Android game · Arcade · Dr Du Dev
An eighties arcade classic rebuilt in three dimensions: defend your base, destroy the enemy columns and push through 250 increasingly tight stages. Two-to-five-minute matches, on your phone.
Coming soon for Android. Write to edulim@drdudev.com if you want to be on the tester list.
The game
A top-down shooter built for short sessions and understood in thirty seconds.
Every stage is a closed field of brick walls, steel blocks, water and bushes. Your tank starts at the bottom, next to the base you have to protect; enemies come in from the top in successive waves. You lose if they destroy your base, or if you run out of lives. Brick walls crumble shot by shot, steel only gives way to upgraded tanks, water blocks movement but not fire, and bushes hide whoever is inside them — the map is as much a weapon as an obstacle.
As you progress, enemies do not merely get more numerous: fast tanks appear, armoured tanks that soak up several hits, and tanks whose shots punch straight through your defences. Difficulty rises through wave composition, not inflated numbers.
No skill trees, no long tutorials. You start, you play, and within two matches you know what the four terrain types do. From there on, what improves is how you read the map. The upgrades you buy with coins are conveniences — they never replace positioning.
Video
Forty-five seconds of a match in the desert biome, captured straight from the game.
Direct capture from the Android build · 1280×720 · with sound.
Screens
Real match captures. Each biome changes the terrain, the palette and how the map reads during a fight.
Modes and progression
What is in the game today.
250 stages across five difficulty tiers, unlocking as you clear them. Plays with no internet and no sign-up.
Real-time combat against other players, with code-based rooms and text chat during the match.
Invite whoever you like into the same stage and defend the base together.
Earn coins by playing and spend them on armour, fire rate and speed. There is also a daily free-coin wheel.
Stages cleared, tanks destroyed and best score, kept on your account and comparable with other players.
On-screen virtual joystick and fire button, or a Bluetooth/USB controller paired with the phone.
In-app purchases
The game is free and fully playable without spending anything. None of the campaign content is locked behind a payment.
| Type | What it includes | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Coin packs | From 100 to 10,000 coins | Consumable. The same coins are earned by playing. |
| Themed packs | Defence, attack, arsenal and starter bundles | Coin and upgrade combinations, discounted against buying separately. |
| Monthly premium | No ads, cosmetic perks | Renews monthly. No free trial period. |
| Yearly premium | The same, per year | Renews yearly. No free trial period. |
The free version shows a fixed banner at the bottom of the screen, an interstitial when you lose a match, and rewarded ads that are always optional — they only appear if you tap the button offering them, in exchange for coins. There are never ads in the middle of a running match.
Subscriptions are managed by the store you installed the game from and can be cancelled at any time in that store's settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the period already paid for. Exact prices always appear in your country's currency, on the purchase screen.
Requirements
Android 6.0 (API 23) or later.
The campaign works offline. PvP, chat, leaderboards and account sync need a connection.
Around 100 MB once installed, depending on the device.
Portuguese, English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Italian, Indonesian and Hindi.
Contact
Tanks of Battlefield 3D is developed and maintained by Dr Du Dev, a one-person independent studio registered in Portugal. There is no call centre: emails are read and answered by the developer, usually within one or two working days.
It helps a lot if your email says which phone model you have, your Android version, what you were doing when it happened and, if possible, a screenshot.
Questions about purchases, refunds or subscriptions should go to the store you bought from first, since it processes the payment. If you get no answer, write to us anyway and we will help sort it out.
Ask for a test key and the press kit at the same address. We answer everyone.
Tanks of Battlefield 3D