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Tanks + Board Game
Only 8 developers shipped a Board Game Tank 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, Neuroshima Hex, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 3 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $2.5k against a market of $630. 3 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $120 (exactly $120) |
|---|---|
| Median | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) |
| Top 25% | $27k (exactly $26,863) |
| Top 5% | $28k (exactly $27,872) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 33 |
| Announced | 3 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
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 415% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 9%, excluded from money figures.
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
- Board Game
- effort 2 / 10 · high · effort 2 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Tanks, Board Game
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
Fewer than 10 games in the last 2 years; sentiment and price figures use the all window.
The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 80% positive over 4,640 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 3 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
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
Line War 2022 · $807k 
Hex of Steel 2020 · $647k 
Second Front 2023 · $643k 
Headquarters: World War II 2024 · $609k 
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg 2020 · $530k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Line War | older | $24.99 | 1,076 80% | 32k | $807k (exactly $806,677) | Studio Centurion |
| | Hex of Steel | older | $24.99 | 863 95% | 26k | $647k (exactly $646,991) | War Frogs Studio |
| | Second Front | older | $34.99 | 613 78% | 18k | $643k (exactly $643,466) | Hexdraw |
| | Headquarters: World War II | older | $39.99 | 508 74% | 15k | $609k (exactly $609,448) | Starni Games |
| | Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg | older | $39.99 | 442 84% | 13k | $530k (exactly $530,267) | Starni Games |
 | Panzer Strategy | older | $29.99 | 437 64% | 13k | $393k (exactly $393,169) | Starni Games |
 | Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism | older | $29.99 | 193 78% | 5.8k | $174k (exactly $173,642) | Starni Games |
 | Ogre | older | $24.99 | 223 66% | 6.7k | $167k (exactly $167,183) | Auroch Digital |
 | Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom | older | $29.99 | 122 86% | 3.7k | $110k (exactly $109,763) | Starni Games |
 | Valor & Victory | older | $19.99 | 163 69% | 4.9k | $98k (exactly $97,751) | Yobowargames |
 | Neuroshima Hex | $9.99 | 93 72% | 2.8k | $28k (exactly $27,872) | Baked Games | |
 | Tactical Annihilation | $15.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $27k (exactly $26,863) | B.G. Game Studio | |
 | Cold War Battles | $19.99 | 12 91% | 360 | $7.2k (exactly $7,196) | Kudos Games | |
 | Panzer Commander | $6.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $2.5k (exactly $2,516) | Fancing Game Studio | |
 | Toon Troops Strategy | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | New Angle Digital | |
 | War War | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Verto Studio LLC | |
 | Mother Of All Battles | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Sean O'Connor | |
 | Milichess | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Prairieville Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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