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What it is
8-Bit Armies is a real-time strategy game from Petroglyph Games, released for Windows in 2016. Its blocky voxel art and modern military units frame a base-building loop: gather resources, build and defend a base, assemble an army, then attack opponents. The game includes 25 offline campaign missions, 12 co-op missions and AI skirmishes, with AI opponents offering multiple difficulty options. Multiplayer and skirmish maps support up to eight online players. The listed modes also include PvP and co-op through online, LAN and shared or split-screen play. Destructible environments appear across maps ranging from small to very large. Steam features include achievements as well as single-player and multiplayer play. The game is categorized as indie, simulation and strategy, and its listed publisher is Petroglyph.
What players like, and what they don't
- 25 offline campaign missions
- 12 co-op missions
- Maps support up to eight online players
- Online, LAN and shared-screen modes listed
- Windows is the only listed platform
- Online maps support up to eight players
Who it suits
It suits RTS players who want solo missions, cooperative play or PvP, including people who prefer approachable base-building mechanics. Windows is the listed platform.
8-Bit Armies offers solo, cooperative and competitive routes through a base-building RTS structure. Its range of listed play modes and mission types gives groups several ways to play together.
