Tank Maniacs

GAMELAB · GAMELAB

Released: Dec 5, 2019
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 05 Sep 2026, 09:30 GMT

Updates & announcements

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17 Dec 2019Developer post
Holiday Update is now available
Missing white christmas? Forget reality and check out our brand new post-apocalyptic winter map with damaged ancient Chinese and USSR mecha warriors in a wonderfully combat-driven Christmas environment! All of you who suffer from annoying christmas background music overdose enjoy
Missing white christmas? Forget reality and check out our brand new post-apocalyptic winter map with damaged ancient Chinese and USSR mecha warriors in a wonderfully combat-driven Christmas environment!
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All of you who suffer from annoying christmas background music overdose enjoy our special gift: jingle bells era is now officially over. We turned Tank Maniacs main theme into a Christmas themed masterpiece. Be the first to hear!
Changelog

Brand new post-apocalyptic winter map with damaged ancient Chinese and USSR mecha warriors in a wonderfully combat-driven Christmas environment!
Minor Christmas-themed asset updates (tanks, pickups and many more!)
Santa’s crew got oily while working in the tank factory. They even changed the background music. Thankfully it is not like one of the well-known shopping mall Christmas hits.
Known issues

Sometimes layer opacity behaves unexpectedly with the showrunner’s plane.
Issues with XBox One controllers connected after the game started
Weird winning scores when a bot match is sped up
Sometimes on Swamp, the Alligator just does not want to stop biting
Join the community! If you are searching for a friend to play with, or you just would like to give feedback to the developers, make sure to join our official Discord server at http://discord.gg/tankmaniacs!
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05 Dec 2019Developer post
Tank Maniacs is now available on Steam
Dearest Fans! We are very excited to share this precious historical moment with you all! For an entire year our team has been putting all of its energy, knowledge and enthusiasm into developing the world’s (probably) best couch party game. You are on the right page, cause TM is t
Dearest Fans!
We are very excited to share this precious historical moment with you all! For an entire year our team has been putting all of its energy, knowledge and enthusiasm into developing the world’s (probably) best couch party game. You are on the right page, cause TM is the one!
Fun fact: it all started in a garage. Ok, no. But really, the whole idea of The Game was born while having fun at one of our regular game jams at Gamelab, our indie game developer studio. The first playable version of Tank Maniacs was put together in not more than 3 awesome days, by a bunch of awesome guys, and we enjoyed the game so much that kinda thought: hey, why not put all 20 of us on the project and spend an entire year eating only pizza out of boxes, getting fat, working on weekends and sleeping in the office just to add some extra good stuff for other geeks like us... Ok ok. We’re actually not fat, have regular workouts in the gym, respect weekends, but we’re sure so much in love with our work and our game, that any of the above would almost worth it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046630/Tank_Maniacs/
So, releasing Tank Maniacs is the first real significant milestone in Gamelab’s history. And you’re here to see The Day. Enjoy! And be one of the firsts to buy the game. Thank you for becoming an obsessed TMaddict. We promise to commit everything to slowly overdose you with the most irresistible updates.
Main features

