World of Warships

World of Warships

Skip · Multiplayer · 2017

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.

PriceS
Free to play
Reviews▼
76% of 157,167
Critics
81 players 5 lower
Genre rank
Top 29% Multiplayer

Holding it back: AI content, Recent reviews

Recent reviews trending down: 65% over the last 30 days against 76% all-time.

Time and effort

Typical playtime
67h
Finish
41% reach the ending
Achievements
43

Players and genre

Online
6,666 now
Recent reviews
65% 30 days
Better reviewed
69% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

48% start to 1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

A game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 29 percent. It is better reviewed than 69 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, World of Tanks (free, scores 42) beats it on value, while it beats Predecessor (free, scores 27).

It is still busy. 6.7K players were online when we last checked, on Nov 5, 04:45 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks.

More about World of Warships

Players rate it 76 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 65 percent. Something recent has soured the room.

157,167 reviews stand behind that percentage.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reach35M+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
MonetizationNone
No in-game purchases. Paid DLC exists and is not docked
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
AI contentDisclosed
The developer disclosed AI-generated content on Steam, so the score takes a heavy dock
Recent reviews65% (30 days)
Trending down vs lifetime, a small dip
For context
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies

About the game

Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, 1280x720; NvidiaGeforce GT 640 Intel UHD 630 AMD Radeon R7 240, 67.2 GB of storage. Windows only.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
World of Warships scores 40/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The developer disclosed AI-generated content on Steam, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/552990/world-of-warships
Embed the live badge

Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 3. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-5
Critics81
Players76
Metacritic critics · 157,167 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperWargaming Group Limited
PublisherWargaming Group Limited
GenreMultiplayer
Released2017
Players35.0Mowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements43