Gratuitous Tank Battles

Gratuitous Tank Battles

Positech Games · May 17, 2012 · Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Tower Defense, Tanks

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Gratuitous Tank Battles price by region

Gratuitous Tank Battles costs £1.53 in the United Kingdom, €1.72 in Europe (EUR), $3.18 in the United States, zł9.51 in Poland, $9.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$12.99 in Canada, A$14.50 in Australia, NZ$14.75 in New Zealand and R$32.99 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest Gratuitous Tank Battles offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £1.53 −82% £8.50 £1.53 3
Europe (EUR) €1.72 −82% €9.75 €1.72 3
United Statesyour region $3.18 −68% $9.99 $3.18 2
Poland zł9.51 −79% zł45.99 zł9.51 2
Georgia (USD) $9.99 $9.99 — 1
Canada CA$12.99 CA$12.99 — 1
Australia A$14.50 A$14.50 — 1
New Zealand NZ$14.75 NZ$14.75 — 1
Brazil R$32.99 R$32.99 — 1

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About Gratuitous Tank Battles

Gratuitous Tank Battles (GTB) is a unique hybrid of tower-defense, strategy, simulation and RTS. Set in an alternate history timeline where World War I never ends, you are the commander of allied forces fighting right up to the year 2114, where Mechs and lasers are used alongside tanks and rifles. The war continues across Europe, with the allied commanders still locked into the optimistic patriotism of the 1900s.

A tower-defense game where you can play as the attacker has been done before, but GTB lets you play the same maps as attacker OR defender, and even lets you save out your attack as a recording to defend against. An online-challenge system lets you upload your custom maps and custom units and attacks for other players to fight against. Speaking of custom units, GTB doesn't have simple pre-built units, but allows you to build them from individual components, and even design the appearance and colors of every single unit. An unlocks system gradually reveals more modules, abilities and unit 'hulls' to experiment with.

GTB also features an integrated map editor that lets you trivially change and tweak existing maps, or create entirely new ones, and the process of sharing these custom maps with friends is built right into the game. Combine it with Steam achievements, community, cloud support and more, and you should be kept busy fighting over Europe for another two hundred years./>

Key Features

  • Alternate History Tower Defense: Fight a 200 year war to save Europe
  • Play as attacker or defender on any map, even custom ones
  • Fight with Infantry, Tanks, Turrets and Mechs
  • Optional Adaptive AI adjusts to your play style and tactics for endless variety
  • Customizable units allow you to design your own personal army
  • Built-in level editor makes creating a new map a breeze
  • Save out your attack and play against it as the defender
  • Online map and challenge-sharing system allows you to fight your friends armies

Gratuitous Tank Battles — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players appreciate Gratuitous Tank Battles as an affordable time-killer with decent customization options and replayability for the price, but many find the core gameplay repetitive and tedious. Common criticisms include excessive micromanagement, a cumbersome UI, lack of meaningful strategic depth despite surface complexity, and the feeling that unit variety doesn't significantly differentiate levels. Some enjoy the straightforward tower defense experience and attacker/defender flexibility, while others feel the game requires excessive theorycrafting without delivering engaging strategic choi

Not recommended Apr 27, 2024
I beat the game by always choosing most powerful part irreverent of cost. The game is just a "Send waves of heavy units and watch lead fly" game, and the td portion isnt much better. Not recommended, but was fine for a couple of hours. (two or three)
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Recommended May 14, 2023
Yes, good easy time killer. Not as in easy, just not hectic. Time shown doesn't include all time played.
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Not recommended Aug 4, 2024
As enjoyable struggles for supremacy are, the challenge within Gratuitous Tank Battles is its push-pull combat wherein the player, whether they are defending a position or attacking a position, will need to be consistently flooding the battlefield with units as the enemy A.I. will be doing the same with unrestrained willingness. It matters little due to small differences in unit variety and customization, therefore each level is no different from the last except for level design and what units might be available to the attacker and defender. In truth, there was nothing special about this product for its time and that statement still holds today when you realize Gratuitous Space Battles does what Gratuitous Tank Battles does not.
Not recommended Oct 2, 2023
Not recommended. Super tedious and micro heavy. A good polished game presents the player with interesting choices at every step. Playing this game is like studying for a university entrance exam. UI is very cumbersome. If I wanted to play this game properly I would have to enter numbers into excel for hours on end to find out what is good against what, what upgrades are better etc. etc. The game is just a huge pile of complexity and nothing else. I want my money back
Recommended Mar 19, 2023
Awesome Game! Awesome Price. Nice tower defense game where you can play the attacker or defender. Lots of customization. It took a tiny bit of effort to make it work (see discussions) but more than worth it. I wish it had key mapping , but having fun playing this one.
Recommended Nov 29, 2022
for 3 dollars this has a LOT of replayability and new things to unlock and make.

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