Desert Thunder

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Desert Thunder

Short description

Desert Thunder is an arcade-style action tank game for the PC. Ripped from today’s headlines, the storyline immerses players into the heat of a desert-based military conflict. Players will tear through desert, urban and industrial settings in their experimental battle engine, the Abrams M1A6 Advanced tank that’s loaded with awe-inspiring...

Developer
Brainbox Games, Hip Games
Publisher
Funbox Media Ltd
Release
Wed, Mar 19, 2014
Price
$2.99
Reviews
47
Positive
62%
Followers
n/a
Owners (estimated)
20K – 50K
Concurrent players
1
Genres
Action
Tags
Action Tanks War Singleplayer
Revenue (estimated, gross)~$6ksomewhere between $3k and $150k · roughly 940–50K copies

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Ravenfield Ravenfield SteelRaven7 first game 3 − Tanks + FPS + Shooter + Military $17.99 76,731 97% Thu, May 18, 2017 $31m
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Rising Front Rising Front Sandstorm Studios Inc. 4 titles 3 − Tanks + Sandbox + World War I + FPS $14.99 3,987 88% Fri, Jan 09, 2026 $2.9m
$2.9m – $4.6m
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90%
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3,912 68% Thu, Jun 11, 2020 $7.8m
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