Couch madness for up to 4 players
8 beautiful levels with unique features
11 wonderfully weird tanks (including the Thanksgiving “Turkey Tank”)!
12 wacky characters
4 game modes + team based variations
Dynamic commentary
Unforgiving AI bots
Twitch integration with in-game voting
Fun, cartoony art style with hand-drawn graphics
Punchy electro-rock soundtrack
Watch on YouTube
Twitch Extension
When you already think it’s too much of the good news we just have an ultimate one: the Twitch update is also available! Oh that’s great but what the f… is Twitch mode? So with the twitch extension your audience can interfere in the game while you’re streaming it. They will be able to vote on various different events, and create some beautiful chaos!
Watch on YouTube
Steam Remote Play
Tank Maniacs was born to be enjoyed by your friends on your side, so you can laugh in their faces when you beat them. But thanks to Steam Remote Play Together, you can play together even if you're hundreds of miles apart. Just make sure you still make fun of the guy with the poop rank at the end!
BUY NOW
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046630/Tank_Maniacs/
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26 Nov 2019Developer post
Tank Maniacs will be released on the 5th of December
Tank Maniacs will be released on the 5th of December We’re thrilled to announce that it is happening! Get ready, and tell all your pals that it is true: Tank Maniacs is finally going to be released for PC on Steam on the 5th of December ! Tank Maniacs FREE Demo is live again For
21 Nov 2019Developer post
New York update v0.9.3.
We just can’t stop spoiling you… It’s not even Xmas and we already added 4 absolutely new game modes: the Gameshow and the Symmetric Showdown and both their team versions, not to mention a completely new map, called New York, we guess even just reading the name you already envisi
We just can’t stop spoiling you… It’s not even Xmas and we already added 4 absolutely new game modes: the Gameshow and the Symmetric Showdown and both their team versions, not to mention a completely new map, called New York, we guess even just reading the name you already envision something completely different from the earlier maps, and so it is, and oh, wait… you know what has changed to be even more user friendly and awesome? The Menu! What else do you want? Now you name it! Actually now you can, because guess what, you can set your own nickname after you pick your pilot. And lots of other new stuff so just run through and read it anyways. Get on with it, get spoiled. Santa’s almost here, soooo... wishlist now!
Game modes
We have 4 new game modes!

Gameshow
In the Gameshow mode players will have to pay attention to another threat! From time to time, the “UH-1 Good Looking” appears and chooses a random tank. In case it’s you, you better run because a Holy Hand Grenade (among many other things) could be the one that ends your career.

Team Gameshow
This is the same as the Gameshow mode, but you can team up with your friend and fight against another team.

Symmetric Showdown
We have always wondered what happens when everybody drives the same tank. In the Symmetric Showdown all players get the same tank and once in a while it’ll change randomly. Beware! Your health remains on the same level!

Team Symmetric Showdown
This is the same as the Symmetric Showdown mode, but you can team up with your friend and fight against another team.
Maps

A new map, called New York is now available
Added features:

Now you can set your own nickname after you choose your character
If you’ve run out of lives during a match now you can still influence the gameplay
Changed:

We have a new menu design
The airplane is now following a random path every time it appears
Now we fill up the empty spaces with bots automatically (you can still change the quantity)
We have reworked the following maps:
Bridge Ruins
Rolling Stones
Swamp
We’ve changed a lot of other things under the hood
Currently not available:

The Chicken Tank
The Catapult Tank
Tutorial
Maps: Down Hill, Trampoline 2, Volcano holo maps
Bot matches are temporarily turned off
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05 Nov 2019Developer post
Free Demo for Tank Maniacs is live now
What’s the only thing that could beat the good news that Tank Maniacs is almost ready to be published? Of course the even better news: we made a demo for our fans! Certainly we can still beat the good and even better news: our demo is FREE and available from 05/11 till 17/11! Too
What’s the only thing that could beat the good news that Tank Maniacs is almost ready to be published? Of course the even better news: we made a demo for our fans! Certainly we can still beat the good and even better news: our demo is FREE and available from 05/11 till 17/11! Too bad we can’t see your faces now. But maybe not too bad after all.
So if you’re up to the game all you have to do now is to gather 3 of your best friends or any available family members, or just let’s say less obnoxious classmates, but maybe simply random people in your dorm who are still willing to talk to you will do, so the 4 of you can now occupy the couch and start the battle! But of course if humans in your reach are scarce or you prefer your own company over all other creatures’, we have charming AI bots to beat you. You’re welcome.
You can find the "Download Demo" button on the store page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1046630/Tank_Maniacs/
And now let’s see the offer you can’t refuse!
Watch on YouTube
Our first demo release includes:
3 beautiful hand-drawn, post-apocalyptic maps with different obstacles, featuring sandstorms, giants and alligators - all part of a future TV show where the players fight each other using tanks.
These arenas for the demo are:

