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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

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!

1
playing now
82%
positive of 537 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 35% of 18,161 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 537 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
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 36 of 54 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.742016-08-122026-08-302016-08-12 — 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 $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1822026-06-01 — 3 pageviews2026-06-04 — 4 pageviews2026-06-07 — 7 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6 pageviews2026-06-13 — 4 pageviews2026-06-16 — 8 pageviews2026-06-19 — 8 pageviews2026-06-22 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 5 pageviews2026-06-28 — 5 pageviews2026-07-01 — 18 pageviews2026-07-04 — 9 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-10 — 2 pageviews2026-07-13 — 13 pageviews2026-07-16 — 4 pageviews2026-07-19 — 4 pageviews2026-07-22 — 6 pageviews2026-07-25 — 4 pageviews2026-07-28 — 6 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3 pageviews2026-08-03 — 11 pageviews2026-08-06 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 8 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 8 pageviews2026-08-18 — 7 pageviews2026-08-21 — 4 pageviews2026-08-24 — 16 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews2026-08-29 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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…

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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