Sands of Fire

Sands of Fire

Bring a cannon to a gunfight.

You hear the rumbling drone of approaching enemy tanks returning from a dawn patrol. The hapless armored vehicles have wandered directly into your trap. You wait until they’re in your line of sight and yell “FIRE!”, shattering the stillness of the quiet morning. After the ensuing engagement, you survey the burning wreckage. Another battle has been won, but the war is far from over.

Take control of forty tons of pure armored destruction! World War II is raging, and the enemy is fighting hard for every inch of territory in North Africa. Devastate the opposing forces with superior tactics, cunning strategy, and tremendous might. Leave the enemy forces smoldering in your tracks, and bring your fellow countrymen home safely!

  • Engage in up to 48 realistically recreated tank battles from World War II from Tobruk and El Alamein to the Kasserine pass, Tunis and Bizerte.

  • Carefully customize your loadout for each mission.

  • Direct allies in battle and choose tank formations to give you an advantage.


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Sands of Fire on Steam

Lil Tanks

Lil Tanks

A hidden gem of not only 2017, but for Shoot ‘em Up fans everywhere in my opinion!

4 out of 5

PROS: A well balanced, yet challenging shmup. Banging music. Great arcade-y and charming look. A small, yet diverse enough array of pick-ups to combine and use at your disposal that offer some imaginative use. Specials that can get you out of a sticky situation. Unlockable characters (tanks) with different playstyles. Boss Training Room (a mode I find necessary for Shmups), and difficulty mods to increase the challenge this game has to offer. Also, it has a rewarding level up system where you get permanent upgrades to your tank(s). Such as triple shot, a spread shot pattern, and depending on what tank you are using, specific artillery adhering to the characters play style.

Real player with 7.9 hrs in game


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The controls are so slow that it sometimes is physically impossible to dodge, even if you make the enemies’ bullets out between the confusing optics. You DO have a shield that prevents one hit, but it wont recharge when you lost one of your two lives, so its useless after that. The choice of weapons is also quite low.

Real player with 7.3 hrs in game

Lil Tanks on Steam

Tank Firing

Tank Firing

When shooting, you should calibrate the shooting distance and pay attention to the weak points.

In case of armor that cannot be penetrated by armour piercing projectile, high explosive projectile can be tried.

When being hit, you should set a certain angle to improve the equivalent armor.

When encountering the shell which cannot be defended by armor, you can look for shelter.

Try to challenge the single enemy and evacuate when besieged.

Get on your tank and join the fight!


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Tank Firing on Steam

Tankex

Tankex

This game is a nice take on the classic Battle City from the old NES days. A one map, 4 teams of 2 tanks, 3D labyrinth where you play until you get 30 kills. It’s actually pretty addicting and has a lot of potential but there are a few things that need addressing:

  • The game desperately needs a better room creating system where you can easily play with other people. There are currently no people online at any time but even if there were - I didn’t find a way to create or join a specific room to play with your friends and not just random people. This is the biggest issue that needs addressing as the game would benefit immensely from the existence of a developed multiplayer system.

Real player with 5.6 hrs in game

Very fun to play offline. Computer requirements are very low. Overall great game.

Real player with 4.6 hrs in game

Tankex on Steam

Circle Tank

Circle Tank

Circle Tank

cons:

difficult controls. (you can only turn in one direction and the same button shoots the tank at the same time.)

game becomes unintresting after a few minutes.

sucks.

Real player with 0.1 hrs in game

fun

Real player with 0.1 hrs in game

Circle Tank on Steam

Nuclear Assault

Nuclear Assault

Awesome game! Very fun to play!

Real player with 3.3 hrs in game

Very good, congrats.

Real player with 1.7 hrs in game

Nuclear Assault on Steam

Oh No! Bugs!

Oh No! Bugs!

This game looks pretty, but it’s not always what it seems. It’s fun for the first few minutes but then that’s it, you’re doing the same thing over and over again with no difference but a few characters here and there. It has potential but it also needs much more content to feel fulfilling, anyways, in it’s current state, I do not recomment.

5/10

Real player with 4.5 hrs in game

A Co-Op Arcade Game

https://youtu.be/ndp2NbBz3EY

  • The gameplay is enjoyable. You mainly go around pushing blocks at bugs trying to squash them. You have to be careful though because blocks will bounce back at you if you miss, and you must avoid getting hit by the bugs.

  • Relaxing background music

  • Local and Online co-op

  • I felt the game as a whole was a bit too basic / lacking in content. After about 10minutes the game started to feel repetitive.

  • After you complete each level you get some coins and experience, which you can use to purchase cosmetic items for your character. Unfortunetely, I just didn’t feel like these were rewarding or worth while to work up to.

Real player with 3.5 hrs in game

Oh No! Bugs! on Steam

Tanklike

Tanklike

Small little roguelike game with a suprising amount of depth.

Has a lot of stuff to find out, weapons to unlock, and just generally has a lot of replay value

And to top it off it has a fully-functional level editor for you to make your own randomly generated dungeons

Real player with 17.8 hrs in game

Nice retro-inspired re-mix of Battle City and roguelike plus some pool elements.

  • Cool pixel art

  • Dynamic gameplay

  • Co-op

10 pixel tanks out 10

Real player with 10.3 hrs in game

Tanklike on Steam

Josie’s Tank

Josie’s Tank

Played this game for few hours. And I liked it

It has great physics, good artwork and music and a lot of improvements to be made

Real player with 8.2 hrs in game

Excellent game! I couldnt see time passing by…

For who likes a good Strategy game, I recomend it…

Nice cost/benefits relation also!

Real player with 7.7 hrs in game

Josie's Tank on Steam

Tank Golfing

Tank Golfing

Interesting Idea, clunky/terrible execution.

Real player with 0.1 hrs in game

Tank Golfing on Steam