Swamp
Grassland
Death Valley
A diegetic menu that demonstrates the gameplay and lets the players set up any match using basic game, including three rooms (one for joining, one for setting the game mode, one for setting bots, teams and starting the game)
Pickable game characters all coming from various, funny backgrounds, featuring

Granbo
Blondie
King Potato
Shadow Nugget
Zombonie
Swaggie
Lil Bling
Wendy
Sgt. Smokes
R4pt0r
Herr Hund
Dr Evil
Watch on YouTube
10 outstanding, hand-drawn tanks, each having unique projectiles and features from close combat through sniping skills to sci-fi laser beams.
The featured tanks are the following:

Basic
Helmet
Dragon
Flappy
Glove
Machinegun
Matryoshka
Mortar
Robot
UFO
You will also get:

An unforgiving AI controlling bots, in case you can not fill your party with your real-life friends.
A delivery management system that sends your tanks as pickups dropped from an airplane. This airplane helps you respawn as well.
“Last Tank Standing” gamemode where the winner is who survives the longest. You have 5 lives. “Last Team Standing” gamemode, where teammates lives add up together.
A complete soundtrack ranging from desert rock to ska, funny cartoonish sound design and an announcer commentating each moment either you are awesome or not.
Major gameplay updates compared to closed beta - an all physics-based gameplay in a 2D environment including wind effects, force fields, gravity, shockwaves and rockets that can fall back on you if you are not careful enough.
Controller support for all PC-compatible controllers, and of course for keyboard.
Known issues:

AI sometimes gets stuck on a spot
Minor and rare issues (stuck wheels) when teleporting on Death Valley
Issues with saving some settings (volume, resolution)
Players can not go back to main menu from match result screen
Rarely pickup event triggers unintentional tank size changes
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30 Aug 2019Developer post
Sassy Catapult update, v0.2
Now you can feel like in seventh heaven, or even more, since we added 6 new maps to the game! The new scenes widened our horizon and brought brand new songs and sound effects, and also we couldn’t resist to expand our arsenal of tanks even further, so added something awesome and
Now you can feel like in seventh heaven, or even more, since we added 6 new maps to the game! The new scenes widened our horizon and brought brand new songs and sound effects, and also we couldn’t resist to expand our arsenal of tanks even further, so added something awesome and powerful: the Catapult Tank! The AI behind our tanks has gone through significant improvement, meaning that by now they all developed their own battle tactics, so you better keep up! If you’re ready for the new stuff just check our fresh INTRO animation, get you buddies on the couch and test the game. Or just keep playin’ with the bots!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se4XbW8vKP4
Now here are the patch notes:
ADDED

New INTRO animation!
New maps: Swamp, Bridge Ruins, Downhill, Rolling Stones, Trampoline, Trampoline 2
Bridge Ruins
Swamp

New tank: Catapult tank!
New songs and sound effects
AI logic improvements, personalities
Tank smearing animation when changing direction
Zeppelin animations
More talkative and sassier announcer
New controller vibrations
Showing lives left during last tank/team standing gamemodes
Different particles on different floor types
Summary screen and progression summary speedup function
CHANGED

Visually changed explosions
Visually changed timered pickup
Summary screen sound updates
Bot dispenser bot preservation in Main Menu
Tank movement methods changes
Visual tweaks on shield
AI tweaks
FIXED

Performance optimizations (AI, Main Menu, etc.)
Scorehud animations
Fixes in controller app
Tons of bugfixes
KNOWN ISSUES

