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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 ()
😏 78.68%
2k reviews
6
In-Game
+7
💡 Strategy 🖥️ Simulation 🌐 RTS 👾 Pixel Graphics 🧊 Voxel

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
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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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Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
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  • 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
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  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 5 May 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
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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

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Steam charts

  • 6 players right now
  • 8 24-hour peak
  • 600 all-time peak 1 May 2016
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  • 1,628 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😏 Very Positive
  • 78.68% SteamDB Rating
  • 1,997 81.7% positive reviews
  • 447 18.3% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
22 April 2016 Steam Release -
22 March 2017 ⇄ Fanatical: Dominator Bundle -
8 May 2018 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble War Gamez Bundle -
10 October 2018 ⇄ Fanatical: 8-Bit Complete Bundle -
12 February 2025 ⇄ Fanatical: Build Your Own Special Editions Bundle -

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How many players are playing 8-Bit Armies right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 6 players live playing 8-Bit Armies on Steam.

8-Bit Armies had an all-time peak of 600 concurrent players on 1 May 2016.

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