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Should I ship a Procedural Generation Tank game?
Tanks + Procedural Generation
Only 9 developers shipped a Procedural Generation 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, Tankenstein, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 17 more are announced, ×2.4 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $450 in the last 2 years and $450 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 5 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 17 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $450 (exactly $450) |
| Top 25% | $539 (exactly $539) |
| Top 5% | $128k (exactly $128,449) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 9 |
| Released games | 31 |
| Announced | 17 |
| 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 too few recent games to read momentum, supply 250% 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.
- Tanks
- effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band
- Procedural Generation
- effort 4 / 10 · medium · effort 4 sits in the medium band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Tanks, Procedural Generation
- 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 $19.99 or above; the middle game at $5.99.
The top 10 games average 92% positive over 13,410 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. 17 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.4 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
Sprocket 2021 · EA · $7.4M 
Armoured Commander II 2021 · $176k 
Tankenstein 2025 · EA · $128k 
Sandbox World 2024 · $20k 
Dead Hand 2019 · $19k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Sprocket | · EA older | $19.99 | 12,336 92% | 370k | $7.4M (exactly $7,397,899) | Hamish Dunn |
| | Armoured Commander II | older | $9.99 | 587 98% | 18k | $176k (exactly $175,924) | Gregory Adam Scott |
| | Tankenstein | · EA | $17.99 | 238 89% | 7.1k | $128k (exactly $128,449) | Landship Games LTD |
| | Sandbox World | older | $4.99 | 133 72% | 4.0k | $20k (exactly $19,910) | XMAKE |
| | Dead Hand | older | $19.99 | 31 80% | 930 | $19k (exactly $18,591) | One Man Army Games |
 | ConnecTank | older | $29.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $12k (exactly $11,696) | YummyYummyTummy, Tamatin Entertainment |
 | Expand & Exterminate: Terrytorial Disputes - Endless Base Defense | · EA older | $1.99 | 53 81% | 1.6k | $3.2k (exactly $3,164) | Terryble Interactive |
 | Tanklike | · EA older | $9.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $2.1k (exactly $2,098) | Julian Edison, Grayson Dew |
 | Solar Storm | older | $6.99 | 9 100% | 270 | $1.9k (exactly $1,887) | Jakub Tomšů |
 | Wardudes | · EA older | $14.99 | 3 66% | 90 | $1.3k (exactly $1,349) | Ambitious Games |
 | Mk50TWL Vehicle Battler Custom Slider | · EA | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | TimberWoodLumber Games |
 | Nyassembled! | · EA | $8.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $539 (exactly $539) | K. N. Factory |
 | Tankbot Battle | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Galaxius Games LLC | |
 | Scorched Legacy | $14.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $450 (exactly $450) | Whitemarsh Games, LLC | |
 | Hostile Paths | $2.49 | 1 100% | 30 | $75 (exactly $75) | Alberto Lanata | |
 | Canyon Raid | $4.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Dad Does Games | |
 | Bulletreign: Survivors | · EA | $2.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Semih Cagatay |
 | Sunfall '80 | $3.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Sean Beyer |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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