Gratuitous Tank Battles
Tower defense where you can command attackers or defenders
Positech Games · Released May 17, 2012
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 53% of 90
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Nov 1, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
Metacritic: 69/100 (critic reviews)
What is Gratuitous Tank Battles?
This single-player strategy game takes place across Europe in 2114, in a timeline where World War I never ends. You assemble units from components and deploy infantry, tanks, turrets, and mechs across individual maps, unlocking more hulls, modules, and abilities as you progress.
For you if...
- +you like playing community maps after finishing a campaign
Not for you if...
- −you want short battles with little unit management
What players say
53% of 90 reviews are positive
Players praise the variety of unit designs and replayability. Recent critics describe repetitive combat that rewards flooding the battlefield with powerful units rather than making varied tactical choices.
Screenshots and trailer
Gratuitous Tank Battles system requirements
Minimum: 3D with 128MB memory, 2 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Gratuitous Tank Battles?
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- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- 1.5 GHz processor
- Graphics
- 3D card with 128MB video memory
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB HD space
Does Gratuitous Tank Battles have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Gratuitous Tank Battles run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 24
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does Gratuitous Tank Battles use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
