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War Thunder for Mac

Multiplayer war simulator.

Free
In English
Version 2.57.1.98
3.0
Based on 3 user rates

War Thunder overview

In War Thunder, aircraft, attack helicopters, ground forces and naval ships collaborate in realistic competitive battles. You can choose from over 1,500 vehicles and an extensive variety of combat situations many of which are exclusive. You can find yourself blasting your pursuers from a bomber turret, defending your teammates on the ground from an air raid with anti-aircraft guns, shooting down enemy planes with a firestorm from multiple rocket launchers, or trying to sink an enemy warship with a torpedo from a fast attack boat.

Features include:
  • Cross-platform gameplay between Windows PC, Linux, Mac, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One users.
  • Over 1,500 highly detailed aircraft, helicopters, tanks, warships and other combat vehicles crafted carefully from historical documents and surviving sources.
  • 80 maps representing the main historical battle theaters.
  • Intense PvP experiences in full-scale combat missions at various difficulty settings for all play styles and degrees of experience.
  • Rich PvE content including dynamic historical campaigns and solo missions.
  • Regular content updates including new vehicles, maps, missions and nations.
  • Astonishing graphics, authentic sound effects and beautiful music creating an atmosphere to fully immerse yourself in.
  • Create custom content for War Thunder and share it on War Thunder Live, with the prospect of earning real money through the Revenue Share Partner System!

What's new in version 2.57.1.98

Aircraft
  • F-4C, F-105D, F-111A, Ayit — the AGM-45 Shrike anti-radiation missile (variants B-3B, B-4, and B-6) have been added along with a corresponding modification.
  • F-4E, A-6E TRAM, A-7E, A-7E (Japan), Kurnass, Kurnass 2000 — the AGM-45 Shrike anti-radiation missile (B-9 and B-10 variants) have been added along with a corresponding modification.
  • Tornado GR.1, Buccaneer S.2B, Jaguar A — the AS-37 Martel anti-radiation missile has been added along with a corresponding modification.
  • Su-22M3, Su-22M3 (Italy) — the Kh-27PS anti-radiation missile has been added along with a corresponding modification.
  • F-4C — incendiary bombs are now unlocked via the BLU-1 modification research at tier I of modification research, the modifications to unlock rockets have been moved from tiers III-IV of modification research to tiers II-III.
  • Nuke carrying aircraft are now capable of CCRP bombing again.
  • Several nuclear carrier aircraft in Ground Battles have been changed:
    • US and Japan: from ☢Canberra B.Mk.6 to ☢B-57B Canberra, and from ☢Jaguar A to ☢F-105D.
    • China: from ☢Su-24M to ☢JH-7A, and from ☢F-16A MLU to ☢J-10A.
    • Italy: from ☢Tornado IDS ASSTA1 to ☢Tornado IDS (1995).
Ground Vehicles
  • A bug that caused the third and the following crew members of the same role (i.e. the third loader) to not heal automatically and to not be replenished when using crew replenishment has been fixed.
Nuclear Escalation
  • A new era has been added, split into two brackets with different lineups of vehicles: Battle Ratings 8.7–9.7 and 10.0–11.0.
  • A mirrored version of the mission has been added for the same location: the sides swap places and the bases, convoy routes, and map zones are symmetrically flipped.
  • In addition to anti-aircraft guns, airfields feature Osa SAM systems (with a four-missile loadout) on one side and a stationary Rapier system on the other; at Battle Ratings of 10.0-11.0, these SAM systems also occupy positions alongside S-75 and HAWK systems.
  • MLRS are absent in this era.
  • Destroyed factories and depots now take longer to rebuild: 15 minutes instead of 10. Previously, a building would respawn before the player could reload and return to finish it off, making it nearly impossible to break through the defenses in some cases.
  • Anti-aircraft guns protecting tactical assembly areas no longer respawn automatically on a timer; they only reappear when the building they are linked to is restored.
  • Armored vehicle depots no longer attempt to produce vehicles beyond the total limit, thereby avoiding the waste of fuel and ammunition.
  • When a convoy captures a building, the destroyed anti-aircraft guns assigned to it now respawn and are repaired.
  • Convoys can now capture destroyed factories and warehouses: captured ruins are immediately repaired and begin operating.
  • Tank convoys no longer go through buildings. Vehicles no longer vanish inside either enemy buildings or friendly ones that have already been captured; tanks are now consumed solely to reinforce garrisons at strongpoints.
  • An issue where convoy tanks would teleport into the enemy garrison instead of remaining outside the enemy strongpoint and engaging the garrison while defenders were still active has been fixed.
  • An issue where the allocation of slots at a strongpoint was incorrect, potentially resulting in two vehicles occupying the same position has been fixed.
  • Convoys now re-select their target while en route if the original target has been destroyed, captured, or filled: tank convoys head to the next objective, while supply convoys proceed to a depot with available capacity. Consequently, cargo from supply convoys is no longer lost at a destroyed depot or seized by the enemy when a convoy enters hostile territory.
  • Supply convoys no longer target depots on the other side of the map, but instead select the least filled of the three nearest ones.
  • Tank convoys no longer slow down to 20% of their speed when an enemy is nearby; previously, due to slowing down, they often failed to capture the target before a new enemy convoy arrived or appeared.
  • Convoys of self-propelled guns now correctly select a random target from among the nearest enemy buildings, take up a firing position, and engage the target.

