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Tanks + Tower Defense
Only 14 developers shipped a Tower Defense 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, The Front, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 13 more are announced.
Verdict: fair, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $1.5k, ×2.4 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, with 3 in 10 under $480. Revenue is up 7970% on the market; 13 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $479 (exactly $479) |
|---|---|
| Median | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) |
| Top 25% | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) |
| Top 5% | $5.7M (exactly $5,730,134) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 14 |
| Released games | 43 |
| Announced | 13 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $7.99 |
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 7970% on the market, supply 35% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 9%, 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
- Tower Defense
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Tanks, Tower Defense; 5 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Base Building, Shooter
- Price point
- $7.99 typical · top 25% priced $19.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Cartoony, Top-Down
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $19.99 or above; the middle game at $7.99.
The top 10 games average 67% positive over 9,914 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $480. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 13 games are announced against 8 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
Tanks with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + HistoricalFair
- + Turn-Based StrategyFair
- + Turn-Based TacticsFair
- + Open WorldFair
- + 2D PlatformerFair
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + RPGPoor odds
- + Turn-Based CombatPoor odds
- + Action RTSPoor odds
- + Real Time TacticsPoor odds
- + TacticalPoor odds
- + SimulationPoor odds
Comparable games
The Front 2025 · $5.7M 
Stickman Trenches 2023 · $345k 
Beach Invasion 1944 2022 · $311k 
Out of Ammo 2016 · $209k 
D.O.T. Defence 2026 · $88k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | The Front | $19.99 | 9,555 66% | 287k | $5.7M (exactly $5,730,134) | Samar Studio | |
| | Stickman Trenches | older | $5.99 | 1,922 81% | 58k | $345k (exactly $345,383) | Big Play Games |
| | Beach Invasion 1944 | older | $9.99 | 1,038 84% | 31k | $311k (exactly $311,089) | AIx2 Games |
| | Out of Ammo | older | $9.99 | 699 84% | 21k | $209k (exactly $209,490) | RocketWerkz |
| | D.O.T. Defence | $14.99 | 196 85% | 5.9k | $88k (exactly $88,141) | Rattleaxe Games | |
 | Beach Invasion 1945 - Pacific | older | $9.99 | 255 78% | 7.7k | $76k (exactly $76,424) | AIx2 Games |
 | Mini Tank Mayhem | $11.99 | 93 88% | 2.8k | $33k (exactly $33,452) | Algorocks | |
 | ReEarth | older | $7.99 | 116 74% | 3.5k | $28k (exactly $27,805) | Jiangzuogongfang Shanghai Game Co.,Ltd |
 | Gratuitous Tank Battles | older | $9.99 | 83 55% | 2.5k | $25k (exactly $24,875) | Positech Games |
 | Exo Wanderers | · EA | $11.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) | 什工坊SueStudio |
 | Pact of Steel | $14.99 | 12 83% | 360 | $5.4k (exactly $5,396) | Steel Potato Games LLC | |
 | Rage Of Towers | $14.99 | 9 77% | 270 | $4.0k (exactly $4,047) | Tiger Among Shadows | |
 | Fight For America | $4.99 | 10 100% | 300 | $1.5k (exactly $1,497) | Homa Games | |
 | Battle Echoes | $6.99 | 7 85% | 210 | $1.5k (exactly $1,468) | rose may games | |
 | Cannon Clicker | $5.99 | 8 75% | 240 | $1.4k (exactly $1,438) | Ritual Interactive | |
 | TANCRUSH | · EA | $7.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $479 (exactly $479) | WOOLOOLOO |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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