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8-Bit Armies

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App ID 427250
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Petroglyph
Franchise 8-Bit Armies, 8-Bit Hordes, 8-Bit Invaders
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies GlyphX Engine
Last Changenumber 28973260
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 04:17:39 UTC ()
Release Date 22 April 2016 – 17:02:00 UTC ()
😏 78.90%
2k reviews
3
In-Game

8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Featuring a campaign of 25 single-player missions, 12 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.

Additional Information

Developer Petroglyph
metacritic_name 8-Bit Armies
metacritic_score 69
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/8-bit-armies?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Petroglyph
Store Release Date 22 April 2016 – 17:02:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 22 April 2016 – 17:02:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 8 November 2022 – 23:30:59 UTC () (1667950259)
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Detected Technologies (?) GlyphX Engine, Miles_Sound_System SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 5 May 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 5623988
  • configuration:
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    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-stable
    requires_h2640
    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 9 December 2015 – 19:22:11 UTC (), in changelist #1597956

Supported Languages

14 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Hungarian Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Arabic Yes Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes Yes
Romanian Yes Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 🖥️ Simulation 🌱 Indie 🌐 RTS 👾 Pixel Graphics 🕹️ Multiplayer 🧊 Voxel 🤝 Co-op 🏠 Base Building ⚔️ War 🎶 Great Soundtrack 💥 Action 👤 Singleplayer 👾 Retro

Categories

Single-player Online PvP LAN PvP Shared/Split Screen PvP Online Co-op LAN Co-op Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Steam Leaderboards Includes level editor Remote Play Together Family Sharing Multi-player Co-op PvP

Assets

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Trailers
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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
228983 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2010 Redist No size
228990 Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist No size
427251 PetroEmptyApp Content 2.25 GiB 1.06 GiB

Total size on disk is 2.25 GiB and total download size is 1.06 GiB.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 13731593 14 March 2024 – 01:06:32 UTC

Other

Name Value
baselanguages English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Polish, Dutch, Hungarian, Romanian, Turkish, Arabic, Portuguese - Brazil
workshopdepot 8-Bit Armies (427250)
privatebranches 1
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