On the bridge ruins map tanks can get stuck, and thus, match on that map can be impossible to win
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09 Jul 2019Developer post
Mothership update v0.1.15
Play multiple turns in quick succession and earn points to compete for the ultimate first prize! Deathmatch and its team variant got an overhaul. The AI bots won’t act as clueless lemmings anymore and will attempt to jump over chasms and even evade incoming fire. Our beloved narr
Play multiple turns in quick succession and earn points to compete for the ultimate first prize! Deathmatch and its team variant got an overhaul. The AI bots won’t act as clueless lemmings anymore and will attempt to jump over chasms and even evade incoming fire. Our beloved narrator now also comments on character specific events. This version also includes some new features that won’t be present on the supported Steam operating systems. Namely we have implemented similar touch-control methods in-game as for the Controller App.
Added

Game mode settings in lobby Supercomputer™
New splash screen animation
New AI behaviour: chasm detection and jump evade
New narrator voice lines
Animations and sound effects for summary screen
Deathmatch score HUD
Double kill and triple kill events
Fast forward sound and visual effects for skipping bot matches
Support for multiple turn matches
Changed

Tweaked meteor forecast feature
Fixed

Pick-up HUD indicator disappearing
Join our Discord and tell us what you think about the update
https://discord.gg/tankmaniacs

App Store
Google Play
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13 Jun 2019Developer post
Eyecandy update v.0.1.12
Feast your eyes on our new explosion effects and other breathtaking visual improvements. Added High-dynamic range explosion effects Ability to skip the match summary screen Meteor forecast indicator (first iteration) Steam Controller support Bot Dispenser sound effects Glow effec
Feast your eyes on our new explosion effects and other breathtaking visual improvements.
Added

High-dynamic range explosion effects
Ability to skip the match summary screen
Meteor forecast indicator (first iteration)
Steam Controller support
Bot Dispenser sound effects
Glow effect to bubble shields
Changed

Post process effect and colour tweaks on every map
Summary screen visual update
Machinegun sound effect fade-out shortened
Death “skull animation” retouched
Made the leading player’s crown icon more visible on dark backgrounds
PigBird explosion is now a mushroom cloud
Increased tank death explosion effect
In-match player character thumbnails updated
Map selector thumbnails and order updated
Fixed

Level selector votes getting stuck
Pause causing issues with map selector
Death Valley teleporters not working with projectiles
UFO laser causing crashes
Controller App update
Free app for iOS and Android
The controller app now features haptic feedback on supported devices.
To reduce input lag we use UDP for movement. We have received error reports so we have implemented an automatic fallback option to switch it to more reliable TCP/IP.
Based on the feedback received we have swapped the jump and fire button’s placement. Please let us know which layout do you prefer.

Added pause menu button
Swapped jump and fire button placement
Increased jump button size
Haptic feedback feature and toggle
TCP fallback option
Join our Discord and tell us what you think about the update
https://discord.gg/tankmaniacs
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08 Jun 2019Developer post
PlayIT report
This year we doubled the size of the GAMELAB living room at PlayIT, the largest gaming event in Hungary. It was awesome to meet some of our commited test pilots in person and lure in new fans with the game's soundtrack performed live by our band. Next to the couches players could
06 Jun 2019Developer post
Bot dispenser update v0.1.11
This update includes a new method to manually add or remove AI bots. By default the matches won't have bots in them, but you can customise this in the ready room using the patented Bot Dispenser Platform . It even works with team modes. Added Diegetic Bot Dispenser automatons in
This update includes a new method to manually add or remove AI bots. By default the matches won't have bots in them, but you can customise this in the ready room using the patented Bot Dispenser Platform. It even works with team modes.
Added

Diegetic Bot Dispenser automatons in the lobby
Level selector sound effects
Pause sound effects
Lobby pipe animations
New test map: Volcano
Changed

Buff: Dragon tank fire particle lifetime increased
Tweaked timed pick-up bubble shield physics
CPU label was changed to BOT
Announcer won’t speak if the game is paused
Introduced a slight life-like delay to the announcer reaction time
Diegetic menu improvements
Last death sound effect won’t fade out
Music volume setting will play without low pass filter effect
Pause menu visuals
Controller app hint tweaks
Gamepad vibration tweaks
New Death Valley background visuals
Fixed

