Terms of Use
The house rules. Do read them before you start shelling anyone.
These terms are between you and Raven Iron Games (“we”), New Jersey, USA. They cover the game Tanks Anyway on every platform, our game server and our licence service. By playing, you agree to them. Questions go to techsupp@ravenirongames.com.
How we handle your data is on the Privacy page.
Last updated: 8 November 2026. You must be 13 or older to play online.
The Trial
The whole game, online included, for 8 matches.
- 8 matches on each installation, then the game asks you to unlock it.
- Every match counts when it begins: alone with bots, on your own network, friends-only or public.
- Rejoining a match after a dropped connection doesn't count again.
- Online, our server also counts trial matches for your account and your installation, and the highest count applies.
- After the 10th, no new match starts until the game is unlocked.
Buying and Unlocking
One key, three installations.
Buying. The game is sold on itch.io for $8.99, after a free trial of 8 matches, and itch.io takes the payment. Your purchase is also covered by itch.io's own terms.
Unlocking. Paste your itch.io download key, or the address of your download page, into the game. Our licence service checks the key with itch.io and sends back a licence for that installation. After that the game checks the licence on your device, and needs no connection to stay unlocked.
What you get is the right to play the game, not ownership of it. We give you a personal right to install and play it for your own use, on up to 3 installations at a time. You may not resell or share it, or alter it to get round the trial or the unlock.
- One key unlocks up to 3 installations.
- An installation is one copy of the game with its data. A fresh install, or clearing the game's data, makes a new one.
- When all 3 are taken, a new installation may take the slot of the one we haven't seen for the longest, once that one has gone 30 days without checking in with our licence service (playing offline doesn't count as checking in).
- “Seen” means it unlocked through our licence service. Playing doesn't count: the service never hears about it.
- Need a slot sooner? Write to techsupp@ravenirongames.com.
Refunds are handled through itch.io. Ask within 14 days of buying, by writing to techsupp@ravenirongames.com with your itch.io purchase details; the refund is paid through itch.io. A refunded key can't unlock any more installations.
Your Online Account
No email, no password. Do look after your device.
- Your device holds the secret that proves the account is yours. Nothing else does.
- Lose the device or its data, and the account is gone. We can't recover it.
- You can delete your account at any time from the Friends screen.
- Display names are 2 to 24 characters. Some, such as “admin” or the bots' names, are refused.
Conduct Online
Shell your guests. Be decent to the people behind them.
There is no chat, so the rules are short. Please don't:
- Pick a name that is hateful, sexual, threatening, or pretends to be someone else, including us.
- Cheat: no modified clients, bots of your own or tampering with the game's traffic in online games.
- Attack our servers, overload them, or probe them for weaknesses.
- Make accounts in bulk, or sell or trade accounts.
- Exploit a bug to spoil a game for others. Tell us about it instead.
- Get around the trial or the installation limit.
If someone bothers you, block them from the Friends screen. A blocked player can't send you requests or invites.
If you break these rules, we may change your display name, take you out of a game, delete your account, or stop you using the online service. Where we can, we tell you why. If you think we got it wrong, write to techsupp@ravenirongames.com and we will look again.
Found a security problem? Write to techsupp@ravenirongames.com. Please don't test it on other players.
If the Online Service Ends
We may not run the servers for ever. Here is what keeps working.
We may change, pause or close the game server or the licence service. If we close them for good, we will say so at least 30 days ahead, on this website and on the game’s itch.io page.
| The full game | On your device, against the bots. The licence is checked on your device. |
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| Direct Connect | Games between devices on your own network. These don't use our server. |
| Home rank | Kept on your device. |
| Our server | Public games, friends lists, friends-only games, invites and online rank points. |
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| Unlocking | A trial can no longer be unlocked, and nor can a fresh installation of a game you bought. |
Today, a game you have unlocked keeps working offline without our licence service, and playing against bots on your own device never needs our servers.
No Warranty
We try hard. We don't promise.
The game and the online services are provided as they are. They may have bugs, the servers may be down, and a match may be lost to a crash or a dropped connection. We don't promise the game will run on your device, that the servers will always be there, or that your rank points or account will last for ever. The game is still being made, so features may change, arrive or go.
The game and the online services are provided as they are, without promises beyond what these terms say. As far as the law allows, we are not responsible for indirect losses. Nothing in these terms takes away any rights you have by law where you live.
The Rest
For review before posting.
| Other people's work | Parts of the game, such as its typefaces, belong to others and come under their own licences. Their notices are on the game’s Credits page and in the THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES file that comes with it. |
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| Changes | We may update these terms. The date at the top changes when we do. If a change matters, we say so on this website and on the game’s itch.io page at least 30 days before it applies. |
| Governing law | The law of New Jersey, USA. |