World of Warplanes is Wargaming's aerial combat game and a sibling of World of Tanks. It covers the so-called golden age of military aviation and was relaunched as version 2.0 in 2017.
Every battle is a separate 12-versus-12 match over maps modelled on real types of terrain. Planes come in five types with distinct roles and from seven nations, including the USSR, Germany, the USA, China and Japan. Between fights you upgrade aircraft with different guns, engines, equipment and consumables. Winning takes more than aim: the team has to hold the sky together.
It suits players who like arcade dogfighting and a tank-game style progression tree. The Russian server shut down on 13 December 2022 and the game is not sold on the Russian Steam store, so players in Russia need a workaround.
