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8-Bit Hordes

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App ID 497850
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Petroglyph
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies GlyphX Engine
Last Changenumber 28974020
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 05:37:40 UTC ()
Release Date 12 August 2016 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
😏 76.78%
531 reviews
2
In-Game
+5
💡 Strategy 🌐 RTS 🖥️ Simulation 👾 Pixel Graphics 🧊 Voxel

From the team that brought you 8-Bit Armies comes a new fantasy RTS as fast-paced and friendly as the original! 8-BIT HORDES is a colorful strategy-arcade game that is easy to learn for players of all skill levels. Collect resources, build up and defend your base, amass your army of orcs or humans and ultimately crush your opponents!

Additional Information

Developer Petroglyph
metacritic_name 8-Bit Hordes
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Petroglyph
Store Release Date 12 August 2016 – 17:02:17 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 12 August 2016 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 8 November 2022 – 23:33:01 UTC () (1667950381)
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Detected Technologies (?) GlyphX Engine, Miles_Sound_System SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 26 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 5624016
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First seen on SteamDB 30 June 2016 – 21:40:19 UTC (), in changelist #2071201

Supported Languages

14 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
German 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 🌱 Indie 🌐 RTS 🖥️ Simulation 👾 Pixel Graphics 🕹️ Multiplayer 🧊 Voxel 🎭 Fantasy 🏠 Building 🧱 Sandbox

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Shared/Split Screen PvP Online 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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timestamp8 November 2022 – 23:33:30 UTC

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timestamp 10 November 2016 – 21:11:25 UTC

Trailer 64415 ↴

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Steam charts

  • 2 players right now
  • 3 24-hour peak
  • 424 all-time peak 14 August 2016
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  • 7,814 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😏 Very Positive
  • 76.78% SteamDB Rating
  • 433 81.5% positive reviews
  • 98 18.5% negative reviews

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Markers

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8-Bit Hordes had an all-time peak of 424 concurrent players on 14 August 2016.

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