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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Tank game?

Tanks

Of 155 developers who shipped a Tank game in the last 2 years: 3 in 10 made under est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 4 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method., 1 in 20 cleared est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 259 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $120; 1 in 20 cleared $760k, ×1220 the market median. Revenue is up 90% on the market; 259 games are announced against 87 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 1.0 times the market baseline, revenue up 90% on the market, 259 announced, ×3.0 per developer who shipped in the last year.
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Tanks
Fig. 1 · this niche among 355
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 155
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $2.2k → $807 → $1.9k → $599 → $599 → $899 → $838 (still earning) → $300 (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Tanks: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 155
Bottom 30% $120 (exactly $120)
Median $599 (exactly $599)
Top 25% $5.4k (exactly $5,396)
Top 5% $766k (exactly $766,289)
Developers, 2 yr 155
Released games 689
Announced 259
Effort 5 / 10
AI-buildability Medium
Typical price $5.00

momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 90% on the market, supply 25% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 18%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.

Tanks
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Tanks
Price point
$5.00 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $5.00.

The top 10 games average 68% positive over 59,538 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $120, median $600, 1 in 4 over $5.3k, 1 in 20 over $760k.

3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 91 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 259 games are announced against 87 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.

Plate 6 · every pair with this tag

All pairs with Tanks

72 pairs · ranked by verdict, then medianwith: mechanics · settings · any
  1. Tanks + Historical Fair $5.4k 25 devs
  2. Tanks + Turn-Based Strategy Fair $3.0k 25 devs
  3. Tanks + Turn-Based Tactics Fair $3.0k 24 devs
  4. Tanks + Tower Defense Fair $1.5k 14 devs
  5. Open World + Tanks Fair $1.3k 9 devs
  6. Tanks + 2D Platformer Fair $599 11 devs
  7. Online Co-Op + Tanks Poor odds $16k 10 devs
  8. RPG + Tanks Poor odds $14k 13 devs
  9. Tanks + Turn-Based Combat Poor odds $7.2k 18 devs
  10. Action RTS + Tanks Poor odds $4.0k 12 devs
  11. Real Time Tactics + Tanks Poor odds $3.2k 22 devs
  12. Tactical + Tanks Poor odds $2.5k 49 devs
  13. Simulation + Tanks Poor odds $2.3k 35 devs
  14. Strategy + Tanks Poor odds $2.3k 65 devs
  15. Tanks + World War II Poor odds $2.2k 29 devs
  16. Tanks + War Poor odds $1.5k 68 devs
  17. RTS + Tanks Poor odds $1.5k 23 devs
  18. Tanks + Wargame Poor odds $1.4k 53 devs
  19. Tanks + Mechs Poor odds $1.3k 20 devs
  20. Survival + Tanks Poor odds $1.3k 9 devs
  21. Tanks + Military Poor odds $1.1k 80 devs
  22. Tanks + Modern Poor odds $899 11 devs
  23. Tanks + Roguelite Poor odds $898 23 devs
  24. Physics + Tanks Poor odds $748 16 devs
  25. Tanks + Post-apocalyptic Poor odds $719 13 devs
  26. Combat + Tanks Poor odds $599 57 devs
  27. PvE + Tanks Poor odds $599 35 devs
  28. FPS + Tanks Poor odds $599 16 devs
  29. Vehicular Combat + Tanks Poor odds $598 49 devs
  30. Third-Person Shooter + Tanks Poor odds $598 22 devs
  31. Tanks + Twin Stick Shooter Poor odds $598 13 devs
  32. Tanks + Sci-fi Poor odds $539 24 devs
  33. Action + Tanks Poor odds $479 107 devs
  34. PvP + Tanks Poor odds $479 37 devs
  35. Tanks + Robots Poor odds $299 13 devs
  36. Tanks + Local Multiplayer Poor odds $299 12 devs
  37. Action-Adventure + Tanks Poor odds $150 26 devs
  38. Tactical RPG + Tanks Dead $264k 6 devs
  39. Grand Strategy + Tanks Dead $65k 6 devs
  40. Base Building + Tanks Dead $16k 10 devs
  41. Sandbox + Tanks Dead $15k 8 devs
  42. Tanks + Cold War Dead $7.2k 7 devs
  43. Tanks + Hex Grid Dead $7.2k 6 devs
  44. Co-op + Tanks Dead $6.7k 12 devs
  45. Tanks + Alternate History Dead $5.4k 6 devs
  46. Tanks + Resource Management Dead $5.4k 6 devs
  47. Tanks + Board Game Dead $2.5k 8 devs
  48. Tanks + World War I Dead $1.4k 6 devs
  49. Building + Tanks Dead $1.3k 9 devs
  50. Level Editor + Tanks Dead $1.1k 9 devs
Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Battlefield™ 1 2020 · $241M Hell Let Loose 2021 · $149M Company of Heroes 2 2013 · $41M Broken Arrow 2025 · $39M Men of War: Assault Squad 2 2014 · $32M
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Battlefield™ 1 older $39.99 200,661 86% 6.0M $241M (exactly $240,733,002) DICE
Hell Let Loose older $49.99 99,628 83% 3.0M $149M (exactly $149,412,112) Expression Games
Company of Heroes 2 older $19.99 68,909 80% 2.1M $41M (exactly $41,324,727) Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive… (Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux))
Broken Arrow $49.99 25,924 55% 778k $39M (exactly $38,878,223) Steel Balalaika
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 older $29.99 35,744 91% 1.1M $32M (exactly $32,158,877) Digitalmindsoft
Call of Duty: World at War older $19.99 45,792 92% 1.4M $27M (exactly $27,461,462) Treyarch
METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER $49.99 13,554 82% 407k $20M (exactly $20,326,934) KONAMI
Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection older $19.99 31,503 90% 945k $19M (exactly $18,892,349) Petroglyph, Lemon Sky Studios
WARNO older $39.99 14,502 80% 435k $17M (exactly $17,398,049) Eugen Systems
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm older $19.99 24,876 93% 746k $15M (exactly $14,918,137) Tripwire Interactive
The Front $19.99 9,555 66% 287k $5.7M (exactly $5,730,134) Samar Studio
METAL GEAR SOLID 4: Guns of the Patriots - Master Collection Version $29.99 2,315 96% 69k $2.1M (exactly $2,082,806) KONAMI
Call to Arms: Panzer Elite · EA $29.99 1,927 69% 58k $1.7M (exactly $1,733,722) Digitalmindsoft
Sudden Strike 5 $49.99 641 75% 19k $961k (exactly $961,308) Kite Games
Metal Slug Tactics $24.99 1,152 76% 35k $864k (exactly $863,654) Leikir Studio
KAISERPUNK $29.99 884 71% 27k $795k (exactly $795,335) Overseer Games
Vietnam War · EA $14.99 1,704 84% 51k $766k (exactly $766,289) Thorium Game Lab
TurretGirls $9.99 1,882 85% 56k $564k (exactly $564,035) NANAIRO ENTERPRISE

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.