War Thunder for Mac

Free
In English
Version 2.57.1.98
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Satcomer
Satcomer
Apr 9, 2022
2.15.1.35
0.0
Apr 9, 2022
0.0
Version: 2.15.1.35
No silicon not even a Universal? Is this 2022 or 2006?
ricky_t
ricky_t
Mar 22, 2021
2.5.0.39
3.0
Mar 22, 2021
3.0
Version: 2.5.0.39
Nice one. Probably, one of the best online games ever. For those, who can't run War Thunder on Mac: the problem more in macOS, nor hardware part (but your Mac must be a good one; otherwise it might be buggy; or you will be able to play it on low settings) The solution will be to install Windows 10 as the second OS through Boot Camp (quite easy) and that's it! Work amazing, performance much better than on native macOS. And you can switch between (but beware newest M1 Mac: Boot Camp won't work here)
Joseluismen
Joseluismen
Feb 20, 2021
2.3.0.110
0.0
Feb 20, 2021
0.0
Version: 2.3.0.110
The requirements marked in MU are incorrect: according to the original website, it needs at least 10.15 and recommends 10.16. Perhaps the people for whom it does not work, the problem comes from the fact that the application can be installed on systems where it does not work. This requirement is not always indicated correctly in the application package, and in many cases that happens: MU does not warn and updates it without actually being able to function correctly. <https://warthunder.com/en/game/about/#requirements>
Dingo8
Dingo8
Nov 24, 2020
1.101.2.60
0.0
Nov 24, 2020
0.0
Version: 1.101.2.60
I have an iMac with the following specs, and with the latest update to War Thunder the game no longer loads. Model Name: iMac Model Identifier: iMac17,1 Processor Name: Intel Core i7 Processor Speed: 4 GHz Number of Processors: 1 Total Number of Cores: 4 L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB L3 Cache: 8 MB Memory: 32 GB Boot ROM Version: 175.0.0.0.0 SMC Version (system): 2.33f10 This sucks! Really liked that game!
Mac5
Mac5
Aug 6, 2020
1.99.1.64
1.0
Aug 6, 2020
1.0
Version: 1.99.1.64
Don't waste your time with this app. I've had multiple issues trying to make it work on my high spec iMac. Security issues, sign in issues, password wrong issues..etc... I spent a good hour on trying too make it open and run on my iMac with zero success.
hazxxjaieli
hazxxjaieli
Jun 20, 2022
2.15.1.138
5.0
Jun 20, 2022
5.0
Version: 2.15.1.138
ricky_t
ricky_t
May 25, 2021
2.5.1.111
3.0
May 25, 2021
3.0
Version: 2.5.1.111
Mac5
Mac5
Aug 6, 2020
1.0
Aug 6, 2020
1.0
Version: null