# 8\-Bit Armies

Summer DB entity ID: 6eb92868\-6893\-4ed2\-8489\-45ec9e347bff

Steam App ID: 427250

A Blast From the Past\!   8\-Bit Armies is a retro Real\-Time Strategy game for the PC\. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8\-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast\-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date\. Collect resources, build up and defend your base, amass your army of military units, and ultimately crush your opponents\! 8\-Bit Armies features offline single\-player missions, two\-player cooperative missions, AI skirmish mode, and Player\-vs\-Player Multiplayer modes running on dedicated game servers\.  Initial release includes:   25 offline campaign missions   12 co\-op missions to play with your friends   10 multiplayer/skirmish maps that support up to 8 players online   AI with multiple difficulty options to play with cooperatively or fight against   Classic Base\-Building mechanics let you construct the ultimate HQ from which to launch attacks against your foes   Destructible environments on maps ranging from small to very large   Easy to understand modern military units and structures lets RTS beginners jump right in   From the same team that brought you RTS classics such as Star Wars: Empire at War, Universe at War, and Grey Goo   8\-Bit Armies is for anyone that enjoys RTS games, or felt overwhelmed by more serious games\.  With hours of solo and co\-op gameplay included, there's something here for everyone\! More reviews from game journalists\.\.\.   "Its biggest offering to the RTS genre is its brilliant retro design and vivid, colourful graphics coupled with easy\-to\-learn gameplay\. For those intimidated by the complexity of RTS games, 8\-Bit Armies is a great place to start\."   \- CGMagazine    "Simple and balanced game play make 8\-bit Armies an indie game gem\! I wasn’t kidding when I said that I can’t stop playing this game, it is that good\!"   \- Just Press Start    "I love the the game, and it is definitely worth buying\."  and\.\.\.  "It's a fun, fun game and I'm absolutely, absolutely loving it\!"   \- Worth A Buy \(YouTube\)

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Petroglyph

- Publisher: Petroglyph

- Release date: Apr 22, 2016

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy

- Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, PvP, Online PvP, LAN PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Co\-op, Online Co\-op, LAN Co\-op, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Includes level editor, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

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- Price: 1499 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 2

- Steam review count: 2473

- Steam positive reviews: 2012

- Steam negative reviews: 461

- Steam positive percentage: 81.35867367569753%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/6eb92868-6893-4ed2-8489-45ec9e347bff/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/6eb92868-6893-4ed2-8489-45ec9e347bff/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T08:13:47\.806884\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T08:13:49\.163851\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T08:13:48\.841057\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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