World of Tanks Blitz™
World of Tanks Blitz, a long-standing tank combat game, is praised for its engaging gameplay and graphics but is currently facing significant backlash from its veteran player base due to perceived pay-to-win mechanics, unbalanced matchmaking, and numerous technical issues.
World of Tanks Blitz is a free-to-play mobile tank combat game with a loyal following, offering detailed tanks and maps. However, recent reviews highlight concerns about unfair matchmaking, a strong pay-to-win element, and various bugs that are diminishing the player experience.
What users like
What users complain about
- Matchmaking is frequently unbalanced, often placing players in lower tiers or with inexperienced teammates against stronger opponents.R1R8R75R81
- Strong pay-to-win elements, with premium tanks and events giving significant advantages, making it difficult for free-to-play players.R11R19R25R26
- Frequent issues with AFK players, bots, and poor team quality, leading to frustrating losses.R8R12R15R23
- Technical problems including long loading times, lag, glitches, and issues with controller support and account access.R2R8R15R18
- Poor or unresponsive customer support, with players reporting difficulty contacting support or getting issues resolved.R11R13R31R372
- Concerns about developer greed, unpopular changes, and a perceived decline in game quality over time.R11R16R20R28
Latest update · v11.18.0
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
— Meet Total Domination! Tanks of any tier, from the MS-1 to the Maus, will fight on the same battlefield! This new mode will be available from April 17 to 30. Capture the base to lead your team to victory! — Battles are now even better thanks to a brushed-up minimap, new sounds, and additional matchmaking rules. — Covers reworked and new positions added for the Falls Creek and Oasis Palms maps. — The T-34-3, 59-Patton, Vickers MBT Mk. 3, VK 168.01 (P), and Somua SM have been moved to Tier IX.
Recurring themes
Who it's for
This game is for players who enjoy tank combat games with detailed graphics and a wide variety of tanks, and who are willing to overlook or tolerate significant pay-to-win elements and frequent matchmaking issues R6R42R60. It might appeal to long-time players who have invested heavily in the game, despite recent frustrations R3R14R22. Skip this game if you are looking for a fair, balanced PvP experience without strong pay-to-win mechanics or if you expect responsive customer support and bug fixes R11R13R33.
Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, with many long-term players expressing significant dissatisfaction with the current state of the game, particularly regarding monetization and matchmaking. While some positive reviews exist, they are less detailed and often acknowledge existing flaws. The confidence is high due to the strong recurrence of negative themes across many reviews.
Frequently asked
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What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R3] Goat game: Played since I was a little kid and I always end up coming back highly recommend
- [R6] Good tank game: I really enjoy this game I recommend downloading if you really love tanks
- [R42] Awesome Game: I have been playing this game for multiple years. It is an absolutely awesome game! The graphics are perfect while keeping a high FPS. The variety of maps are just amazing. This is definitely WARGAMING’s best game! I strongly recommend downloading the is game!
- [R60] Absolutely Amazing Game: I’ve been playing since 2014 so there’s been plenty of ups and downs (lots of downs lately but still a great game). Hundreds of hours of tank lines to play, tons of premium tanks that are good or have unique mechanics but not pay to win. I have easily sunk over 1000 hours and will 100% sink another 1000 hours over the next few years. One of the best mobile games of all tim
- [R14] Optional: Tanks are cool. I like tanks. This is a fun tank game to play. I’ve been playing Blitz (off and on) for ~a decade now - still grinding to get them upgrades - I refuse to spend money on a game just due to some inpatients- I’ve always wondered about a perspective of battle from inside the tank- if you’re interested in tanks in any way and like playing games, WOTBlitz is definitely a ch
- [R22] Can I all the Birthday containers this year: Ive been play this game for 12 years
- [R103] New total domination game mode: The newly added game mode called total domination is really a fun mode to play. I can’t go 5 stars on the game overall though. Sadly this is due solely to greed of the owners. You can no longer afford to collect all the tanks that drop unless you’re just filthy rich. One other issue would be that for most collector tanks you must gamble on crates. A terrible way to
- [R1] Please stop putting the key with the three on tier 8 servers. It’s unfair as unequal matchmaking.: Can you guys please stop putting me on tier tier 8 servers I don’t have a tier 8 tank take as a fact for getting fixed that the KV three is a tier VII not a tier Vlll by the way, the KV2is actually a KV 220 so the tank is object 220 and you got the armor angles of the SU 100 wrong 48 km/h (30 mph)
- [R8] BS game. Money grabbing. Load time is averaging 15 minutes. Mostly bots or hacks: This game averages 10-15 minutes to load a game. And you can’t leave the screen to check another app or it starts you over. Never been in a battle where I was not the lowest tier. Never been in a battle that we were not always behind (first death is always on my team putting us behind.). Mostly bots which makes the l
- [R75] The uptiers: Always getting uptiers, especially when your in tier 6, and waiting for the circle to shrink for the KV-2 and KV-1S takes a long time, impossible to immediately shoot enemy players as soon as they are spotted and the other tanks can. Other than that the game is good.
