- PC

Release

Friday, April 22, 2016

Critic score

69/100

Platform families

3

Editorial overview

Inside 8-Bit Armies

What it is

8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Featuring a campaign of 25 single-player missions, 10 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.

Play styles

Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Themes

Action · Warfare

LUDEX game dossier

Real Time Strategy (RTS)Simulator Strategy

8-Bit Armies

Petroglyph Games

69Critics2.6/5Friday, April 22, 201610.3 years ago

Official site

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Connected releases

2

Game data from IGDB

Languages

13 supported

Cinematic archive

See the world in motion

Official footage, in-game captures, and production artwork—collected into one immersive gallery.

8 assets

Official trailers

Trailer

Screenshots & key art

Beyond this game

Explore the complete universe

One complete franchise view connects the main releases, spin-offs, settings, and related game families.

Franchise8-BitEnter the franchise

Content map

Everything connected to this release

DLC, expansions, editions, and bundles are different products. Each stays in its own lane so you always know what you are looking at.

1 DLC1 Bundle

Playable add-ons

Downloadable content

Optional releases built to extend the base game with new stories, systems, or items.

1 release

DLC8-Bit Armies: Guardians CampaignJun 3, 2016Requires the base game

Store collections

Bundles

Packages combining this title with other games or downloadable content.

1 release

Bundle8-Bit RTS Series: Complete CollectionApr 3, 2020Multi-item package

Production dossier

The complete game record

Cast, creators, hardware, release history, and the details that define how this game plays.

Who made it

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Platforms

PlayStation 4
Gen 8
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Xbox One
Gen 8

Release history

Apr 22, 2016PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jul 18, 2017PlayStation 4
Sep 21, 2018Xbox One
Sep 21, 2018PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 21, 2018PlayStation 4

Themes & modes

ActionWarfareSingle playerMultiplayerCo-operative

Windows

Minimum

Minimum: • OS *: Windows Vista SP2 • Processor: 2.6 GHz Dual Core Processor • Memory: 4 GB RAM • Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTS 250 or ATI Radeon HD 3870 • DirectX: Version 11 • Storage: 2 GB available space

Recommended

Recommended: • OS *: Windows 7 • Processor: 2.6 GHz+ Quad Core Processor • Memory: 6 GB RAM • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 550 Ti or AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series • DirectX: Version 11 • Storage: 2 GB available space