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Tanks + Arcade
Of 43 developers who shipped an Arcade 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.. 66 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 27 developers shipped in the last year and 66 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $90 (exactly $90) |
|---|---|
| Median | $358 (exactly $358) |
| Top 25% | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 5% | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 43 |
| Released games | 179 |
| Announced | 66 |
| 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 down 70% on the market, supply 70% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 16%, 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, Arcade; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Vehicular Combat
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $9.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Pixel Graphics, Third Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $9.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 77% positive over 1,371 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $90. 9 in 10 of the 19 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 66 games are announced against 27 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 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
Instruments of Destruction 2024 · $857k 
Nitro Express 2025 · $417k 
Beach Invasion 1944 2022 · $311k 
Steel Crew 2021 · EA · $244k 
Commando Collection 2024 · $212k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Instruments of Destruction | older | $19.99 | 1,429 91% | 43k | $857k (exactly $856,971) | Radiangames |
| | Nitro Express | $12.99 | 1,069 75% | 32k | $417k (exactly $416,589) | Grayfax Software | |
| | Beach Invasion 1944 | older | $9.99 | 1,038 84% | 31k | $311k (exactly $311,089) | AIx2 Games |
| | Steel Crew | · EA older | $14.99 | 543 81% | 16k | $244k (exactly $244,187) | Magnus Ander |
| | Commando Collection | older | $4.99 | 1,414 95% | 42k | $212k (exactly $211,676) | Macrojoy |
 | Command & Conquer Renegade™ | older | $6.96 | 851 83% | 26k | $178k (exactly $177,689) | Westwood Studios |
 | Beach Invasion 1945 - Pacific | older | $9.99 | 255 78% | 7.7k | $76k (exactly $76,424) | AIx2 Games |
 | Tokyo Warfare Turbo | older | $14.99 | 136 86% | 4.1k | $61k (exactly $61,159) | Pablo Vidaurre Sanz |
 | Aircraft Evolution | older | $8.99 | 221 80% | 6.6k | $60k (exactly $59,604) | Satur Entertainment |
 | Furious Angels | older | $4.99 | 345 87% | 10k | $52k (exactly $51,646) | MorfeoDev |
 | My Waifu Is A Tank Girl! 💕 | $2.99 | 161 80% | 4.8k | $14k (exactly $14,442) | Neko Cloud | |
 | Exo Wanderers | · EA | $11.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) | 什工坊SueStudio |
 | Threads of War | $4.99 | 45 97% | 1.4k | $6.7k (exactly $6,736) | KoS | |
 | Transporter | $9.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Acid Pixel Studios | |
 | Deck of Treads | $7.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | DuckByte Games | |
 | Red Tanks vs Lizard | $9.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $3.0k (exactly $2,997) | Gamesforgames | |
 | TONK | · EA | $3.99 | 22 77% | 660 | $2.6k (exactly $2,633) | YourAverageOtter |
 | Tank Simulator | $8.99 | 8 12% | 240 | $2.2k (exactly $2,158) | Imperian Online - Praha | |
 | iM1A2 Abrams | $7.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $1.7k (exactly $1,678) | Charybdis Enterprises |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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