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Should I ship a Tanks Sandbox?
Sandbox + Tanks
Only 8 developers shipped a Tanks Sandbox 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.. 18 more are announced, ×4.5 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
Only 4 developers shipped this in the last year, under the 5 a verdict needs; over 2 years the middle one made $15k against a market of $630. 18 games are announced.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $1.0k (exactly $1,015) |
|---|---|
| Median | $15k (exactly $14,840) |
| Top 25% | $961k (exactly $961,308) |
| Top 5% | $5.7M (exactly $5,730,134) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 8 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 18 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| 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 11525% on the market, supply as many developers as the period before.
Free games: 19%, 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
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Sandbox, 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 $29.99 or above; the middle game at $14.99.
The top 10 games average 81% positive over 45,696 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $1.1k. 18 games are announced against 4 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.5 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Sandbox with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
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Comparable games
Sprocket 2021 · EA · $7.4M 
The Front 2025 · $5.7M 
Total Tank Simulator 2020 · $4.5M 
Sudden Strike 4 2017 · $3.7M 
NavalArt 2018 · EA · $1.4M | 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 |
| | The Front | $19.99 | 9,555 66% | 287k | $5.7M (exactly $5,730,134) | Samar Studio | |
| | Total Tank Simulator | older | $19.99 | 7,582 81% | 227k | $4.5M (exactly $4,546,925) | Noobz from Poland |
| | Sudden Strike 4 | older | $19.99 | 6,249 78% | 187k | $3.7M (exactly $3,747,525) | Kite Games |
| | NavalArt | · EA older | $19.99 | 2,362 90% | 71k | $1.4M (exactly $1,416,491) | Rigidbody |
 | Men of War: Assault Squad | older | $9.99 | 4,029 87% | 121k | $1.2M (exactly $1,207,491) | Digitalmindsoft |
 | Sudden Strike 5 | $49.99 | 641 75% | 19k | $961k (exactly $961,308) | Kite Games | |
 | Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks | · EA older | $29.99 | 1,000 65% | 30k | $900k (exactly $899,700) | FunGi |
 | KAISERPUNK | $29.99 | 884 71% | 27k | $795k (exactly $795,335) | Overseer Games | |
 | Model Builder: Complete Edition | older | $19.99 | 1,058 74% | 32k | $634k (exactly $634,483) | Moonlit S.A. |
 | Frontline: Assault Corps WW2 | $14.99 | 33 75% | 990 | $15k (exactly $14,840) | Frontline: Games Series | |
 | Tiny Glass Tank: Dwarf Shrimp and Friends | $12.99 | 7 57% | 210 | $2.7k (exactly $2,728) | PepeYonyon | |
 | War Untold | · EA | $1.99 | 17 82% | 510 | $1.0k (exactly $1,015) | Green Giraffe |
 | hotland | $1.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $60 (exactly $60) | AdamasZ | |
 | 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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