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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Tanks Action RTS?

Action RTS + Tanks

Only 12 developers shipped a Tanks Action RTS in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Broken Arrow, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 7 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $4.0k, ×2.7 the market's $1.5k for a 7 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $900; 1 in 20 cleared $38M, ×25953 the market median. Revenue is flat on the market; 19 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.

Deciding numbers: median 2.7 times the market baseline, revenue flat on the market, 19 announced, ×2.7 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Action RTS + Tanks
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 12
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $807 → $23k → $176k → $5.4k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Action RTS + Tanks: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 12
Bottom 30% $899 (exactly $899)
Median $4.0k (exactly $4,047)
Top 25% $176k (exactly $176,356)
Top 5% $39M (exactly $38,878,223)
Developers, 2 yr 12
Released games 27
Announced 19
Effort 7 / 10
AI-buildability Low
Typical price $14.99

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 flat on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 15%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

Can AI deliver it?

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

Action RTS
effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
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
7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
Systems
Action RTS, Tanks
Price point
$14.99 typical
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 10 games average 56% positive over 26,949 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $900, median $4.0k, 1 in 4 over $170k, 1 in 20 over $38M.

3 in 10 developers made under $900. 6 in 10 of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Action RTS with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + Auto BattlerFair24 devs · median $3.0k · 28 announced
  2. + FPSLong shot16 devs · median $899 · 21 announced
  3. + PuzzleLong shot16 devs · median $594 · 16 announced
  4. + Turn-Based StrategyPoor odds12 devs · median $85k · 16 announced
  5. + Turn-Based TacticsPoor odds9 devs · median $85k · 18 announced
  6. + Real-TimePoor odds12 devs · median $31k · 18 announced
  7. + HistoricalPoor odds26 devs · median $29k · 57 announced
  8. + Online Co-OpPoor odds25 devs · median $18k · 54 announced
  9. + SandboxPoor odds30 devs · median $13k · 50 announced
  10. + Procedural GenerationPoor odds22 devs · median $11k · 51 announced
  11. + Grand StrategyPoor odds25 devs · median $7.5k · 41 announced
  12. + 4XPoor odds10 devs · median $7.2k · 23 announced

All 89 pairs on the Action RTS page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Broken Arrow 2025 · $39M Sudden Strike 4 2017 · $3.7M Sudden Strike 5 2026 · $961k Line War 2022 · $807k Command & Conquer Renegade™ 2024 · $178k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Broken Arrow $49.99 25,924 55% 778k $39M (exactly $38,878,223) Steel Balalaika
Sudden Strike 4 older $19.99 6,249 78% 187k $3.7M (exactly $3,747,525) Kite Games
Sudden Strike 5 $49.99 641 75% 19k $961k (exactly $961,308) Kite Games
Line War older $24.99 1,076 80% 32k $807k (exactly $806,677) Studio Centurion
Command & Conquer Renegade™ older $6.96 851 83% 26k $178k (exactly $177,689) Westwood Studios
Armored Brigade II $39.99 147 87% 4.4k $176k (exactly $176,356) Veitikka Studios
D.O.T. Defence $14.99 196 85% 5.9k $88k (exactly $88,141) Rattleaxe Games
Shrot older $6.99 109 89% 3.3k $23k (exactly $22,857) Spytihněv
Pact of Steel $14.99 12 83% 360 $5.4k (exactly $5,396) Steel Potato Games LLC
Rage Of Towers $14.99 9 77% 270 $4.0k (exactly $4,047) Tiger Among Shadows
Final Strategy $12.99 6 16% 180 $2.3k (exactly $2,338) Final Strategy Studio
Cannon Clicker $5.99 8 75% 240 $1.4k (exactly $1,438) Ritual Interactive
Platoon $9.99 3 33% 90 $899 (exactly $899) Phalanx Tactical
BERSERK TANK $4.50 3 66% 90 $405 (exactly $405) WU YU CHENG

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