Hero image: War Thunder. Image: Gaijin Entertainment
Gaijin has banned 3,200 War Thunder accounts for running bots or cheat software since its last report, according to the studio’s Fair Play update for November.
The bans fall under paragraph 3.2.3 of Gaijin’s EULA — the clause covering “the automation of gameplay (use of bots) and cheat software”. The report counts them from the previous Fair Play post, which it links as the August 2026 edition.
A second number covers behaviour, not software. 258 accounts were banned for a week or longer for intentional teamkilling and griefing, and 17 of those bans are permanent.
Gaijin is also publishing the full list of permanently banned players, for complete transparency in its words, and the list will stay up for two weeks after the report went live. The report itself carries no breakdown by game mode or region.
The rest of the post is advice. Gaijin recommends a strong password and two-step authentication, with email, SMS and TOTP options through Gaijin Pass or Google Authenticator, and suggests switching on 2FA for the email address linked to the account as well.
It closes with a warning against prohibited client modifications and against sharing account details with anyone. Players who want to report a cheater are pointed to the anti-cheat page on the War Thunder wiki, which explains how reports and the anti-cheat system work.
The report went up about two hours before Respawn said it was detecting controller cheating on every platform in Apex Legends. Both studios name permanent bans among the penalties, but only Gaijin puts a number on how many accounts it has actioned.
War Thunder was 13th on Steam’s most-played chart early on Saturday. It is free to play on Steam.
Source: Gaijin – Fair Play: November 2026 (Steam), Gaijin – Fair Play: August 2026, War Thunder Wiki – Anti-cheat