What is WOT Blitz and what's the difference to WOT?

You come back after a few years break from World of Tanks, and suddenly, you find that there is an extra "Blitz" game? Moreover, you get ads everywhere about it, and you feel lost. Well, don't worry, we got you.

What is WOT Blitz?

WoT Blitz is a tank game, published by Wargaming and released in June 2013. The game was originally released for Mobile. Today you can play WOT Blitz on PC as well because it was added to Steam and the Windows Store in November 2016. You can download the game for free on Steam, the Windows Store, the App Store, and the Google Playstore.

What is the difference between WoT and WoT blitz?

World Of Tanks Blitz is the pocket version of World Of Tanks. This game features a more limited set of tanks, but still maintains a reasonably large catalog of vehicles.

Blitz also focuses on delivering a more high octane game style, with games being much shorter, lasting roughly five minutes each. Each team has seven players and when a team reaches 1000 points, the game ends. It’s a much more arcade-style approach to the popular format and although not as detailed as the full game, it has quite a following.

How many people play WOT Blitz?

The game was downloaded over 90 Million downloads on all devices. However, this number is meaningfulness. What is important is the active player count.This statistic is unknowns for all devices. The only valid stats we have been the ones from the Steam API.Here is how many people are currently playing World of Tank Blitz on steam:[gg-current-playing game_id="444200"][gg-24-peak game_id="444200"][gg-history-graph game_id="444200" height="80" max_days="30" show_x="1" show_y="1"]

If you like World of Tanks Blitz, you might also want to check out our guide on how to get free WoT Blitz gold.