Is War Thunder down right now? Live status and outage tracker

War Thunder outages and problems

In the past 24 hours, 179 user reports came in for War Thunder. Counting only the 15-minute windows with a spike big enough to count as an outage, that comes to 100.00% uptime for the day.

The busiest 15-minute window had 9 reports, about 22 hours ago. That stays below our outage threshold, so it doesn't count as downtime.

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What went wrong

What people said was wrong in recent problem reports for War Thunder worldwide.

1. Game Launch49%
2. Server Connection24%
3. Login17%
4. Lag / Latency7%
5. Game Play3%

Share of 70 recent reports that said what was wrong, from every country listed below.

War Thunder reports around the world

In the last 24 hours, 457 problem reports about War Thunder came in from 34 countries. Right now reports are at the usual level in every country.

Each country's status compares its reports with the usual level there. 33 more countries had 68 reports in the last 24 hours. Map outlines: Natural Earth.

War Thunder problem spikes, last 30 days

Since 8 October, War Thunder had 1 outage spike and 1 period of elevated reports. The longest lasted 21 min, on 29 October.

• Elevated reports
  Sat 31 Oct, 01:39–01:54

  Lasted 15 min
  11peak reports
• Outage
  Thu 29 Oct, 00:29–00:50

  Lasted 21 min
  17peak reports

By country

Each square is one day in the countries with the most reports: red when reports stayed at outage level for half an hour or more, amber when they stayed above the usual level for an hour or more, grey otherwise.

• The US398
• Germany134
• Indonesia124
• Poland116
• The UK104
• Hong Kong63
• Canada43
• Malaysia38

Country history starts on 28 October 2026. Days run from midnight to midnight, Central European time.

A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, kept exactly as this page showed it at the time. This history starts on 8 October 2026. Monthly reports for all services

How to fix War Thunder not working

War Thunder is up on our end, so if it won't work for you, the problem is most likely on your side. Work through these in order:

1. Close aces.exe and relaunch

   Quitting from the hangar doesn't always end the game process, so press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager, find aces.exe and the launcher, and end both before you start again. Then relaunch. On PlayStation or Xbox, close the game fully from the home screen instead of switching away from it.

2. Fix rejected Gaijin Pass codes

   When login fails at the two-step code, the clock on your phone is the usual cause, because Gaijin Pass codes only work if your phone's time matches the server's. Set the phone to automatic date and time, then enter a fresh code. Old codes expire fast.

3. Reset your connection and DNS

   Long waits on the connecting screen or getting kicked back to the hangar mid-battle often come from your own network. Restart the router, and on Windows open Command Prompt and run ipconfig /flushdns before you relaunch. Turn off any VPN while you test.

4. Verify or reinstall the game files

   On Steam, right-click War Thunder in your Library, choose Properties, open Installed Files and click Verify integrity of game files; this repairs files that a patch left broken or half downloaded. The standalone Gaijin launcher has its own file check in its settings. If crashes continue after that, uninstall and reinstall, which is also the fix on consoles.

While War Thunder is down: what to use instead

• World of Tanks If you mostly play ground battles, World of Tanks runs on Wargaming's own servers, so you can still get into tank matches while Gaijin's side is out.
• World of Warships Naval players can queue here instead.
• DCS World The free version comes with a couple of aircraft and single-player missions, which suits you if you play War Thunder for jets and want a more detailed cockpit.
• IL-2 Sturmovik: Great Battles Its offline campaigns cover the same WWII air combat you get in air realistic battles, with no Gaijin account involved.

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Problems at the same time as War Thunder

Since 8 October, all 2 of War Thunder's spikes in problem reports overlapped a spike at another service.

When several services get problem reports at once, something they share, such as a cloud host or a network, can be the real cause. Matching times alone do not prove it.

A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, as the live pages showed it. Times are Central European time.

When people report War Thunder problems

The busiest hour for reports about War Thunder is 01:00 to 02:00 Central European time, and the busiest day is Saturday.

Each bar is the average number of user reports in that hour, or on that day of the week, from 24 days of reports since 5 October 2026. The busiest bar is highlighted. Spikes in reports are left out, so one outage does not set the pattern.

What happens when War Thunder goes down

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