8-Bit Armies

8-Bit Armies

Petroglyph · April 22, 2016 · Strategy, Simulation, Indie, RTS, Pixel Graphics

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8-Bit Armies price by region

8-Bit Armies costs £3.23 in the United Kingdom, $4.26 in the United States, €4.40 in Europe (EUR), CA$14.32 in Canada, $14.99 in Georgia (USD), A$16.99 in Australia, zł19.97 in Poland, NZ$21.99 in New Zealand and R$27.26 in Brazil right now.

Cheapest 8-Bit Armies offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
United Kingdom £3.23 −65% £9.26 £3.23 8
United Statesyour region $4.26 −66% $12.63 $4.26 10
Europe (EUR) €4.40 −65% €12.63 €4.40 10
Canada CA$14.32 −16% CA$14.32 — 5
Georgia (USD) $14.99 $14.99 — 4
Australia A$16.99 −16% A$16.99 — 5
Poland zł19.97 −53% zł42.69 zł19.97 6
New Zealand NZ$21.99 NZ$21.99 — 4
Brazil R$27.26 −3% R$27.99 R$27.26 5

Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.

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About 8-Bit Armies

✦ AI summary

Build your base, command your army, and dominate opponents in this colorful retro RTS that strips away complexity without sacrificing strategy. Packed with 25 campaign missions, co-op gameplay, and multiplayer modes, 8-Bit Armies proves that accessible RTS gaming doesn't mean casual fun.

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)

8-Bit Armies — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player, Online PvP, Online co-op, LAN, Split screen
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Aug 5, 2026
[h1]Disclaimer[/h1] I finished regular campaign on normal. It seems DLC is basically the same game just with different units. [h1]TL;DR[/h1] Basic doesn't feel the right word. It's so basic that it's unremarkable. Only worth it on a steep sale if you don't mind playing missions that feel one step above skirmish, but not like actual proper campaign. Will take about 10h to finish it all on normal. [h1]Description[/h1] Classic RTS, has a bit of a C&C feel. 1 faction only. Classic military units. Resources are gathered from oil drills (neutral indestructible buildings) and transported to refinery which turns it to cash. You can expand building range by placing any building close to the current area edge. You can increase production speed for units by building more production facilities for that unit. It also works for the game's superweapon - the nuke. More silos - faster nuke cooldown. Campaign is a linear sequence of missions with 1 main objective and 2 additional objectives you can finish if you play on a normal or hard difficulty. Each objective completed on any mission gives you unlocks. Either ability to train new units, or some more starting units/cash. You can also rep…
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Recommended Sep 5, 2026
A solid, old-school, slightly ugly RTS game, like a low-poly/minecraft-style C&C clone. Units are cheaper compared to C&C, so yes, you will often command many of them. But the claim made in some reviews here, that there was no rock/paper/scissors element to them, and its all just about mass, I do not agree. It may seem like that in the first 3 missions, but once you get helicopters and advanced tech, this is obvisouly not true. The campaign has a bit of a skirmish/multi-player feeling: symmetrical maps, no real story to speak of, in later maps against several enemies and sometimes with AI allies. So if you're here for a C&C-style SP campaign, you may not be very happy. But I have to say, I would have preferred such a campaign, no doubt -- but this one also grew on me. Think of it as some kind of gradual skirmish/MP training. I liked the bonus objectives that unlock permanent extra start units. Overall I liked this a lot more than I thought I would. It may not be StarCraft II quality, but it is definitely fun. I recommend it IF you like old-school RTS and can live with the graphics style.
Recommended Aug 29, 2026
C&C but pixelated
Not recommended Jul 13, 2026
6/10 - Very bland. There is no reason to play this instead of C&C.
Not recommended Jun 30, 2026
campaign is bad; it seems more like an advanced tutorial or generated challenges.
Recommended Jun 25, 2026
Its kinda the temu version of command and conquer but its actually good

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