Player limit cap issues
Dr Evil “craving blood” event trigger
Announcer won’t go silent after the first match
Join our Discord and tell us what you think about the update
https://discord.gg/tankmaniacs
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29 May 2019Developer post
Daily Public Test Realm Builds
We have a brand new challenge for our most dedicated beta pilots. The Tank Maniacs Crew works tirelessly to release updates as frequently as humanly possible. But what if we told you that from now on you don’t have to wait a whole week to break the game? That’s right, now you can
23 May 2019Developer post
Controller App Release Announcement
Turn your phone or tablet into a full-blown touch controller for Tank Maniacs! We have realised that not everyone has four gamepads at home. Or not even one, and may not even be at home when the opportunity comes to play a party game with friends! But as we all know since last No
Turn your phone or tablet into a full-blown touch controller for Tank Maniacs!
We have realised that not everyone has four gamepads at home. Or not even one, and may not even be at home when the opportunity comes to play a party game with friends! But as we all know since last November: gamers have phones! This is why we have developed a controller application for our couch party game.
Download "TANK MANIACS CONTROLLER” to your phone and you will have your controller with you, anywhere you go, anytime you are up for a game!
Of course, the app won’t completely replace an ergonomic gamepad and since it is network-based there is a slight input lag. We have tested it at office and gaming event conditions and we think it is a viable alternative that can provide additional features in the future.

Android Play Store
iOS App Store
But how does it work? It is as easy as driving a tank. You probably have a WiFi router at home right? If not, we have some bad news for you. Once you’ve found out what’s going on with your home internet, tell your friends that they need to connect with their phones to your WiFi network. The PC or Laptop should also be on the same network that you are using for running the game. If you are all on the same network, simply launch the Controller App while the game is running, and press Join. That’s all, you are ready to roll out.
Oh and one more thing. You can mix up the controllers, so you can use different ones in the same time - for e.g. one keyboard with 2 phones and one Xbox One controller etc. it doesn’t matter. Try out the game with your old budget controller that you’ve bought for 1$, we probably support that as well.
Please send your feedback to [email protected] or join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/tankmaniacs
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23 May 2019Developer post
Announcer update v0.1.9
We have introduced the ever-present voice of the maniac narrator you might remember from our Closed Beta announcement trailer. He can already comment on a wide selection of in-game events. If you happen to have a cool idea for a witty line, please let us know. Added In-game annou
We have introduced the ever-present voice of the maniac narrator you might remember from our Closed Beta announcement trailer. He can already comment on a wide selection of in-game events. If you happen to have a cool idea for a witty line, please let us know.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x67vw-BCpUE
Added

In-game announcer voice clips
Autopilot option: AFK players get replaced by bots
Dedicated bot character portraits
Options menu for announcer voice level
Map selector screen
QR code in the lobby for the controller app
New timed pick-up variants (3 sec, 10 sec)
Changed

Revamped lobby visuals and level geometry
Pause menu now blurs background and applies a low pass filter to music
Glove tank knockback has been increased if grounded
Glove tank is more responsive in air
Pigbird tank projectile now drops in a straight line
Pigbird bomb laid on the ground level has a timer animation
Pigbird splash damage buffed
UFO tank air control improved
Grasslands map visual tweaks
Death Valley map visual update
Fixed

Lock-up and crash when exiting the game
Join our Discord and tell us what you think about the update
https://discord.gg/tankmaniacs
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21 May 2019Developer post
Linux and macOS support
We have introduced Linux and macOS versions for our closed beta pilots. Join our Discord server at and please let us know if you managed to break them.
14 May 2019Developer post
Dragon Update v0.1.7
Added New tank: Dragon New holo map: TOILET New pick-up type: timed-shield Attract mode: bots play against each other if players are idle in the lobby New language localisation: Polish TOILET holo map Timed-shield pick-up crate Changed Improved in-game options menu usability RAM,
Added

