War Thunder’s 16th Steam Community Spotlight brings together aircraft art, handmade models, in-game scenes, and a small furry guest. The roundup was published Oct. 20, 2026, in the game’s Steam announcement.
It follows the 15th Community Spotlight, which featured a Mi-24 sketch and a brick-built Leopard 2A7V among its player creations.
Aircraft art and models take center stage
Aircraft artwork anchors the new selection. Trahenwaffen contributed a pencil sketch of an F-16, while 流刃若火 drew a Bf 109 G-10. Felipe added another Bf 109 illustration, and LPDW recreated cover art from War Thunder’s Line of Contact update. An F/A-18 piece by “is Dimon” rounds out the drawings.
A sunset combat scene from 𝓢𝓪𝓶𝓼𝓸𝓷<3 brings an in-game screenshot into the mix.
Physical builds include Lavochkin’s brick-built Corsair, ✮𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤𝕖𝕣𝕜’s Yak-130, Br0nzky’s Su-27SM, Председатель’s Me 262 A1 “Green 1,” a Mirage F1C-200 by 近卫汉城柳京守第105师, and MichelangeloDaVinci’s Merkava. Several creators photographed their models beside the matching vehicle in War Thunder, a setup the community team recommends for scale-model submissions.
A hamster and handmade game keepsakes
CaptainJssl’s photo of Lieutenant Hammy puts a hamster in front of War Thunder’s aircraft lineup. Elsewhere, Cosmos made a keyring based on the game’s 500% booster, while Mom created a Gaijin Snail to join one Jones made earlier.
The team also picked favorites from the collection to receive the Steam Snail decal. Players can check Customization > Special > Snails > “Steam Snail” to see whether they have it.
Which creation would you like to see in a future War Thunder spotlight? For more on the models, drawings, and other work players make around the game, stay connected on X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, Steam, and Telegram.
War Thunder
Developed by Gaijin Entertainment
War Thunder is a free-to-play vehicular combat MMO featuring aircraft, ground vehicles, and naval craft spanning from the early 20th century to the modern era. Players progress through technology trees across multiple nations, unlocking increasingly advanced military vehicles. The game offers three realism tiers for each vehicle type: arcade, realistic, and simulator modes. Originally developed as a flight simulator under the name "World of Planes," the game expanded to include tanks in 2014 and naval forces later, becoming a combined-arms experience. A mobile version was released in 2023.
- Genre Shooter, Simulator, Tactical
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
- Perspective First person, Third person, Virtual Reality
- Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
- Release January 28, 2013
- Publisher Gaijin Entertainment
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