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8-Bit Armies

8-Bit Armies

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.

Released Apr 22, 2016 Developer Petroglyph Platforms Windows StrategySimulationIndieRTSPixel Graphics
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

81.9%positive2,419 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A fun rts that takes a littel tacticel thinking and reasorce saveing tho diffcult even with beginner ai it can be done. It so retro i love it reminds me of the old rts game like kknd total anialation and even c&c all game of that franchise. Tho i had a hard time and lost alot it…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“8 bits. I love 8 bits. 8. wait. 8.... I ate. a lot. I ate my feelings into my soul and now I'm an empty casket of lust and decrepit loneliness waiting to be swallowed by a 7 foot goth latina vampire. May Allah bless me. Netanyahu please save us.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Unbalanced Slop”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:29 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

2playing at last check
724-hour peak
598all-time peak
0 100 200 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 151 avg · May 2016

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

29achievements
3.0%median completion
1.0%rarest: No One Left Behind
22.2% of players 21.1% of players 17.5% of players 16.1% of players 12.7% of players 9.8% of players 6.9% of players 6.7% of players 4.9% of players 4.6% of players 4.3% of players 3.9% of players 3.4% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.6% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 22.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
22.2%Bug Hunt — Win a skirmish game against at least one normal AI with the Renegades faction.
21.1%Bullets with Friends — Win a multiplayer game as the Renegades faction.
17.5%Fist Bump — Win a multiplayer game as the Renegades faction with a human teammate.
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%No One Left Behind — Complete cooperative campaign with Renegades faction and earn all possible stars.
1.1%Don't Tread on Me — Squish 5000 infantry with tanks or harvesters across multiple games in any game mode.
1.1%Sharing the Pain — Complete cooperative campaign with Renegades faction with at least 2 stars in each mission.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US14.99 USD
EU14.79 EUR
UK12.79 GBP
Australia21.95 AUD
Canada19.49 CAD
Japan1,700 JPY
Brazil46.99 BRL
China58.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$8.6 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Oct 16, 2024
9-Bit Armies in Full Release!

Exciting News: 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far is Now Fully Released on PC! We are thrilled to announce the full release of 9-Bit Armies, now available on PC! Dive into a fast-paced, retro-style real-time

Jun 27, 2024
Petroglyph Steam Summer Sale 2024

Lock and load in the Steam Summer Sale 2024! Looking for a slice of RTS action this summer? We are putting our first-party titles on sale for the holidays. From our newest title 9-Bit Armies, with the

Feb 26, 2024
9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far is now LIVE in EARLY ACCESS

Hello Commanders Get ready to build bases, blow up bridges and deliver blistering devastation to your foes in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. The sequel is finally here as we release in early access. Do

Nov 14, 2023
8-Bit Armies Community Update - 14th November 2023

Kick the tires and light the fires! We are excited to announce a new set of updates for our 8-Bit series of RTS games (8-Bit Armies, 8-Bit Hordes, 8-Bit Invaders) out now. With feedback from the commu

Oct 20, 2023
ANNOUNCING: 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far!

Commanders, the wait is over. Introducing 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far - the thrilling sequel to the Real-Time Strategy game 8-Bit Armies! Venture into a world of pixelated warfare, expansive campaigns

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Simulation · Indie · RTS · Pixel Graphics · Multiplayer · Voxel · Co-op · Base-Building · War · Great Soundtrack · Action (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op
LanguagesEnglish * , German, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Polish, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Romanian, Turkish *
Achievements29
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista SP2 Processor: 2.6 GHz Dual Core Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTS 250 or ATI Radeon HD 3870 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space