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Base Building + Tanks
Only 10 developers shipped a Tanks Base Building game 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, The Front, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 33 more are announced, ×11 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $16k against a market of $630. 33 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $1.0k (exactly $1,015) |
|---|---|
| Median | $16k (exactly $15,584) |
| Top 25% | $88k (exactly $88,141) |
| Top 5% | $5.7M (exactly $5,730,134) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 10 |
| Released games | 38 |
| Announced | 33 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 up 15485% on the market, supply 55% fewer 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.
- Base Building
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Tanks
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Base Building, Tanks
- Price point
- $14.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 69% positive over 11,601 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 8 in 10 of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 33 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×11 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Company of Heroes 2 2013 · $41M 
Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection 2020 · $19M 
The Front 2025 · $5.7M 
Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition 2007 · $5.4M 
Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition 2015 · $2.2M | 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)) |
| | Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection | older | $19.99 | 31,503 90% | 945k | $19M (exactly $18,892,349) | Petroglyph, Lemon Sky Studios |
| | The Front | $19.99 | 9,555 66% | 287k | $5.7M (exactly $5,730,134) | Samar Studio | |
| | Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition | older | $36.99 | 4,831 92% | 145k | $5.4M (exactly $5,360,961) | Relic Entertainment |
| | Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition | older | $29.99 | 2,479 65% | 74k | $2.2M (exactly $2,230,356) | Eugen Systems |
 | Line War | older | $24.99 | 1,076 80% | 32k | $807k (exactly $806,677) | Studio Centurion |
 | Vietnam War | · EA | $14.99 | 1,704 84% | 51k | $766k (exactly $766,289) | Thorium Game Lab |
 | Battlezone 98 Redux | older | $19.99 | 1,044 91% | 31k | $626k (exactly $626,087) | Big Boat Interactive |
 | Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts | older | $19.99 | 818 90% | 25k | $491k (exactly $490,555) | Relic Entertainment |
 | Stickman Trenches | older | $5.99 | 1,922 81% | 58k | $345k (exactly $345,383) | Big Play Games |
 | D.O.T. Defence | $14.99 | 196 85% | 5.9k | $88k (exactly $88,141) | Rattleaxe Games | |
 | Tactical Annihilation | $15.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $27k (exactly $26,863) | B.G. Game Studio | |
 | Tactical Warfare | $9.99 | 52 67% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $15,584) | Mizrab | |
 | Rage Of Towers | $14.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Tiger Among Shadows | |
 | War Untold | · EA | $1.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $1.0k (exactly $1,015) | Green Giraffe |
 | FEBA Gunship R | $2.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | rucsgames | |
 | Blitz Society | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Ryan Evans | |
 | hotland | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | AdamasZ |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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