- [R81] Match making? BTZ-70 fix?: Been playing off and on since maybe 2014. Might be because my abilities have declined but I feel like the matchmaking balance is pretty off. I don’t understand how I get back to back matches where my entire team gets little to no damage dealt to the enemy. I’m not saying I’m the best but how does the rng, match making, or algorithm or whatever see that I’ve lost 5 games
- [R11] Don't let the ratings fool you - not what it used to be.: Don't play this game unless you like lopsided P2W. Don't play this game unless you like dishonest game companies. Don't play this game unless you like support that ignores player tickets. Don't play this game unless you like unpopular changes shoved down your throat. Don't play this game unless you like incompetent devs who don't even play
- [R19] Best game ever!: Great game. You don’t have to pay to win, which makes it great!
- [R25] Eventos de estafa completamente pay to win: Wargaming se vive burlando de la comunidad bombardeándonos de eventos pay to win, todo lo que ven es una falsa y una mentira
- [R26] Average at best: I played this game years ago and it was much better then. Two things changed: - because of continuous monetization and pressure to buy special tanks, on higher tiers the game is littered with tanks with impenetrable armor and guns that obliterate any standard issue tank. Can’t win unless purchase the same - bigger problem is the number of stupid bots. I played games where out of
- [R12] Too Many AFKs!!!: Almost every game you’ll see afks…it’s becoming a common occurrence. A once enjoyable game is getting filled with bots and afks.
- [R15] Very bad: Permanently low game quality. When starting a battle, it constantly loads without finishing, and upon re-entering the game, it turns out the battle has already begun. Until you fix this nonsense, teams will be full of AFK players. · translated
- [R23] Unbalanced: Bots are broken in this game
- [R2] Rodney Poe: I lost my account that I had for over 11 years I had lots of tanks and a legend they could only tell me that no player by that name was found
- [R18] RNG, LAG, AFK, PC: Be prepared for skewed RNG, matchmaking with constant afk players, zero damage teammates and random lag when performing actions even with good ping. In the last few months it’s been an uphill battle. These are stacked against you while the enemy are favored by RNG. RNG needs to be toned down or removed. Makes this game a chore to play which makes it not enjoyable. Ruins this gam
- [R13] Rigged: I haven’t been able to contact support in over two years. They don’t listen to people who play. They ignore the issues. This is no way to run a business. Avoid this game for that reason.
- [R31] Scammers: I poured a lot of money into the game, and as soon as I stopped donating, I was immediately blocked. Moreover, it's impossible to contact support. Don't put money into this game; you'll end up with nothing. · translated
- [R372] Great game but: To start I have been banned for blocking someone who started it on the first place… Then when I able to connect again I can t login now because I have multiples accounts with the same mail adress. I sent you a ticket but no answer. I have been playing this game since his beginning in 2014 but I will delete it with regrets but AI is a joke and your response time is too…
- [R16] Devs are Primates: Typical greedy Slavic pigs from some dump 'work' on the game, which is why playing this garbage is impossible. Non-penetration into gray areas, primates in the game, and insane prices for junk. These macaques also want to fleece the suckers playing this game by releasing their stinky reforged version, in which they will quietly increase prices for premium vehicles. Don't play this crap. · translated
- [R20] Great game: I’ve had this game for about 7 years now it was my childhood at one point and it’s been a blast I love all the details, maps, tanks, etc but recently in the past year I got burnt out I grinded about 100 tank several tier 10s and just got tired of doing the same thing battle after battle it gets super repetitive after a while so i stopped playing for a while only playing when I had a bu
- [R28] Chinese trash: This is the worst game allowed on apple analytics heavily favor Asian servers, don’t waste your time with this communist money grab
- [R33] Your game is rigged: Why am I playing with enemies hat have thousands of battles?! This is unfair why is this game so p2w?! ITS RIGGED! I can’t win a single battle Becuase im playing with players who are garbage versus the enemy team which has players WITH THOUSANDS of battles, everything in the game is p2w their trying to make gameplay unfair and harder for free to play players so they can buy st
- [R54] Matchmaking system is TRASH: If you wanna try and actually be good at the game, good luck. With plenty of 40% win rate teammates on your team who don’t have a clue and have somehow managed to get to tier 10 and the enemy team usually full of reroll accounts, you can almost guarantee a loss.
- [R17] Please don’t play: This game is extremely inappropriate and people say a lot of mean things to me and there’s weird online dating and so much weird stuff. I do not recommend this game. It is extremely hard and they’re a whole bunch of rude people. The game also cost a lot of money to be able to get things to. I don’t know why it is so paid to win like I don’t know why Trump can’t just fix it.
- [R10] Rigged junk: Don’t even bother with this game. It’s rigged. Not PvP. Every battle is a slaughter. If they decide they don’t like you, you won’t do well. It’s like the company is run by 5 year old kids. If you do play, don’t spend any money in game. Nothing in this game is worth a nickel of your money.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store