About the Game
Retro Real-Time Strategy Cranked Up To 9!
From Real-Time Strategy veterans Petroglyph comes 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far the sequel to their triumphant 8-Bit series of games. In 9-Bit Armies rally your military forces across a variety of battlefields and act out your strategy over land, sea and air. Deploy your airborne soldiers, destroy bridges, and aim your superweapons in a new kind of pixelated pyromania. Whether you are brand new to real-time strategy wargames or an experienced commander - 9-Bit Armies provides an extra bit of fun.

Need more? Join others online, playing together in co-op campaigns or against them in a mix of skirmishes supporting up to 8 players. Then download new maps, mods and more with full Steam Workshop integration, discovering new ways to render all to burning bits and bytes. You can also upload your own mods to share with friends and foes alike.

WHAT’S NEW!
From Real-Time Strategy veterans Petroglyph comes 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far the sequel to their triumphant 8-Bit series of games. In 9-Bit Armies rally your military forces across a variety of battlefields and act out your strategy over land, sea and air. Deploy your airborne soldiers, destroy bridges, and aim your superweapons in a new kind of pixelated pyromania. Whether you are brand new to real-time strategy wargames or an experienced commander - 9-Bit Armies provides an extra bit of fun.

Need more? Join others online, playing together in co-op campaigns or against them in a mix of skirmishes supporting up to 8 players. Then download new maps, mods and more with full Steam Workshop integration, discovering new ways to render all to burning bits and bytes. You can also upload your own mods to share with friends and foes alike.

WHAT’S NEW!
- Play With Friends: 9-BIT ARMIES: A Bit Too Far now supports two players in Co-Op mode against a variety of enemies. If you get stuck, bring a friend and try again to complete all those tough side-missions for extra bonuses.
- Veterancy System: In addition to earning bonuses for side-missions, you’ll earn points toward leveling up your army. The more you build and destroy, the greater your power.
- All-New AI: Completely re-written from the ground up, our new AI is so hard, you’ll be begging for mercy.
- SURVIVAL MODE: How long can you last? Build you base and defeat waves of incoming hordes bent on your ultimate destruction. Unlock additional levels of difficulty the more waves you survive.
- Naval Battles: Take your destruction to the high seas matey! Bombard targets from your battleships or surprise your enemy with stealth submarines. Nobody is safe!
- New Base-Building Options: We’ve added MEGAstructures to the game which are mega-sized and extra-deadly. There are also new Superweapons and a mobile HQ to rapidly expand your power across the map.
- GINORMOUS Maps: Playable area has increased by 400%! That’s right, our maps are 4X bigger than they were in the original game, providing plenty of space for those epic skirmish and multiplayer games.
- Bridges: Utilize bridges to reach islands or deny access to the enemy ground troops with our new game mechanic that dynamically changes strategies.
- New CHALLENGE Mode: Every day you’ll get to compete in a new challenge against the AI to earn the highest score possible on the leaderboards.
- MOD Support: Release your own maps, missions, and mayhem by changing everything from game balance to mission objectives and game mechanics. Share your creations with others through the Steam Workshop.

And, you get all the goodies that made the 8-Bit series such a blast…
Easy To Learn, