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Should I ship a Tanks Open World game?
Open World + Tanks
Only 9 developers shipped a Tanks Open World 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, The Front, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 11 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.3k, ×0.9 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $50. Revenue is up 13535% on the market; 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) |
| Top 25% | $128k (exactly $128,449) |
| Top 5% | $5.7M (exactly $5,730,134) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 11 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $14.99 |
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 13535% on the market, supply 100% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 30%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Open World
- effort 8 / 10 · low · effort 8 sits in the low band
- Tanks
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Open World, Tanks
- Price point
- $14.99 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 $14.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 219,734 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 11 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Open World with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + FaithLong shot
- + DiplomacyPoor odds
- + Real-Time with PausePoor odds
- + Co-op CampaignPoor odds
- + MusicPoor odds
Comparable games
Battlefield™ 1 2020 · $241M 
The Front 2025 · $5.7M 
Steel Division: Normandy 44 2017 · $2.9M 
SAND LAND 2024 · $1.8M 
Vietnam War 2025 · EA · $766k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Battlefield™ 1 | older | $39.99 | 200,661 86% | 6.0M | $241M (exactly $240,733,002) | DICE |
| | The Front | $19.99 | 9,555 66% | 287k | $5.7M (exactly $5,730,134) | Samar Studio | |
| | Steel Division: Normandy 44 | older | $19.99 | 4,765 74% | 143k | $2.9M (exactly $2,857,570) | Eugen Systems |
| | SAND LAND | older | $59.99 | 1,018 86% | 31k | $1.8M (exactly $1,832,095) | ILCA, Inc. |
| | Vietnam War | · EA | $14.99 | 1,704 84% | 51k | $766k (exactly $766,289) | Thorium Game Lab |
 | METAL MAX Xeno Reborn | older | $39.99 | 444 65% | 13k | $533k (exactly $532,667) | 24Frame,inc. |
 | Iron Front: Digital War Edition | older | $14.99 | 774 58% | 23k | $348k (exactly $348,068) | X1 Software, AWAR |
 | Combat Air Patrol 2: Military Flight Simulator | · EA older | $29.99 | 356 47% | 11k | $320k (exactly $320,293) | Sim155 Limited |
 | Crash Drive 3 | older | $19.99 | 219 93% | 6.6k | $131k (exactly $131,334) | M2H |
 | Tankenstein | · EA | $17.99 | 238 89% | 7.1k | $128k (exactly $128,449) | Landship Games LTD |
 | Oath of Steel | $18.99 | 4 0% | 120 | $2.3k (exactly $2,279) | Ling Jun | |
 | Tanks 3D | $4.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $1.3k (exactly $1,347) | yp3d | |
 | Code Ragnarok | $0.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $30 (exactly $30) | 吴健002 | |
 | What's Needed | $11.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Solitary Bunny Studios | |
 | Sunfall '80 | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Sean Beyer | |
 | Heroes of Retribution | $16.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Sortech Studio |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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