Games like 8-Bit Armies
If 8-Bit Armies is your kind of game, the closest matches are 8-Bit Hordes, 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far and 8-Bit Invaders! — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, intense and nostalgic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →8-Bit Armies is a retro-inspired real-time strategy game released in 2016 by Petroglyph. Players progress through a campaign featuring 25 single-player missions alongside 12 cooperative missions, with multiple factions to choose from and unit micro-management forming the core tactical layer. Reviewers note that the pixel-art aesthetic evokes classic RTS charm while maintaining what players describe as fast-paced gameplay that feels both modern and familiar. The game supports online co-op alongside multiplayer and skirmish modes. Players highlight the simple controls making it accessible to pick up, and reviewers describe the experience as both nostalgic and intense. The game runs at a challenging difficulty and is marked as playable on Steam Deck. Currently priced at $14.99, it holds an 80% positive rating from over 1,100 Steam reviews.
About 8-Bit Armies: 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, 12 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.
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8-Bit Hordes
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Top pick for 8-Bit Armies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
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!
9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Second-strongest match for 8-Bit Armies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
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.
8-Bit Invaders!
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Third-strongest match for 8-Bit Armies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
8-Bit Invaders! is a fast-paced, retro Real-Time Strategy game for the PC. Control the military might of the Galactic Marine Corps or Invade with the devastating power of the Cranioids! Mine, Build, and Fight your way to victory! Conquering the Multiverse was never so easy.
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Ranked #4 for 8-Bit Armies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
Wage war across entire solar systems with massive armies at your command. Annihilate enemy forces with world-shattering TITAN-class units, and demolish planets with massive super weapons!
Gangs Of Asia
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for 8-Bit Armies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
Experience a thrilling fusion of skill-based 1v1 Kung Fu combat and real-time strategy. Command a diverse army—from mighty Sumos and agile Ninjas to legendary Kung Fu Masters—seize territory, manage resources, and unleash special attacks to crush your opponents and claim victory!
A Total War Saga: FALL OF THE SAMURAI
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for 8-Bit Armies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Armies.
Experience the dramatic conflict of samurai culture and modern weaponry between the Imperial throne and the last Shogunate in 19th century Japan.
Northgard: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Ranked #7 for 8-Bit Armies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
Multiwinia
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Ranked #8 for 8-Bit Armies fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
Multiwinia is a fast-paced, retro-inspired RTS that blends arcade action with strategic depth. Command armies of Multiwinians in multiplayer battles across vibrant, nostalgic environments. With simple controls and dynamic gameplay, it offers endless fun and challenge for players of all skill levels.
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Reviewers of 8-Bit Armies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Armies.
Red Alert 3: Uprising features four new mini-campaigns, giving players a deeper dive into the storyline's of the Soviets, the Allies, the Empire of the Rising Sun and a unique campaign centered on the origins of everyone’s favorite psionic Japanese schoolgirl commando, Yuriko Omega.
Total Annihilation
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Reviewers of 8-Bit Armies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Armies.
What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds. The Core and the Arm have all but exhausted the resources of a galaxy in their struggle for domination.
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Reviewers of 8-Bit Armies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Armies.
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
Westwood Shadows
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Reviewers of 8-Bit Armies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
A police detective returns to his abandoned hometown, where he must confront his past and an unsolved case draped in shadows. Follow Peter Bennet through a first-person, puzzle-solving game with mild horror elements, and explore the mystery and heavy atmosphere of Westwood Shadows.
Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Reviewers of 8-Bit Armies cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Armies.
Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below 8-Bit Armies at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under 8-Bit Armies on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with 8-Bit Armies.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under 8-Bit Armies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under 8-Bit Armies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under 8-Bit Armies on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Armies.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under 8-Bit Armies on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under 8-Bit Armies on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under 8-Bit Armies on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under 8-Bit Armies on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with 8-Bit Armies.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with 8-Bit Armies.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with 8-Bit Armies.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Petroglyph, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Another title from Petroglyph, the studio behind 8-Bit Armies. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Armies.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Another title from Petroglyph, the studio behind 8-Bit Armies. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Armies.
Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.
The Great War: Western Front™
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Another title from Petroglyph, the studio behind 8-Bit Armies. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Armies.
The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.
Grey Goo
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Another title from Petroglyph, the studio behind 8-Bit Armies. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Armies.
Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.
Conan Unconquered
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Another title from Petroglyph, the studio behind 8-Bit Armies. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Armies.
From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Play solo or team up in multiplayer in Conan Unconquered’s action-packed co-op Mode where you build a shared stronghold and fend off the hordes together.
9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Another title from Petroglyph, the studio behind 8-Bit Armies. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
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.
Forged Battalion
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Another title from Petroglyph, the studio behind 8-Bit Armies. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.
8-Bit Hordes
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with 8-Bit Armies.
Another title from Petroglyph, the studio behind 8-Bit Armies. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Armies.
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!
Frequently asked about 8-Bit Armies
- Does 8-Bit Armies run on Steam Deck?
- 8-Bit Armies is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does 8-Bit Armies cost?
- 8-Bit Armies is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does 8-Bit Armies have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — 8-Bit Armies supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to 8-Bit Armies?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 8-Bit Armies are 8-Bit Hordes, 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far, 8-Bit Invaders!.
- Who developed 8-Bit Armies?
- 8-Bit Armies was developed by Petroglyph.
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