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Tanks: The Crusades

Aehmttw (Matei Budiu) · 2021-06-24

Steam

ActionCasualIndieStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 24, 2021 (Mac), Jun 24, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A top-down shooter with tanks that have various assorted abilities, with support for multiplayer and a level editor.

Tanks: The Crusades is an Action, Casual, Indie and Strategy game released in 2021, free-to-play, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 731 reviews).

2
playing now
95%
positive of 731 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
797920212026Week of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
242Jul 2021Feb 2026Jul 2021 — avg 24 · peak 59Sep 2021 — avg 15 · peak 39Nov 2021 — avg 6 · peak 21Jan 2022 — avg 8 · peak 25Mar 2022 — avg 6 · peak 21May 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 22Sep 2022 — avg 5 · peak 19Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 17Jul 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2025 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPLAN PvPCo-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam WorkshopIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

PvP2.5DRetroTanksArcadeCasualShooterModdableStrategyMinimalist

Census log

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

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