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8-Bit Armies

Petroglyph · 2016-04-22

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 18, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Sep 21, 2018 (Xbox One), Sep 21, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

8-Bit Armies is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 2467 reviews).

5
playing now
81%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
52/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
3.83★
PlayStation Store rating (872 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

8-Bit Armies is a real-time strategy video game developed by Petroglyph Games, which was released on April 22, 2016 for Microsoft Windows and for Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on 21 September 2018.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 62k–149k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,477 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.89 at WinGameStore (2025-08-22) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 51 of 96 observed days · $5.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-14 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1512Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 2 · peak 11Jul 2016 — avg 44 · peak 132Nov 2016 — avg 24 · peak 70Mar 2017 — avg 20 · peak 71Jul 2017 — avg 36 · peak 95Nov 2017 — avg 17 · peak 48Mar 2018 — avg 16 · peak 58Jul 2018 — avg 18 · peak 55Nov 2018 — avg 14 · peak 46Mar 2019 — avg 13 · peak 47Jul 2019 — avg 12 · peak 35Nov 2019 — avg 11 · peak 35Mar 2020 — avg 14 · peak 53Jul 2020 — avg 11 · peak 30Nov 2020 — avg 8 · peak 29Mar 2021 — avg 10 · peak 31Jul 2021 — avg 8 · peak 44Nov 2021 — avg 7 · peak 25Mar 2022 — avg 9 · peak 37Jul 2022 — avg 9 · peak 30Nov 2022 — avg 10 · peak 33Mar 2023 — avg 9 · peak 41Jul 2023 — avg 9 · peak 27Nov 2023 — avg 9 · peak 35Mar 2024 — avg 9 · peak 32Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 22Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 19Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 18Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.742016-04-192026-10-142016-04-19 — best price $14.992016-09-08 — best price $11.242016-12-05 — best price $7.492017-04-10 — best price $14.992017-07-19 — best price $7.492017-12-04 — best price $6.742018-07-02 — best price $7.992018-12-01 — best price $14.992019-05-23 — best price $14.992019-09-23 — best price $14.992020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-05-11 — best price $7.492020-07-27 — best price $13.392020-09-15 — best price $14.992020-10-18 — best price $14.992020-12-16 — best price $7.492021-02-11 — best price $7.492021-04-13 — best price $13.392021-05-26 — best price $14.992021-09-08 — best price $13.392021-12-01 — best price $11.012022-02-14 — best price $7.492022-05-07 — best price $14.992022-08-01 — best price $14.992022-11-23 — best price $7.492023-03-15 — best price $14.992023-06-15 — best price $14.992023-09-26 — best price $14.992024-01-05 — best price $13.392024-04-06 — best price $11.012024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-09-25 — best price $7.492025-01-03 — best price $14.992025-04-18 — best price $7.492025-09-29 — best price $7.492026-02-12 — best price $14.992026-06-10 — best price $12.632026-09-05 — best price $14.992026-09-25 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1932026-06-01 — 14 pageviews2026-06-05 — 18 pageviews2026-06-09 — 10 pageviews2026-06-13 — 8 pageviews2026-06-17 — 10 pageviews2026-06-21 — 16 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-29 — 6 pageviews2026-07-03 — 18 pageviews2026-07-07 — 17 pageviews2026-07-11 — 16 pageviews2026-07-15 — 11 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-23 — 12 pageviews2026-07-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-31 — 10 pageviews2026-08-04 — 7 pageviews2026-08-08 — 13 pageviews2026-08-12 — 17 pageviews2026-08-16 — 18 pageviews2026-08-20 — 15 pageviews2026-08-24 — 17 pageviews2026-08-28 — 13 pageviews2026-09-01 — 12 pageviews2026-09-05 — 18 pageviews2026-09-09 — 13 pageviews2026-09-13 — 10 pageviews2026-09-17 — 12 pageviews2026-09-21 — 9 pageviews2026-09-25 — 12 pageviews2026-09-29 — 13 pageviews2026-10-03 — 11 pageviews2026-10-07 — 13 pageviews2026-10-11 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
22.2%
earned "Bug Hunt"
3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam Achievements2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, German, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Polish, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2016-04-22, latest 2016-06-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,5462%29
PS4 (PlayStation)1,0047%30

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSWarCo-opIndieRetroVoxelActionStrategySimulationMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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