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Level Editor + Tanks
Only 9 developers shipped a Level Editor 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, Warside, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 16 more are announced, ×5.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
Only 3 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $1.1k against a market of $630. 16 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) |
| Top 25% | $33k (exactly $33,278) |
| Top 5% | $410k (exactly $410,086) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 26 |
| Announced | 16 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 4370% on the market, supply 50% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Level Editor
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Tanks
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Level Editor, Tanks
- Price point
- $7.99 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 $24.99 or above; the middle game at $9.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 50,514 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. 7 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 16 games are announced against 3 developers who shipped in the last year, ×5.3 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Level Editor with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + MilitaryPoor odds
- + City BuilderPoor odds
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Comparable games
Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection 2020 · $19M 
Men of War II 2024 · $7.6M 
Sudden Strike 4 2017 · $3.7M 
Men of War: Assault Squad 2011 · $1.2M 
Hex of Steel 2020 · $647k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection | older | $19.99 | 31,503 90% | 945k | $19M (exactly $18,892,349) | Petroglyph, Lemon Sky Studios |
| | Men of War II | older | $44.99 | 5,614 60% | 168k | $7.6M (exactly $7,577,216) | Best Way |
| | Sudden Strike 4 | older | $19.99 | 6,249 78% | 187k | $3.7M (exactly $3,747,525) | Kite Games |
| | Men of War: Assault Squad | older | $9.99 | 4,029 87% | 121k | $1.2M (exactly $1,207,491) | Digitalmindsoft |
| | Hex of Steel | older | $24.99 | 863 95% | 26k | $647k (exactly $646,991) | War Frogs Studio |
 | Warside | $24.99 | 547 68% | 16k | $410k (exactly $410,086) | LAVABIRD | |
 | Command & Conquer Renegade™ | older | $6.96 | 851 83% | 26k | $178k (exactly $177,689) | Westwood Studios |
 | Armored Brigade II | $39.99 | 147 87% | 4.4k | $176k (exactly $176,356) | Veitikka Studios | |
 | Wee Tanks! | older | $9.99 | 548 90% | 16k | $164k (exactly $164,236) | Studio Kit |
 | Valor & Victory | older | $19.99 | 163 69% | 4.9k | $98k (exactly $97,751) | Yobowargames |
 | Earth vs Mars | $14.99 | 74 85% | 2.2k | $33k (exactly $33,278) | Relic Entertainment | |
 | Tactical Annihilation | $15.99 | 56 98% | 1.7k | $27k (exactly $26,863) | B.G. Game Studio | |
 | Tanks of Freedom II | $5.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $1.1k (exactly $1,078) | P1X | |
 | Tank Fight | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | Pixel_Gamer, TNT_MAN1111 | |
 | Steel Crawlers | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Artcodeup | |
 | Silly Tanks | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | shebagar | |
 | Tank Busters | · EA | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | tankotableat |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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