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8-Bit Hordes cover art

8-Bit Hordes

Petroglyph · 2016-08-12

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Aug 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 01, 2019 (Xbox One), Feb 01, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

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!

8-Bit Hordes is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2016 for $14.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 539 reviews).

0
playing now
82%
positive of 539 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
4.01★
PlayStation Store rating (197 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

8-Bit Hordes is a real-time strategy video game developed by Petroglyph Games, which was released on August 12, 2016, for Microsoft Windows. It uses the same engine as its predecessor 8-Bit Armies, but is now based in a fantasy themed scenario.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 13k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 539 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.49-50%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at WinGameStore (2025-08-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 50 of 96 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020162026Week of 2016-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.742016-08-122026-10-142016-08-12 — best price $13.492016-12-22 — best price $9.742017-05-12 — best price $8.992017-07-19 — best price $7.492017-11-29 — best price $14.992018-07-16 — best price $14.992018-12-13 — best price $5.992019-05-30 — best price $7.492019-10-28 — best price $7.492020-01-08 — best price $14.992020-05-26 — best price $13.392020-07-28 — best price $11.012020-09-17 — best price $7.492020-10-25 — best price $13.392020-12-14 — best price $13.392021-02-20 — best price $14.992021-04-13 — best price $13.392021-05-27 — best price $13.392021-10-11 — best price $13.392022-01-21 — best price $3.742022-03-23 — best price $14.992022-06-20 — best price $5.692022-11-04 — best price $14.992023-01-23 — best price $14.992023-04-18 — best price $13.392023-07-19 — best price $11.012023-12-02 — best price $7.492024-03-03 — best price $13.392024-05-01 — best price $5.692024-07-16 — best price $13.392024-10-09 — best price $14.992025-01-20 — best price $7.492025-06-05 — best price $7.492026-01-03 — best price $7.492026-04-17 — best price $7.492026-08-23 — best price $14.992026-09-16 — best price $7.492026-10-06 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1812026-06-01 — 3 pageviews2026-06-05 — 2 pageviews2026-06-09 — 3 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-17 — 5 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-25 — 5 pageviews2026-06-29 — 2 pageviews2026-07-03 — 4 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 4 pageviews2026-07-19 — 4 pageviews2026-07-23 — 5 pageviews2026-07-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3 pageviews2026-08-04 — 6 pageviews2026-08-08 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-16 — 15 pageviews2026-08-20 — 5 pageviews2026-08-24 — 16 pageviews2026-08-28 — 5 pageviews2026-09-01 — 4 pageviews2026-09-05 — 13 pageviews2026-09-09 — 6 pageviews2026-09-13 — 4 pageviews2026-09-17 — 3 pageviews2026-09-21 — 7 pageviews2026-09-25 — 6 pageviews2026-09-29 — 5 pageviews2026-10-03 — 5 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews2026-10-11 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
10.3%
earned "Paladins in the Mist"
2.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-08-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4405%25
PS4 (PlayStation)23123%26

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

Player tags

RTSIndieVoxelHorrorFantasySandboxBuildingStrategySimulationMultiplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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