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Should I ship a Local Co-Op Tank game?
Tanks + Local Co-Op
Only 8 developers shipped a Local 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, Exo Wanderers, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 9 more are announced, ×2.3 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
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 $860 against a market of $630. 9 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $358 (exactly $358) |
|---|---|
| Median | $861 (exactly $861) |
| Top 25% | $6.7k (exactly $6,736) |
| Top 5% | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 9 |
| Effort | 5 / 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 90% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 7%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Tanks
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Local Co-Op
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Tanks, Local Co-Op
- Price point
- $4.99 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 $11.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 87% positive over 1,172 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $360. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 9 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.3 per shipper.
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
Wee Tanks! 2023 · $164k 
Battle Engine Aquila 2020 · $42k 
Tiny Tanks 2019 · EA · $33k 
Ballistic Tanks 2016 · $32k 
Tanky Tanks 2 2023 · $13k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Wee Tanks! | older | $9.99 | 548 90% | 16k | $164k (exactly $164,236) | Studio Kit |
| | Battle Engine Aquila | older | $9.99 | 139 92% | 4.2k | $42k (exactly $41,658) | Lost Toys Ltd |
| | Tiny Tanks | · EA older | $9.99 | 111 65% | 3.3k | $33k (exactly $33,267) | LeadFollow Games |
| | Ballistic Tanks | older | $4.99 | 212 81% | 6.4k | $32k (exactly $31,736) | Kirklight Games |
| | Tanky Tanks 2 | older | $9.99 | 45 100% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | EpiXR Games UG |
 | ConnecTank | older | $29.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $12k (exactly $11,696) | YummyYummyTummy, Tamatin Entertainment |
 | Exo Wanderers | · EA | $11.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) | 什工坊SueStudio |
 | Threads of War | $4.99 | 45 97% | 1.4k | $6.7k (exactly $6,736) | KoS | |
 | Tank Brawl | older | $4.99 | 24 62% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Phung Games |
 | Tank Quest | older | $8.99 | 13 92% | 390 | $3.5k (exactly $3,506) | MasterDavicous |
 | Rogue Tanks | $4.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $898 (exactly $898) | Clayton Games | |
 | Tanks: 1985 | $0.99 | 29 72% | 870 | $861 (exactly $861) | CODEHUB | |
 | BattleTanks - Animal Wars | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Kasur Games | |
 | Paper Cannon | $1.99 | 6 33% | 180 | $358 (exactly $358) | Enter the Game Studios | |
 | Tank Brigade | $9.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $300 (exactly $300) | Dual B Games | |
 | Delta Directive | $0.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | CODEHUB | |
 | Shell Rush | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Nicolae Bondoc |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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