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Tanks + Twin Stick Shooter
Only 13 developers shipped a Twin Stick Shooter 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, Brigador Killers, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 19 more are announced, ×2.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $600, level with the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $150; 1 in 20 cleared $420k, ×683 the market median. Revenue is up 80% on the market; 19 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $150 (exactly $150) |
|---|---|
| Median | $598 (exactly $598) |
| Top 25% | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) |
| Top 5% | $429k (exactly $428,828) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 37 |
| Announced | 19 |
| 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 80% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 8%, 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
- Twin Stick Shooter
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Tanks, Twin Stick Shooter; 8 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Shooter, Top-Down Shooter
- Price point
- $4.99 typical · top 25% priced $24.99 or above
- Art
- 5 in 10 of the top 25% ship with Top-Down, 2D
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $24.99 or above; the middle game at $4.99.
The top 10 games average 85% positive over 1,459 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $150. All of the 6 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 19 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×2.7 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
Brigador Killers 2026 · EA · $429k 
Mech Havoc 2025 · EA · $244k 
Furious Angels 2017 · $52k 
Ballistic Tanks 2016 · $32k 
Toy Tanks 2022 · $19k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Brigador Killers | · EA | $24.99 | 572 69% | 17k | $429k (exactly $428,828) | Stellar Jockeys, Gausswerks |
| | Mech Havoc | · EA | $9.99 | 813 96% | 24k | $244k (exactly $243,656) | Mid Development |
| | Furious Angels | older | $4.99 | 345 87% | 10k | $52k (exactly $51,646) | MorfeoDev |
| | Ballistic Tanks | older | $4.99 | 212 81% | 6.4k | $32k (exactly $31,736) | Kirklight Games |
| | Toy Tanks | older | $9.99 | 64 89% | 1.9k | $19k (exactly $19,181) | Fuzzy Sock Studios |
 | TANKNAROK | older | $5.99 | 99 88% | 3.0k | $18k (exactly $17,790) | Polyblock Studio |
 | Tanky Tanks 2 | older | $9.99 | 45 100% | 1.4k | $13k (exactly $13,486) | EpiXR Games UG |
 | Exo Wanderers | · EA | $11.99 | 22 100% | 660 | $7.9k (exactly $7,913) | 什工坊SueStudio |
 | Tanks, But No Tanks | older | $7.99 | 21 95% | 630 | $5.0k (exactly $5,034) | Set Sail Games |
 | Sugar Tanks | older | $4.99 | 29 86% | 870 | $4.3k (exactly $4,341) | EpiXR Games UG |
 | Deck of Treads | $7.99 | 13 100% | 390 | $3.1k (exactly $3,116) | DuckByte Games | |
 | Front Lines | $1.99 | 23 60% | 690 | $1.4k (exactly $1,373) | Waterfoul Studios | |
 | BattleTanks - Animal Wars | $4.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $599 (exactly $599) | Kasur Games | |
 | Tread Heavy | $3.99 | 5 100% | 150 | $598 (exactly $598) | Nos Games LTD | |
 | Tankbot Battle | $3.99 | 4 100% | 120 | $479 (exactly $479) | Galaxius Games LLC | |
 | Blitz Society | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Ryan Evans | |
 | Mini Tanks | · EA | $4.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | ExplodingWaffles |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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