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Games Like 8-Bit Hordes
Aug 12, 2016·82% positive·
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!
Best games like 8-Bit Hordes
The best games like 8-Bit Hordes are 8-Bit Armies, 8-Bit Invaders!, 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far, There Are No Orcs, and Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition. GAMESLIKE ranks these alternatives using shared gameplay metadata, Steam review sentiment, and similarity signals. Evidence includes 82% positive across 474 Steam reviews, Steam genre and tag overlap across Strategy, Indie, Simulation, platform support for Windows, and $14.99 pricing signal.
- 8-Bit Armies - 8-Bit Armies is closely similar to 8-Bit Hordes because both games are made by Petroglyph, and both are Strategy and Indie and Simulation games, and fit the same co-op story and survival/crafting intent.
- 8-Bit Invaders! - 8-Bit Invaders! is closely similar to 8-Bit Hordes because both games are made by Petroglyph, and both are Strategy and Indie and Simulation games, and fit the same co-op story and systems/automation/colony intent.
- 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far - 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far is closely similar to 8-Bit Hordes because both games are made by Petroglyph, and both are Strategy and Indie and Simulation games, and fit the same co-op story and survival/crafting intent.
- There Are No Orcs - There Are No Orcs is closely similar to 8-Bit Hordes because both are Strategy and Indie games, and share gameplay elements like Strategy, Indie, and fit the same survival/crafting and systems/automation/colony intent.
- Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition - Kingdom Wars 2: Definitive Edition is closely similar to 8-Bit Hordes because both are Strategy and Indie and Simulation games, and fit the same co-op story and survival/crafting and systems/automation/colony intent.
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The Hordes are Coming! 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. 8-Bit Hordes includes all the following:
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2 Factions - The Dark Orcs and their Undead allies versus those annoyingly cheery Humans, Dwarves and Elves of the Lightbringers.
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24 offline campaign missions
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12 co-op missions to play with your friendly fiends
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10 multiplayer/skirmish maps that support up to 8 trolls online
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Devious AI opponents with multiple difficulty options to play with cooperatively or destroy
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Classic Base-Building mechanics let you construct the ultimate lair from which to launch attacks against your foes
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Destructible environments on maps ranging from the underworld to cemeteries and haunted forests
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A fun and friendly art style even the forever cursed would enjoy
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Full interoperability with 8-Bit Armies' factions and maps providing endless crossover combat opportunities
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An awesome new soundtrack by Frank Klepacki
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From the same team that brought you RTS classics such as Star Wars: Empire at War, Universe at War, and Grey Goo
8-Bit Hordes is for anyone that enjoys RTS games but felt overwhelmed by complicated game mechanics and mysterious unit controls. With hours of solo and co-op gameplay included, there's something here for everyone!
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