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9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far cover art

9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far

Petroglyph · 2024-08-26

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Aug 26, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.

9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far is a 2024 Action, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 1036 reviews) and an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners.

8
playing now
81%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 71 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,036 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14214220242026Week of 2024-02-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2542026-09-15 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 20 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 25 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 21 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 16 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 20 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 16 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 17 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 20 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
18412Feb 2024Aug 2026Feb 2024 — avg 184 · peak 363Mar 2024 — avg 72 · peak 252Apr 2024 — avg 43 · peak 131May 2024 — avg 32 · peak 74Jun 2024 — avg 28 · peak 73Jul 2024 — avg 50 · peak 114Aug 2024 — avg 49 · peak 263Sep 2024 — avg 75 · peak 285Oct 2024 — avg 37 · peak 92Nov 2024 — avg 27 · peak 67Dec 2024 — avg 29 · peak 69Jan 2025 — avg 28 · peak 74Feb 2025 — avg 23 · peak 66Mar 2025 — avg 21 · peak 59Apr 2025 — avg 15 · peak 36May 2025 — avg 16 · peak 48Jun 2025 — avg 24 · peak 122Jul 2025 — avg 16 · peak 41Aug 2025 — avg 12 · peak 30Sep 2025 — avg 18 · peak 42Oct 2025 — avg 15 · peak 46Nov 2025 — avg 14 · peak 41Dec 2025 — avg 15 · peak 44Jan 2026 — avg 15 · peak 37Feb 2026 — avg 14 · peak 37Mar 2026 — avg 14 · peak 42Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 38May 2026 — avg 13 · peak 34Jun 2026 — avg 13 · peak 40Jul 2026 — avg 15 · peak 51Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 33
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992024-02-232026-07-242024-02-23 — best price $17.992024-03-31 — best price $15.992024-05-14 — best price $15.992024-06-27 — best price $14.992024-07-13 — best price $14.992024-08-26 — best price $14.992024-10-09 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $13.992024-12-13 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $13.992025-01-11 — best price $19.992025-01-27 — best price $19.992025-02-22 — best price $19.992025-03-03 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $13.992025-03-28 — best price $19.992025-05-05 — best price $19.992025-06-18 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-08-01 — best price $19.992025-09-19 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-07 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-02-09 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $10.992026-04-03 — best price $11.992026-05-22 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-10 — best price $9.992026-07-24 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
90.3%
earned "Thank You!"
8.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Workshop2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-02-23, latest 2025-09-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0780%120

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

Player tags

PvPRTSFunnyVoxelActionSandboxWargameColorfulStrategyTactical

Census log

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

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