8-Bit Hordes

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• real-time strategy

• strategy video game^*

Play modes

• co-op mode

• single-player video game

• multiplayer video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  2^*

Series

• 8-Bit Armies series

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Indie^*
• Simulation^*
• Strategy^*

Game features

• 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^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*
• German^*
• Portuguese - Brazil^*
• Russian^*
• Simplified Chinese^*
• Hungarian^*
• Polish^*
• Italian^*
• Spanish - Spain^*
• Arabic^*
• Dutch^*
• Romanian^*
• Turkish^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• Turkish^*

Community tags · historical

• Strategy^*

  Votes · historical

  81^*

• Indie^*

  Votes · historical

  51^*

• RTS^*

  Votes · historical

  47^*

• Simulation^*

  Votes · historical

  42^*

• Pixel Graphics^*

  Votes · historical

  26^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  24^*

• Voxel^*

  Votes · historical

  19^*

• Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  14^*

• Building^*

  Votes · historical

  13^*

• Sandbox^*

  Votes · historical

  6^*

• Horror^*

  Votes · historical

  5^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows Vista SP2^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.6 GHz Dual Core Processor^*

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Nvidia Geforce GTS 250 or ATI Radeon HD 3870^*

  Graphics API

  Version 11^*

  Storage

  2 GB available space^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Processor alternatives

  2.6 GHz+ Quad Core Processor^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Nvidia GeForce 550 Ti or AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series^*

  Memory

  6 GB^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  6 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Unsupported^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  10^*

  Community confidence

  moderate^*

Developers

• Petroglyph Games

• Petroglyph^*

Publishers

• Petroglyph Games

• Petroglyph^*

• 2016-08-12

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2016-08-11 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2016-08-11^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Aug 12, 2016^*

Detailed specifications