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War of the Human Tanks cover art

War of the Human Tanks

Yakiniku Banzai · Fruitbat Factory · 2014-01-10

Steam

AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 14, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

War of the Human Tanks is a story driven strategy game with a gameplay reminiscent of Battleship and Chess, featuring a story of war, loyalty, sacrifice and human shaped tanks.

War of the Human Tanks is a 2014 Adventure, Indie, Strategy priced at $9.99, with Very Positive (87% of 541 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

1
playing now
87%
positive of 543 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

To all the Human Tanks living in this world... This story takes place in a place vaguely reminiscent of modern-day Japan. In the twenty years since the first Human Tank was developed, the war raging between the Empire of Japon and the Kingdom of Japon has turned into a proxy war fought between Human Tanks on both sides. The Empire of Japon once ruled the entire land of Japon. Now diminished and cornered, the Empire prepares to make its last stand as the tanks of the Kingdom of Japon draw close to its capital. Shoutaro Daihon'ei, Lieutenant of the Imperial Army moves out to the battlefield, f(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 543 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at ShinyLoot (2013-11-29) · bundled 15×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 30 of 53 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620142026Week of 2014-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.872015-01-012026-08-132015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-08-17 — best price $9.992016-01-15 — best price $3.392016-07-26 — best price $2.492016-11-28 — best price $2.502017-03-30 — best price $2.492017-09-18 — best price $9.992018-02-05 — best price $2.492018-06-22 — best price $2.492018-11-05 — best price $2.502019-02-14 — best price $2.502019-08-01 — best price $2.492019-11-21 — best price $2.492020-03-06 — best price $9.992020-08-31 — best price $9.992020-12-23 — best price $1.872021-04-02 — best price $7.162021-08-02 — best price $9.992021-12-02 — best price $9.992022-05-17 — best price $7.342022-11-07 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $3.752024-03-14 — best price $3.752024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-09-19 — best price $4.992025-01-11 — best price $9.992025-06-02 — best price $9.992025-10-08 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $7.342026-05-25 — best price $9.992026-08-13 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
38.2%
earned "Find Your Calling"
6.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2014-01-10, latest 2017-01-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,2796%61

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

Player tags

WarCuteAnimeTanksComedyRobotsEpisodicHex GridMilitaryStrategy

Census log

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

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