You can choose from over 2,000 vehicles and an extensive variety of combat situations many of which are exclusive.

In War Thunder, aircraft, attack helicopters, ground forces and naval ships collaborate in realistic competitive battles. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea, fighting with millions of players from all over the world in an ever-evolving environment. You can also analyze War Thunder files from inside the War Thunder launcher (wrench icon on top right corner, then click Check files).ĮDIT 3: Based on Scarper's comment and WT forums post, all the fuss about was to make the game update through Steam, so you don't have to launch it and check if there is an update to download.War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. Install War Thunder on the same disk it was installed on, Steam will discover existing files and only download missing ones, if anyĪll the changes are on SteamDB, if you're curious.ĮDIT: You can still launch the game if the files are there and you just want to play: navigate to War Thunder's folder (check 1.) and open launcher.exeĮDIT 2: If steps above do not work, try updating the game from launcher.exe inside WT folder you entered into after step 1, it'll download any updates, omitting Steam, then continue with step 2. Uninstall War Thunder from Steam library: right click on War Thunder on Steam, select Manage, then UninstallĪfter uninstalling, rename the WT folder back (e.g. Rename War Thunder folder to something else (e.g. Go to Steam library, where War Thunder is installed (right click on War Thunder on Steam, select Manage, then Browse local files) They fixed it already, but for those of you that Steam forces to download an update (basically entire game):

So, if you wonder why you have to download ~30 GB update on Steam: (most likely) Gaijin, by accident removed all the files from Steam.

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