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TANKS

Oleksandr Savostianov · 2018-06-12

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 12, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

TANKS is a fun game for one or two players where your goal is to protect the base and to destroy all the enemies. Beautiful pixel graphics, music and sound will let you feel the atmosphere of old school gaming.

TANKS is a free-to-play Action, Casual and Indie game released in 2018, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (96% of 299 reviews).

0
playing now
96%
positive of 299 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 27,659 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2019-02-04) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $90.00 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220182026Week of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$90.00$0.002018-06-132026-07-102018-06-13 — best price $4.992018-12-22 — best price $3.342019-02-12 — best price $0.992019-04-30 — best price $0.492019-06-26 — best price $0.492019-09-23 — best price $0.492019-12-21 — best price $3.342020-04-27 — best price $3.342020-09-07 — best price $3.342020-11-25 — best price $3.342021-02-11 — best price $2.992021-06-24 — best price $2.492021-10-28 — best price $1.492021-12-22 — best price $1.492022-02-28 — best price $2.492022-11-01 — best price $0.002023-02-04 — best price $31.652023-12-21 — best price $4.662024-02-23 — best price $9.002024-03-14 — best price $9.002024-04-07 — best price $9.002024-05-15 — best price $61.502024-05-31 — best price $61.502024-08-24 — best price $9.002024-11-27 — best price $9.002025-01-18 — best price $4.502025-03-13 — best price $4.502025-05-25 — best price $4.502025-10-27 — best price $4.502026-03-07 — best price $4.502026-06-26 — best price $4.502026-07-10 — best price $90.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportIncludes level editorRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)170%24

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieRetroTanksActionCasual

Census log

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

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