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Should I ship a Tanks Racing game?
Racing + Tanks
Only 7 developers shipped a Tanks Racing 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.. 3 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 2 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $600 against a market of $630. 3 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $119 (exactly $119) |
|---|---|
| Median | $598 (exactly $598) |
| Top 25% | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) |
| Top 5% | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 7 |
| Released games | 30 |
| Announced | 3 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $3.99 |
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 60% fewer developers than the period before.
Free games: 27%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Racing, Tanks
- Price point
- $3.99 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 $3.99.
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 1,912 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $120. 8 in 10 of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 3 games are announced against 2 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Racing with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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- + Time ManipulationFair
- + IdlerFair
- + Choices MatterFair
- + City BuilderLong shot
- + Inventory ManagementPoor odds
Comparable games
Instruments of Destruction 2024 · $857k 
Crash Drive 3 2021 · $131k 
Dieselpunk Wars 2021 · $52k 
Exo Wanderers 2024 · EA · $7.9k 
Karin's Instruction 2024 · $5.3k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Instruments of Destruction | older | $19.99 | 1,429 91% | 43k | $857k (exactly $856,971) | Radiangames |
| | Crash Drive 3 | older | $19.99 | 219 93% | 6.6k | $131k (exactly $131,334) | M2H |
| | Dieselpunk Wars | older | $14.99 | 116 55% | 3.5k | $52k (exactly $52,165) | Image Power S.A., Roasted Games |
| | Exo Wanderers | · EA | $11.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) | 什工坊SueStudio |
| | Karin's Instruction | older | $3.99 | 44 84% | 1.3k | $5.3k (exactly $5,267) | 78Games |
 | Transporter | $9.99 | 14 100% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | Acid Pixel Studios | |
 | Tank Zombie Smasher | older | $4.99 | 20 85% | 600 | $3.0k (exactly $2,994) | SimpleSoft |
 | ULTIMATE ARMORED TURBODRIFTER ~ SaGa Chapter 2 ~【TANK AUTHORITY WOLFRAM】 | $4.99 | 16 100% | 480 | $2.4k (exactly $2,395) | The Dark Union | |
 | NoAmmo | older | $3.99 | 18 88% | 540 | $2.2k (exactly $2,155) | · |
 | Run Tank Run | older | $2.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $1.3k (exactly $1,256) | 樂磚Joy Brick |
 | Tread Heavy | $3.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Nos Games LTD | |
 | Drift Tank | $0.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $119 (exactly $119) | Pixel_Foxes_Studio | |
 | Slide Faster | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | Puzzle Drop Studio | |
 | Vehicle Laboratory | $1.99 | 0 0% | 0 | $0 (exactly $0) | Coarse Bread Access |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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