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8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game for the PC. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date.
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About 8-Bit Armies
About this game
A Blast from the Past
8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game for the PC. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Collect resources, build up and defend your base, amass your army of military units, and ultimately crush your opponents! 8-Bit Armies features offline single-player missions, two-player cooperative missions, AI skirmish mode, and Player-vs-Player Multiplayer modes running on dedicated game servers.
Initial release includes:
- 25 offline campaign missions
- 12 co-op missions to play with your friends
- 10 multiplayer/skirmish maps that support up to 8 players online
- AI with multiple difficulty options to play with cooperatively or fight against
- Classic Base-Building mechanics let you construct the ultimate HQ from which to launch attacks against your foes
- Destructible environments on maps ranging from small to very large
- Easy to understand modern military units and structures lets RTS beginners jump right in
- From the same team that brought you RTS classics such as Star Wars: Empire at War, Universe at War, and Grey Goo
8-Bit Armies is for anyone that enjoys RTS games, or felt overwhelmed by more serious games. With hours of solo and co-op gameplay included, there's something here for everyone!
Game Details
- Platform:
- steam
- Release Date:
- April 22, 2016
- Developer:
- Petroglyph
- Publisher:
- Petroglyph
- Supported Languages:
- English
- Franchise:
- 8Bit
- Link:
- Genres:
- Strategy
Simulation
RTS
Action
- Themes:
- Pixel Graphics
Voxel
- Play Styles:
- Multiplayer
Singleplayer
- Features:
- Steam Achievements
Steam Trading Cards
Steam Workshop
Steam Cloud
Includes level editor
Singleplayer
Multiplayer
Co-op
Product Requirements
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
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 7
- Processor: 2.6 GHz+ Quad Core Processor
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 550 Ti or AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
8-Bit Armies Statistics
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0% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
0% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
Difficulty Statistics
Difficulty Rating
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Easy
7.14%
Just Right
50%
Tough
42.86%
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Relax & enjoy! 50% of players consider this game to be Just Right
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Play Behaviour
Tried It
12.5%
Played It
31.25%
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25%
Beat It
25%
Conquered It
6.25%
Completionist! 6.25% of players have Conquered It
Frequently Asked Questions
There are 2 editions. They are Standard Edition and Complete Edition
Available DLCs for 8-Bit Armies include Guardians Campaign DLC and Soundtrack DLC
Somewhere in the middle. 50% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 43% of GameFAQs users said 8-Bit Armies is Tough or Unforgiving.
Yes, 8-Bit Armies is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that 8-Bit Armies is Playable on Steam Deck. This game is functional on Steam Deck, but might require extra effort to interact with or configure.
- 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
- This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
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
Recommended:
- OS: Windows 7
- Processor: 2.6 GHz+ Quad Core Processor
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 550 Ti or AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
8-Bit Armies was released on April 22, 2016
8-Bit Armies is published by Petroglyph
8-Bit Armies was developed by Petroglyph
Fanatical users tagged 8-Bit Armies as Strategy, Simulation, RTS, and Action
Yes, Fanatical users tagged 8-Bit Armies as Strategy
Yes, Fanatical users tagged 8-Bit Armies as Simulation
Yes, Fanatical users tagged 8-Bit Armies as RTS
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