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Destruction + Tanks
Only 19 developers shipped a Tanks Destruction 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, Call to Arms: Panzer Elite, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 44 more are announced, ×3.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $360 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 12 developers shipped in the last year and 44 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $30 (exactly $30) |
|---|---|
| Median | $358 (exactly $358) |
| Top 25% | $32k (exactly $32,384) |
| Top 5% | $1.7M (exactly $1,733,722) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 19 |
| Released games | 66 |
| Announced | 44 |
| Effort | 6 / 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 65% on the market, supply 70% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 14%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Destruction
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Tanks
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Destruction, Tanks; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Combat, Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $29.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with First-Person
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $29.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 78% positive over 5,122 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 8 in 10 of the 10 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 44 games are announced against 12 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Destruction with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Space SimFair
- + ModernFair
- + God GameFair
- + Hidden ObjectFair
- + Hack and SlashPoor odds
- + HistoricalPoor odds
- + CapitalismPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Automobile SimPoor odds
- + ManagementPoor odds
- + AutomationPoor odds
Comparable games
Battlefield™ 1 2020 · $241M 
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 2014 · $32M 
Gunner, HEAT, PC! 2022 · EA · $6.8M 
Call to Arms: Panzer Elite 2025 · EA · $1.7M 
Men of War: Assault Squad 2011 · $1.2M | 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 |
| | Men of War: Assault Squad 2 | older | $29.99 | 35,744 91% | 1.1M | $32M (exactly $32,158,877) | Digitalmindsoft |
| | Gunner, HEAT, PC! | · EA older | $29.99 | 7,603 91% | 228k | $6.8M (exactly $6,840,419) | Radian Simulations LLC |
| | Call to Arms: Panzer Elite | · EA | $29.99 | 1,927 69% | 58k | $1.7M (exactly $1,733,722) | Digitalmindsoft |
| | Men of War: Assault Squad | older | $9.99 | 4,029 87% | 121k | $1.2M (exactly $1,207,491) | Digitalmindsoft |
 | Instruments of Destruction | older | $19.99 | 1,429 91% | 43k | $857k (exactly $856,971) | Radiangames |
 | Vietnam War | · EA | $14.99 | 1,704 84% | 51k | $766k (exactly $766,289) | Thorium Game Lab |
 | Brigador Killers | · EA | $24.99 | 572 69% | 17k | $429k (exactly $428,828) | Stellar Jockeys, Gausswerks |
 | Armored Battle Crew [World War 1] - Tank Warfare and Crew Management Simulator | · EA older | $19.99 | 635 32% | 19k | $381k (exactly $380,809) | Gattai Games |
 | Beach Invasion 1944 | older | $9.99 | 1,038 84% | 31k | $311k (exactly $311,089) | AIx2 Games |
 | Mech Havoc | · EA | $9.99 | 813 96% | 24k | $244k (exactly $243,656) | Mid Development |
 | Battlefield Commander WWII | · EA | $19.99 | 54 70% | 1.6k | $32k (exactly $32,384) | Sword of Steel |
 | Bridge Hunter | · EA | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Double Light |
 | ULTIMATE ARMORED TURBODRIFTER ~ SaGa Chapter 2 ~【TANK AUTHORITY WOLFRAM】 | $4.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | The Dark Union | |
 | FEBA Gunship R | $2.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | rucsgames | |
 | Anti Terrorist Shooting Game | $1.49 | 9 77% | 270 | $402 (exactly $402) | Squad Cell | |
 | Paper Cannon | $1.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | Enter the Game Studios |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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