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Should I ship a Modern-Day Tank game?
Tanks + Modern
Only 11 developers shipped a paid Modern-Day 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, Broken Arrow, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 4 in 10 of the games here are free to play and sit outside these figures. 15 more are announced, ×2.1 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $900, ×1.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $630; 1 in 20 cleared $38M, ×61908 the market median. Revenue is up 35% on the market; 15 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $629 (exactly $629) |
|---|---|
| Median | $899 (exactly $899) |
| Top 25% | $8.6k (exactly $8,626) |
| Top 5% | $39M (exactly $38,878,223) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 15 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
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 35% on the market, supply 75% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 41%, 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
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 9 games average 55% positive over 26,045 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $630. 7 in 10 of the 7 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 15 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.1 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Tanks with a different setting or mood, 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
Broken Arrow 2025 · $39M 
Gunner, HEAT, PC! 2022 · EA · $6.8M 
Regiments 2022 · $2.5M 
Instruments of Destruction 2024 · $857k 
Heroic Armored Company 2020 · EA · $94k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Broken Arrow | $49.99 | 25,924 55% | 778k | $39M (exactly $38,878,223) | Steel Balalaika | |
| | Gunner, HEAT, PC! | · EA older | $29.99 | 7,603 91% | 228k | $6.8M (exactly $6,840,419) | Radian Simulations LLC |
| | Regiments | older | $29.99 | 2,822 87% | 85k | $2.5M (exactly $2,538,953) | Bird's Eye Games |
| | Instruments of Destruction | older | $19.99 | 1,429 91% | 43k | $857k (exactly $856,971) | Radiangames |
| | Heroic Armored Company | · EA older | $16.99 | 185 56% | 5.6k | $94k (exactly $94,294) | Magicvalley Studio（魔法谷工作室） |
 | 大戦略SSB2 | $59.99 | 36 66% | 1.1k | $65k (exactly $64,789) | Systemsoft beta, Inc. | |
 | Tokyo Warfare Turbo | older | $14.99 | 136 86% | 4.1k | $61k (exactly $61,159) | Pablo Vidaurre Sanz |
 | Kamikaze Strike: FPV Drone | $5.99 | 48 83% | 1.4k | $8.6k (exactly $8,626) | Dinomore Games | |
 | Bridge Hunter | · EA | $9.99 | 12 100% | 360 | $3.6k (exactly $3,596) | Double Light |
 | AXYOS: Battlecards | older | $4.99 | 24 75% | 720 | $3.6k (exactly $3,593) | Axyos Games |
 | Tracktopia | $4.99 | 8 100% | 240 | $1.2k (exactly $1,198) | GalaDev | |
 | Platoon | $9.99 | 3 33% | 90 | $899 (exactly $899) | Phalanx Tactical | |
 | FEBA Gunship R | $2.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $807 (exactly $807) | rucsgames | |
 | Fire and Movement | · EA | $6.99 | 3 100% | 90 | $629 (exactly $629) | 星川友亮 |
 | Soul Machine | $4.99 | 2 0% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Zanarka Studio | |
 | KS Tank War | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | KS For Fun Games |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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