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War of the Human Tanks

Yakiniku Banzai · Fruitbat Factory · 2014-01-10

Steam

AdventureIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
87%
positive of 541 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 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)

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  • · Top 39% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 541 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 34 of 60 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 0 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).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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