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Should I ship a Tanks Grand Strategy?
Grand Strategy + Tanks
Only 6 developers shipped a Tanks Grand Strategy 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, KAISERPUNK, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 7 more are announced.
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 $65k against a market of $1.5k. 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) |
|---|---|
| Median | $65k (exactly $64,789) |
| Top 25% | $176k (exactly $176,356) |
| Top 5% | $795k (exactly $795,335) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 7 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $29.99 |
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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 22%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Grand Strategy
- effort 7 / 10 · low · effort 7 sits in the low band
- Tanks
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 7 / 10 · big single-player or serious online
- Systems
- Grand Strategy, Tanks
- Price point
- $29.99 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 14,519 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.4k. 7 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Grand Strategy with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + SportsFair
- + RogueliteFair
- + CrimeFair
- + RacingFair
- + IncrementalFair
- + Artificial IntelligenceLong shot
- + TabletopLong shot
- + Turn-BasedPoor odds
- + SandboxPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + DiplomacyPoor odds
Comparable games
Airships: Conquer the Skies 2018 · $4.6M 
The Great War: Western Front™ 2023 · $2.9M 
Panzer Corps Gold 2014 · $2.0M 
Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks 2024 · EA · $900k 
Line War 2022 · $807k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Airships: Conquer the Skies | older | $24.99 | 6,197 95% | 186k | $4.6M (exactly $4,645,891) | David Stark |
| | The Great War: Western Front™ | older | $34.99 | 2,733 66% | 82k | $2.9M (exactly $2,868,830) | Petroglyph |
| | Panzer Corps Gold | older | $29.99 | 2,227 91% | 67k | $2.0M (exactly $2,003,632) | Flashback Games, The Lordz Games Studio |
| | Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks | · EA older | $29.99 | 1,000 65% | 30k | $900k (exactly $899,700) | FunGi |
| | Line War | older | $24.99 | 1,076 80% | 32k | $807k (exactly $806,677) | Studio Centurion |
 | KAISERPUNK | $29.99 | 884 71% | 27k | $795k (exactly $795,335) | Overseer Games | |
 | DAISENRYAKU PERFECT 4.0 | older | $59.99 | 117 35% | 3.5k | $211k (exactly $210,565) | Systemsoft beta, Inc. |
 | Armored Brigade II | $39.99 | 147 87% | 4.4k | $176k (exactly $176,356) | Veitikka Studios | |
 | 大戦略SSB2 | $59.99 | 36 66% | 1.1k | $65k (exactly $64,789) | Systemsoft beta, Inc. | |
 | Frontline: Panzer Blitzkrieg! | older | $9.99 | 102 86% | 3.1k | $31k (exactly $30,569) | Frontline: Games Series |
 | Tactical Annihilation | $15.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $27k (exactly $26,863) | B.G. Game Studio | |
 | Frontline: Afrika Korps | $14.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | Frontline: Games Series | |
 | Mother Of All Battles | $9.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Sean O'Connor |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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