Every World of Tanks game, ranked
All 2 World of Tanks games we hold, spanning 2010 to 2016: 2 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 254,022 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: World of Tanks (GamingPickz Score 7.5), the highest-rated entry we can score.
The World of Tanks games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 2 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
2 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 2 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Mobile
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
2 best World of Tanks games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
- 1
World of Tanks
Best for: Trying the genre without spending anything
7.5GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceWorld of Tanks at a glance Released 2010 Studio Wargaming Player sentiment 80% positive of 100,753 Critics 80/100 Price Free Steam Deck playable Install size 120 GB Accessibility 5 declared features Raw 80% shrinks to 80.0 on 100,753 reviews, then blends with the 80 critic aggregate, giving 7.5.
What the data supports- Free to download, so trying it costs only time.
Worth checking first- Carries in-game purchases. Check what they cost before committing.
- Multiplayer only. There is no solo mode to fall back on.
- 2
World of Tanks Blitz
Best for: Trying the genre without spending anything
7.4GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceWorld of Tanks Blitz at a glance Released 2016 Studio Wargaming Group Limited Player sentiment 78% positive of 153,269 Critics No aggregate Price Free Steam Deck playable Install size 8 GB Accessibility 6 declared features Raw 78% shrinks to 78.0 on 153,269 reviews, giving 7.4. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Free to download, so trying it costs only time.
- Small install at 8 GB.
Worth checking first- Carries in-game purchases. Check what they cost before committing.
- Multiplayer only. There is no solo mode to fall back on.
Best and worst entry
The best-received World of Tanks game we can score is World of Tanks at 7.5. The lowest is World of Tanks Blitz at 7.4, a 0.1-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: World of Tanks at Free. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the World of Tanks entries on Steam:
- Playable: World of Tanks, World of Tanks Blitz
Platforms across the series
Where the 2 World of Tanks games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 2 of 2 |
| PlayStation | 1 of 2 |
| Xbox | 1 of 2 |
| Mobile | 1 of 2 |
The World of Tanks series, game by game
Every World of Tanks game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2010
World of Tanks is a tactical action game with very different gameplay depending on the vehicle type and role. Aside from regular PvP, there are competitive and clan-based modes, special PvE and PvPvE events, and much more. Whether you play to dominate or just enjoy the ride, you'll fit right in. (Steam)
Reception
Critical response Reception World of Tanks (and the iOS version of World of Tanks Blitz ) received "generally favorable reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic . GameZone gave the PC version a score of eight out of ten and stated, "For a free-to-play game, World of Tanks is insanely detailed and has combat that takes a while to get used to. The more you learn about the game and the more you play, the better you'll… (Wikipedia)
- 2016
Blow off steam and tank turrets in a free-to-play online 7v7 tank shooter! Drive hundreds of tanks, from museum classics to "did-that-ever-exist?" specials, in quick 5 to 7-minute brawls packed with metal mayhem. Play solo or team up with a friend and enjoy smooth action even on modest hardware! (Steam)
Reception
Critical response Reception World of Tanks (and the iOS version of World of Tanks Blitz ) received "generally favorable reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic . GameZone gave the PC version a score of eight out of ten and stated, "For a free-to-play game, World of Tanks is insanely detailed and has combat that takes a while to get used to. The more you learn about the game and the more you play, the better you'll… (Wikipedia)
World of Tanks, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
World of Tanks vs other series
How World of Tanks stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
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Common questions
How many World of Tanks games are there?
We hold 2 World of Tanks games in the catalogue, released between 2010 and 2016. 2 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which World of Tanks game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, World of Tanks rates highest at 7.5. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the World of Tanks games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2010 to 2016. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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