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Gratuitous Tank Battles

Positech Games · 2012-05-17

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 04, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 04, 2012 (Mac)

Set in an alternate history timeline where World War I never ends, you are the commander of allied forces fighting right up to the year 2114.

Gratuitous Tank Battles is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2012, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (52% of 103 reviews).

0
playing now
52%
positive of 103 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 49,919 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.1k–8.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 103 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2023-06-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720122025Week of 2012-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2012-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2012-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2012-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2012-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2012-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.492015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-06-11 — best price $2.492015-08-17 — best price $9.992016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-09-03 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-08-23 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-04-18 — best price $3.392022-08-26 — best price $2.492022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-06-18 — best price $1.492023-11-21 — best price $2.492024-03-14 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-06-26 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
73.1%
earned "Enlistment Medal"
1.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2012-11-09 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieTanksStrategySimulationTower Defense

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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