War of the Human Tanks

War of the Human Tanks

Fair · Strategy · 2014

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $9.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
3.9h 26.8h to 100%
Value
$2.56/hr
Reviews
87% of 543 positive
It needs 29% off ($7.08) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.08 or less.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Engagement9% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$2.56/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews87% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 85% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 44 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

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.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

118 discounts in the 13 years on record, a median of 60 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 7 percent on value. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 89 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Unity of Command II ($2.99, scores 56) and Phantom Brigade ($29.99, scores 59).

More about War of the Human Tanks

Steam's global achievement data puts about 9 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 3.9-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

Finishing takes 3.9 hours; clearing it takes 27, which is 6.9 times the campaign.

The drop-off

38% start to 9% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements

What players say

Gods this genre is confusing - combat is turn based tactics where you need to watch your units when it's their turn to go, if you're a bit too late to clock them, enemy might make their move first. Another part of game is visual novel with few choice options that would branch plot a bit and give access to different missions. Well, looks are not important in love, so we don't have best graphics here, especially in...
GviRecommendedafter 39hJun 2026Read on Steam
1 more review
I can't explain why this game is good Play it by yourself and appreciate the music that will be stuck in your head for months
TchweekRecommendedafter 13hJun 2024Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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War of the Human Tanks scores 63/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/263400/war-of-the-human-tanks
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperYakiniku Banzai
PublisherFruitbat Factory
GenreStrategy
Released2014
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements61