Should I ship a Co-op Tank game?
Co-op + Tanks
Only 12 developers shipped a Co-op 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, The Front, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 7 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $6.7k against a market of $1.5k. 21 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $402 (exactly $402) |
|---|---|
| Median | $6.7k (exactly $6,736) |
| Top 25% | $410k (exactly $410,086) |
| Top 5% | $5.7M (exactly $5,730,134) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 76 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| 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 down 85% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 21%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Co-op, Tanks
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 67% positive over 11,131 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $410. 8 in 10 of the 13 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.
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Comparable games
Battlefield™ 1 2020 · $241M 
Company of Heroes 2 2013 · $41M 
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 2014 · $32M 
Call of Duty: World at War 2008 · $27M 
WARNO 2024 · $17M | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Battlefield™ 1 | older | $39.99 | 200,661 86% | 6.0M | $241M (exactly $240,733,002) | DICE |
| | 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 |
| | WARNO | older | $39.99 | 14,502 80% | 435k | $17M (exactly $17,398,049) | Eugen Systems |
 | ShellShock Live | older | $9.99 | 29,340 93% | 880k | $8.8M (exactly $8,793,198) | kChamp Games |
 | Men of War II | older | $44.99 | 5,614 60% | 168k | $7.6M (exactly $7,577,216) | Best Way |
 | 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 |
 | Steel Division: Normandy 44 | older | $19.99 | 4,765 74% | 143k | $2.9M (exactly $2,857,570) | Eugen Systems |
 | Tank Squad | $19.99 | 847 70% | 25k | $508k (exactly $507,946) | DeGenerals S.A. | |
 | Warside | $24.99 | 547 68% | 16k | $410k (exactly $410,086) | LAVABIRD | |
 | Battlefield Commander WWII | · EA | $19.99 | 54 70% | 1.6k | $32k (exactly $32,384) | Sword of Steel |
 | Tactical Warfare | $9.99 | 52 67% | 1.6k | $16k (exactly $15,584) | Mizrab | |
 | Threads of War | $4.99 | 45 97% | 1.4k | $6.7k (exactly $6,736) | KoS | |
 | Contract of Swarm Hunter | $2.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $1.3k (exactly $1,346) | ZYI Game | |
 | Rogue Tanks | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Clayton Games | |
 | Anti Terrorist Shooting Game | $1.49 | 9 77% | 270 | $402 (exactly $402) | Squad Cell | |
 | Tank Brigade | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Dual B Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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