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8-Bit Hordes
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 a
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“8-Bit Hordes 8/10 The base gameplay in Hordes is the same as the rest of Petroglyph's "8-bit" line, so expect to play something that feels loosely like Command and Conquer, but this time with a bit of WarCraft mixed in. Unfortunately a lot of the issues with pathfinding,…”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played“Good game but buy on sale, traditonal rts game but with no cutscenes”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedLatest official news
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9-Bit Armies in Full Release!
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 strategy (RTS) game that brings pixel-perfect mayhem to your screen. In
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
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
8-Bit Hordes 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
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 campaign
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Indie · RTS · Simulation · Pixel Graphics · Multiplayer · Voxel · Fantasy · Building · Sandbox · Horror (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Polish, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Romanian, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 25 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (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