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Tanks + Hex Grid
Only 6 developers shipped a Hex Grid 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, 大戦略SSB2, 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 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 $7.2k against a market of $630. 7 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $7.2k (exactly $7,196) |
| Top 25% | $27k (exactly $26,863) |
| Top 5% | $65k (exactly $64,789) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 6 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 7 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $15.99 |
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: 10%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Tanks, Hex Grid
- Price point
- $15.99 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 $39.99 or above; the middle game at $19.99.
The top 10 games average 84% positive over 5,939 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 7 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
Panzer Corps Gold 2014 · $2.0M 
The Troop 2023 · $979k 
Hex of Steel 2020 · $647k 
Second Front 2023 · $643k 
Panzer Strategy 2018 · $393k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Panzer Corps Gold | older | $29.99 | 2,227 91% | 67k | $2.0M (exactly $2,003,632) | Flashback Games, The Lordz Games Studio |
| | The Troop | older | $39.99 | 816 83% | 24k | $979k (exactly $978,955) | Giant Flame |
| | 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 |
| | Panzer Strategy | older | $29.99 | 437 64% | 13k | $393k (exactly $393,169) | Starni Games |
 | DAISENRYAKU PERFECT 4.0 | older | $59.99 | 117 35% | 3.5k | $211k (exactly $210,565) | Systemsoft beta, Inc. |
 | Möbius Front '83 | older | $19.99 | 328 74% | 9.8k | $197k (exactly $196,702) | Zachtronics |
 | 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 |
 | 大戦略SSB2 | $59.99 | 36 66% | 1.1k | $65k (exactly $64,789) | Systemsoft beta, Inc. | |
 | 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 | |
 | Fire and Movement | · EA | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | 星川友亮 |
 | War War | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | Verto Studio LLC |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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