New tank: Dragon
New holo map: TOILET
New pick-up type: timed-shield
Attract mode: bots play against each other if players are idle in the lobby
New language localisation: Polish
TOILET holo map
Timed-shield pick-up crate
Changed

Improved in-game options menu usability
RAM, video memory and render optimisations
Holo maps now have a higher chance in random map rotation
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08 May 2019Developer post
Team Update v0.1.5
This update introduces a team variant of the Last Tank Standing game mode. To activate it one player has to park beneath the supercomputer screen and press the highlighted input. In team mode, the ready room is divided. To pick a team simply park at the desired side. Watch out fo
This update introduces a team variant of the Last Tank Standing game mode. To activate it one player has to park beneath the supercomputer screen and press the highlighted input.
In team mode, the ready room is divided. To pick a team simply park at the desired side.
Watch out for friendly fire!
Added

New game mode: Last Team Standing
Supercomputer game mode selector button
Bots (CPU) can autocomplete teams
Current version number on screen
Probably some new bugs, probably
Quality of life improvements: In-game options menu (first iteration)

Video settings
Audio settings
Gameplay settings
Pause the game and press the upper face button on your gamepad to enter the Options menu. This is the Y button on Xbox controllers and the triangle on Playstation. Or click the 'go to settings' button with your mouse.
Changed

Mortar tank aiming improvements and buffed splash damage area
UFO tank can laser-jump above cliffs
Glove tank projectile speed increased
Wheels map rotating geometry speed increased
Removed Unity Launcher
Dead player HUD thumbnails are now transparent
Fixed

Tank wheels getting stuck on platforms
Loading spike when match starts
Known issues

Exiting the game can cause crashes
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03 May 2019Developer post
Holo Map Update v0.1.2
Our first Steam Closed Beta update introduces a crazy new tank and some fresh maps! New Maps We call them holo maps. These are levels still under construction. The environmental aesthetics are temporary placeholders. We would like to receive feedback on the level geometry, balanc
Our first Steam Closed Beta update introduces a crazy new tank and some fresh maps!
New Maps
We call them holo maps. These are levels still under construction. The environmental aesthetics are temporary placeholders. We would like to receive feedback on the level geometry, balance and new gameplay mechanics before we dress them up properly. New features include deadly lava and moving geometry that turns the map into a dynamic ever-changing battleground.
New Tank
The Metronome Chicken, as the name implies has two constantly moving heads. You have to time your shots to the rhythm to aim.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cUgux0fugQ
Added

New direct hit particle effects
Dogfight in the background on Shipwreck map
Camping nest on Death Valley map
Windmill neutral state on Death Valley map
Probably some new bugs, probably
New tank: Metronome Chicken
New Holo maps on rotation:

Skatepark
Treadmill
Wheels

Changes

Buffed UFO tank laser damage
Buffed Glove projectile damage
Nerfed Pigbird cooldown time
Pigbird now lays bombs on the ground, instead of damaging itself
Recoloured bandit bullets so they are visible on both bright and dark backgrounds
Retouched particle effects and colour postprocess effects
Tweaked camera
Bug fixes

Tanks no longer spawn at the second lobby screen at start instead of the character selection
Tanks won't stuck transitioning between lobby screens
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Updates & announcements

Main features

Twitch Extension

Steam Remote Play

BUY NOW

Tank Maniacs will be released on the 5th of December

Tank Maniacs FREE Demo is live again

Thanksgiving update

Twitch Extension

Controller App update

We have a brand new challenge for our most dedicated beta pilots.

Turn your phone or tablet into a full-blown touch controller for Tank Maniacs!

Our first Steam Closed Beta update introduces a crazy new tank and some fresh maps!