

War Thunder is a free-to-play cross-platform vehicular combat MMO with more than 1000 playable aircraft, helicopters, tanks or ships sprawled over huge maps that feature real-life locations and battles that transpired over the course of 20th century, most notably during WWII. Gameplay Air and land warfare pits 2 sides against each other up to 32 players who must battle over points or achieving total elimination against enemy forces across huge maps. There are also PVE missions including dynamic historical campaigns and solo missions plus the custom events that add limitations or put certain victory conditions. Ch…

War Thunder System Requirements
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Four experience tiers

Choose the experience, not just the minimum.

Entry, Smooth, High-end and Enthusiast targets are static data. Enthusiast includes 64 GB of memory headroom; FPS values are editorial estimates and can vary by map, driver and settings.

TierTargetCPUGPUMemoryExpected FPS (estimate)
Entry1080p / LowIntel Core 2 Duo E6600NVIDIA GeForce GTX 6604 GB1080p / Low / 35-45 FPS
Smooth1080p / HighIntel Core i5-10400NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB16 GB1080p / High / 60-75 FPS
High-end1440p / UltraIntel Core i7-12700NVIDIA GeForce RTX 406032 GB1440p / Ultra / 80-100 FPS
Enthusiast4K / MaxAMD Ryzen 7 7800X3DNVIDIA GeForce RTX 409064 GB4K / Max / 60+ FPS

Public community signals

What highly-engaged players discuss.

These are source-linked summaries of public discussions, selected for visible engagement. They are not a representative poll and do not replace official requirements or benchmark evidence.

Common strength

Players describe War Thunder as a distinctive combined-arms multiplayer experience with tanks aircraft and naval combat.

Steam · 11 helpful votes · Posted 2026-05-16

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Common concern

Highly engaged criticism focuses on the grind monetization and the gap between the free-to-play promise and late-game progression.

Steam · 20,431 helpful votes · Posted 2023-05-18

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Sampled 2026-07-22 · Short summaries are editorial paraphrases; follow the source link for the original discussion.

Requirements sourceOpen the official record ↗Checked 2026-07-10