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Should I ship an Adventure Tank game?
Tanks + Adventure
Of 20 developers who shipped an Adventure 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.. 28 more are announced, ×4.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $400 in the last 2 years and $410 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 28 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $402 (exactly $402) |
| Top 25% | $2.3k (exactly $2,279) |
| Top 5% | $2.1M (exactly $2,082,806) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 20 |
| Released games | 109 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $4.99 |
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 up 685% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 19%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Tanks, Adventure; 7 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Tactical, Survival
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $49.99 or above
- Art
- 6 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Violent, 3D, Cinematic
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $49.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 17,253 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 18 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Tanks with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + HistoricalFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsFair
- + Tower DefenseFair
- + Open WorldFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds
- + Action RTSPoor odds
- + Real Time TacticsPoor odds
- + TacticalPoor odds
Comparable games
Company of Heroes 2 2013 · $41M 
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 2014 · $32M 
Call of Duty: World at War 2008 · $27M 
METAL GEAR SOLID Δ: SNAKE EATER 2025 · $20M 
Tank Mechanic Simulator 2020 · $5.3M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 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)) |
| | 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 | |
| | Tank Mechanic Simulator | older | $19.99 | 8,792 87% | 264k | $5.3M (exactly $5,272,562) | DeGenerals S.A. |
 | Total Tank Simulator | older | $19.99 | 7,582 81% | 227k | $4.5M (exactly $4,546,925) | Noobz from Poland |
 | METAL GEAR SOLID 3: Snake Eater - Master Collection Version | older | $19.99 | 5,403 89% | 162k | $3.2M (exactly $3,240,179) | KONAMI |
 | METAL GEAR SOLID - Master Collection Version | older | $19.99 | 4,283 84% | 128k | $2.6M (exactly $2,568,515) | KONAMI |
 | METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty - Master Collection Version | older | $19.99 | 3,493 89% | 105k | $2.1M (exactly $2,094,752) | KONAMI |
 | METAL GEAR SOLID 4: Guns of the Patriots - Master Collection Version | $29.99 | 2,315 96% | 69k | $2.1M (exactly $2,082,806) | KONAMI | |
 | METAL GEAR SOLID: Peace Walker - Master Collection Version | $19.99 | 925 79% | 28k | $555k (exactly $554,722) | KONAMI | |
 | METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2 | $49.99 | 49 65% | 1.5k | $73k (exactly $73,485) | KONAMI | |
 | Thunder Tank: Iron Shield | $3.99 | 221 82% | 6.6k | $26k (exactly $26,454) | Crazy Studio | |
 | My Waifu Is A Tank Girl! 💕 | $2.99 | 161 80% | 4.8k | $14k (exactly $14,442) | Neko Cloud | |
 | Tactics of World War I | $8.99 | 12 58% | 360 | $3.2k (exactly $3,236) | Headless Horseman Games | |
 | Oath of Steel | $18.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $2.3k (exactly $2,279) | Ling Jun | |
 | Tankiro | $4.99 | 7 100% | 210 | $1.0k (exactly $1,048) | Rmonak | |
 | Griffin 「グリフォン」 | $5.99 | 5 80% | 150 | $898 (exactly $898) | Ratalaika Games S.L., Shinyuden |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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