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Tanks: The Crusades

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2021

Should you play it?

A top-down shooter with tanks that have various assorted abilities, with support for multiplayer and a level editor.

What works

  • Free to play
  • Extensive level and tank editors
  • Multiplayer with cooperative and versus modes
  • High replayability with random levels
  • Nostalgic and accessible gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Some multiplayer lag and connectivity issues
  • Occasional bugs and level design flaws
  • Steep difficulty spikes in crusades
  • Limited narrative or story depth
  • No official workshop or easy content sharing yet

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Rusted Warfare - RTS

  • CS2D

  • Twin Shot Deluxe

  • Teeworlds

  • Legend of Dungeon

  • Invisigun Reloaded

More story-driven

Games that feels like Tanks: The Crusades but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Lenna's Inception

  • Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine

  • Sephiria

  • Ninjin: Clash of Carrots

  • Serious Sam's Bogus Detour

  • Orake Classic

Less competitive

Games that feels like Tanks: The Crusades but with less competition against others

  • Hammerwatch Anniversary Edition

  • Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos

  • Hammerwatch

  • Tinkerlands

  • Enter the Gungeon

  • Blazing Beaks

Choose your own criteria ->

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Tanks: The Crusades: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Creativity. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story.

Last update: 03/08/2026