# 8\-Bit Hordes Summer DB entity ID: 873f23c3\-968e\-46ad\-a2aa\-cbc8df8b1e90 Steam App ID: 497850 The Hordes are Coming\! 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 features offline single\-player missions, two\-player cooperative missions, AI skirmish mode, and Player\-vs\-Player Multiplayer modes running on dedicated game servers\. 8\-Bit Hordes includes all the following: 2 Factions \- The Dark Orcs and their Undead allies versus those annoyingly cheery Humans, Dwarves and Elves of the Lightbringers\. 24 offline campaign missions 12 co\-op missions to play with your friendly fiends 10 multiplayer/skirmish maps that support up to 8 trolls online Devious AI opponents with multiple difficulty options to play with cooperatively or destroy Classic Base\-Building mechanics let you construct the ultimate lair from which to launch attacks against your foes Destructible environments on maps ranging from the underworld to cemeteries and haunted forests A fun and friendly art style even the forever cursed would enjoy Full interoperability with 8\-Bit Armies' factions and maps providing endless crossover combat opportunities An awesome new soundtrack by Frank Klepacki From the same team that brought you RTS classics such as Star Wars: Empire at War, Universe at War, and Grey Goo 8\-Bit Hordes is for anyone that enjoys RTS games but felt overwhelmed by complicated game mechanics and mysterious unit controls\. With hours of solo and co\-op gameplay included, there's something here for everyone\! ## Game information - Type: game - Developer: Petroglyph - Publisher: Petroglyph - Release date: Aug 12, 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, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Co\-op, Online 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 - Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_65e6fa779554ef817c8539cd2388a03385658d54\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_0707a33aa17f085a1876286ac9c26dcd9dfec81a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_7bb34ba84ef0538bbc71d99be8d3939aa9b8ff5b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_315ee67b382c904dfe8b8ebd1ab54b5d7709e4b7\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_4948280a4d0e29eff103220249a84e82ec4475ca\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_6897b2f4b809b8d1ca288b922080920388eccaef\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_de3452a6237f3c41bcf7f78837d580f117f0cea6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_27eca4521d32055f3a8b99f89aea72cf5bb17dab\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_d8a5af17ce7912d14b6156fb1ee0fb6e76af7370\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_03b71627237da91bd71a31b98d1c6214b2cb6bc1\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_2c878262698b1fc2a95ede02a897a3c232b1fb5e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_86d5706ea274739f2307147de196333b91633991\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_14cadad552da86b3232f628fd236c53fedade6f4\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_38c67a2fa5231a29d0404db994b583bf2ba316a8\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_c2e31890c20459afa1d01837190f514203fafc3d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_47693af31f62659cb491f3e0cca0e2022dfb91bf\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_37592e2aca286f4b54c657abf4e6eaeb037cf8c2\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_9b2ed8668a7031af9998ddb5e70b723440801669\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_86d420deaba42a57a651a816380dbb5b04a8f9aa\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_a790efbb7caa6dbbdfbb93a2131f176b84e25c8d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/497850/ss\_8c1425f2833d6e0a48ebb3a56c57794abad3742c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667950410 - Price: 1499 minor units USD; discount 0% - Price country: US ## Observed metrics - Current players: 0 - Steam review count: 539 - Steam positive reviews: 441 - Steam negative reviews: 98 - Steam positive percentage: 81.81818181818181% - Summer DB rating: No native votes Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\} ## Player history [Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/873f23c3-968e-46ad-a2aa-cbc8df8b1e90/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/873f23c3-968e-46ad-a2aa-cbc8df8b1e90/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\-22T12:44:40\.928046\+00:00 - Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T12:44:42\.154627\+00:00 - Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T12:44:41\.915493\+00:00 Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/497850/","catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/497850/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=497850","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/497850"\},"price":"2026\-09\-22T12:44:40\.928046\+00:00","source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-22T12:44:40\.928046\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-22T12:44:42\.154627\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-22T12:44:41\.915493\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":"0d70afc7\-e087\-49d6\-ad8a\-768f23769308","catalog":"fbab2072\-2541\-4887\-a43c\-40e95d54dde0","details":"7176d252\-b0ca\-4b8b\-b54d\-8dba6c22c94d","players":"a920df9d\-7a60\-4ca4\-901c\-34e890e68dd5","reviews":"5a3a2a47\-6d7a\-4df8\-9b60\-1bd91e9355fb"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\} Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"873f23c3\-968e\-46ad\-a2aa\-cbc8df8b1e90","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\} 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. [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/497850/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/873f23c3-968e-46ad-a2aa-cbc8df8b1e90)