War Thunder

War Thunder is based around combined arms battles on air, land, and sea. Vehicles range from pre-World War I (ships only) to the modern day, as well as tanks that are not technically in service yet, with an emphasis on World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War. Players can control aircraft, ground vehicles, and warships from nations with a set of technology trees attached to them. The game also incorporates other nations.

These nations are included either as "sub-trees" (parts of the research trees of bigger nations being dedicated to a smaller nation) or premium vehicles, purchasable with real money or in-game currency. Players starts off at Rank 1 with vehicles mainly from the Interwar period and early World War II era and work their way up to Rank 8 vehicles which features fighting vehicles still in use by modern armies. Currently, there are no rules/barriers for bringing lower rank vehicles (eg. M22 Locust from Rank 1) to higher ranks such as Rank 8 and 9.

The development of the game, then under the name World of Planes, began in 2009. Gaijin Entertainment used its experience with its previous combat flight simulator games, such as IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, Apache: Air Assault, and Birds of Steel, in the development. The title was changed to War Thunder during the closed beta due to confusion with competitor World of Warplanes.

Open beta testing started on November 1, 2012 (for users from the Russian Federation; the global beta launched January 28, 2013) for Windows PC with about 200 aircraft and 600,000 players. On May 15, 2014, at 6 million registered players, the first ground forces for Germany and the Soviet Union were introduced. Later added were the American, British, and Japanese ground forces.

At release, War Thunder was well-received with generally positive reviews. GameSpot praised it for its variety of airplanes and visuals, whereas IGN criticized the user interface for being "overly abundant and cumbersome" in contrast to the "sparse in-battle HUD".

War Thunder Mobile is "decently polished and balanced", according to MiniReview. On the Apple App Store, War Thunder Mobile is rated 4.8 out of 5, with 97,000 reviews, while on the Google Play store, it is rated 4.6 out of 5, with 405,000 reviews.