- 2+players
- PC
- Xbox
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! 8-Bit Hordes features offline single-player missions, two-player cooperative missions, AI skirmish mode, and Player-vs-Player Multiplayer modes running on dedicated game servers.
Who can play
Store (how we check facts)- Same-screen play on PC. How many can join is not confirmed. Not confirmed on Xbox.
- Online on PC. Steam lists 2-player online. Xbox lists 6-player online play. Not confirmed on Xbox.
- Crossplay is not confirmed.
- One copy is enough with Remote Play Together on PC.
- PCGOGSee price (opens the store in a new tab)
- XboxMicrosoft StoreGet it (opens the store in a new tab)
How it plays
Is it good
81%
Very positive on Steam
- 63Top criticsOpenCritic · Feb 2019 (OpenCritic top critic average, 14 reviews, as of Feb 2019; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
- 29%RecommendOpenCritic · Feb 2019 (OpenCritic critics who recommend it, 14 reviews, as of Feb 2019; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
Steam Deck Unsupported
Every way to play together
Steam lists local multiplayer and online co-op for PC. On PC one copy is enough with Remote Play Together. 81% positive of 490 Steam reviews.
- 2+
- 2+
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Quick facts
- Developer
- Petroglyph
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox Series X|S
- Series
- 8-Bit Armies series
- Released
- Aug 12, 2016 on PC
- Languages
- Text in 14 languages, voices in English
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Answers
- Can you play 8-Bit Hordes on one screen?
- Yes. The store lists shared or split-screen play without saying which. Same-screen versus on PC. Not confirmed yet on Xbox.
- One of 1,795 local multiplayer games on PC
- Is 8-Bit Hordes crossplay?
- Crossplay not yet confirmed.
- Do you need two copies of 8-Bit Hordes?
- On one screen, one copy is enough. On PC the host can stream it to friends with Steam Remote Play Together.
- One of 1,371 co-op games where one copy is enough
- Does 8-Bit Hordes work on Steam Deck?
- No: Steam rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.
- Is 8-Bit Hordes free?
- No, it's a paid game.
