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Specimen · observed

Should I ship a Robot Tank game?

Tanks + Robots

Only 13 developers shipped a Robot 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, FRONT MISSION 3: Remake, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 29 more are announced, ×3.2 for every developer who shipped in the last year.

Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.

The middle developer here made $300, ×0.5 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $90. 29 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper, while revenue is up 260% on the market.

Deciding numbers: median 0.5 times the market baseline, revenue up 260% on the market, 29 announced, ×3.2 per developer who shipped in the last year.
Nobody has said they are building this yet.
Tanks + Robots
Fig. 1 · this niche among 16,100
Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr n = 13
Median est. gross by half-year cohort, 2023 H1 to 2026 H2: $782k → $1.4k → $539 → $239 → $598 (still earning) → $1.5k (still earning)
The last cohort is still earning.
Outcomes for Tanks + Robots: Plate 1 · outcomes, 2 yr, n = 13
Bottom 30% $90 (exactly $90)
Median $299 (exactly $299)
Top 25% $598 (exactly $598)
Top 5% $476k (exactly $475,514)
Developers, 2 yr 13
Released games 48
Announced 29
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 up 260% on the market, supply 125% more developers than the period before.

Free games: 8%, excluded from money figures.

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Plate 2 · systems and tooling

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
Robots
effort 5 / 10 · medium · effort 5 sits in the medium band

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Plate 3 · the cost side

What it takes

Effort
5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
Systems
Tanks; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Strategy, Bullet Hell
Price point
$4.99 typical · top 25% priced $34.99 or above
Art
5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Stylized
Plate 4 · demand

Why players buy here

The top 25% priced at $34.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.

The top 10 games average 77% positive over 531 reviews.

Plate 5 · the loss side

What kills games here

Developer outcomes in the last 2 years by share: 3 in 10 under $90, median $300, 1 in 4 over $590, 1 in 20 over $470k.

3 in 10 developers made under $90. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 29 games are announced against 9 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.2 per shipper.

Plate 6 · same mechanic, other settings

Adjacent niches

Tanks with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.

  1. + HistoricalFair25 devs · median $5.4k · 26 announced
  2. + Turn-Based StrategyFair25 devs · median $3.0k · 24 announced
  3. + Turn-Based TacticsFair24 devs · median $3.0k · 24 announced
  4. + Tower DefenseFair14 devs · median $1.5k · 13 announced
  5. + Open WorldFair9 devs · median $1.3k · 11 announced
  6. + 2D PlatformerFair11 devs · median $599 · 11 announced
  7. + Online Co-OpPoor odds10 devs · median $16k · 26 announced
  8. + RPGPoor odds13 devs · median $14k · 8 announced
  9. + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds18 devs · median $7.2k · 23 announced
  10. + Action RTSPoor odds12 devs · median $4.0k · 19 announced
  11. + Real Time TacticsPoor odds22 devs · median $3.2k · 38 announced
  12. + TacticalPoor odds49 devs · median $2.5k · 85 announced

All 71 pairs on the Tanks page

Plate 7 · comparable specimens, by est. revenue

Comparable games

Phantom Brigade 2023 · $4.0M CUSTOM MECH WARS 2023 · $844k FRONT MISSION 1st: Remake 2023 · $782k FRONT MISSION 3: Remake 2026 · $476k FRONT MISSION 2: Remake 2024 · $366k
Capsule Game Released Price Reviews Est. copies Est. revenue Developer
Phantom Brigade older $29.99 4,412 81% 132k $4.0M (exactly $3,969,476) Brace Yourself Games
CUSTOM MECH WARS older $49.99 563 41% 17k $844k (exactly $844,331) D3PUBLISHER
FRONT MISSION 1st: Remake older $34.99 745 77% 22k $782k (exactly $782,026) Forever Entertainment S. A.
FRONT MISSION 3: Remake $34.99 453 74% 14k $476k (exactly $475,514) MegaPixel Studio S.A.
FRONT MISSION 2: Remake older $34.99 349 57% 10k $366k (exactly $366,345) Storm Trident S.A.
War of the Human Tanks older $9.99 339 91% 10k $102k (exactly $101,598) Yakiniku Banzai
Planet Cube: Edge older $14.99 110 90% 3.3k $49k (exactly $49,467) Sunna Entertainment
Battle Engine Aquila older $9.99 139 92% 4.2k $42k (exactly $41,658) Lost Toys Ltd
Tactical Annihilation $15.99 56 98% 1.7k $27k (exactly $26,863) B.G. Game Studio
Rocket Bot Royale older $2.99 243 88% 7.3k $22k (exactly $21,797) Winterpixel Games
Battle Echoes $6.99 7 85% 210 $1.5k (exactly $1,468) rose may games
Tread Heavy $3.99 5 100% 150 $598 (exactly $598) Nos Games LTD
TANCRUSH · EA $7.99 2 100% 60 $479 (exactly $479) WOOLOOLOO
Soul Machine $4.99 2 0% 60 $299 (exactly $299) Zanarka Studio
GG Tanks $4.99 2 100% 60 $299 (exactly $299) Rodrigo Pistorello Vidor
Tank Hunter $3.99 2 100% 60 $239 (exactly $239) MGameBox
StompyBoy $4.99 1 0% 30 $150 (exactly $150) Studio Prime LLC
Warscape Alpha $2.99 1 100% 30 $90 (exactly $90) Future-B Games

Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.