The Game Census
8-Bit Invaders! cover art

8-Bit Invaders!

Petroglyph · 2016-12-16

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Feb 26, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Feb 26, 2019 (Xbox One), Dec 16, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

8-Bit Invaders! is a fast-paced, retro Real-Time Strategy game for the PC. Control the military might of the Galactic Marine Corps or Invade with the devastating power of the Cranioids! Mine, Build, and Fight your way to victory! Conquering the Multiverse was never so easy.

1
playing now
83%
positive of 446 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 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 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 38% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–27k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 446 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.63-16%
GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at WinGameStore (2024-04-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 36 of 53 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 0 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 — 1 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.742016-12-162026-08-302016-12-16 — best price $14.992017-05-15 — best price $8.242017-11-06 — best price $7.492018-04-09 — best price $7.992018-09-24 — best price $8.242019-02-12 — best price $14.992019-08-01 — best price $7.492019-11-21 — best price $7.492020-02-11 — best price $14.992020-05-29 — best price $11.012020-08-01 — best price $14.992020-09-22 — best price $13.392020-11-04 — best price $13.392021-01-04 — best price $14.992021-03-04 — best price $14.992021-04-30 — best price $13.392021-06-16 — best price $14.992021-10-05 — best price $13.392022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-03-07 — best price $6.742022-06-01 — best price $13.392022-10-27 — best price $7.492023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-04-18 — best price $13.392023-08-07 — best price $5.242023-12-02 — best price $7.492024-03-14 — best price $7.492024-04-30 — best price $7.492024-07-27 — best price $13.392024-10-28 — best price $7.492025-01-24 — best price $7.492025-06-20 — best price $14.992026-01-07 — best price $11.012026-05-08 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud1 DLC

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

Player tags

RTSWarCo-opIndieRetroVoxelActionAliensSci-fiStrategy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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