8-Bit Hordes
Fair · Multiplayer · 2016
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $7.49. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 7.8h 20h to 100%
- Value
- $0.96/hr
- Reviews
- 82% of 539 positive
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Buy now or wait
It is 50% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
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!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Nvidia Geforce GTS 250 or ATI Radeon HD 3870, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
100 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today's $7.49 at 50 percent off still sits 47 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
On value it sits in the top 17 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 77 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 81 percent. Among the games that feel like it, 8-Bit Armies ($7.49, scores 58) beats it on value, while it beats Gnomoria ($14.99, scores 30).
More about 8-Bit Hordes
Inside the two-hour refund window, 65 percent of the 139 reviews written there were positive, against 82 percent overall, and those are 29 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 7.8 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 20, 2.6 times as much.
The drop-off
10% start to 1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
8-Bit Hordes 8/10 The base gameplay in Hordes is the same as the rest of Petroglyph's "8-bit" line, so expect to play something that feels loosely like Command and Conquer, but this time with a bit of WarCraft mixed in. Unfortunately a lot of the issues with pathfinding, destroying terrain, workers going insane, etc, do persist as well. The positives also carry over. For a lower budget game, the micro in more open...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
people are saying that this is just reskin of previous game, and it's kinda true, but game still feels different. Maybe it's balance or specific units. I definitely recommend to give a shot for this game, but maybe not for full price. Music is still awesome, keep it up, Frank!
Gamer servers are terrible for Co-op. Hosting yourself or any other form is not an option. Co-op mission 8 is ridiculous and OP, worse with server lag and many disconnects. Dissuades me from buying 9-bit Armies... :(
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Cite this score
8-Bit Hordes scores 52/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/497850/8-bit-hordesReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.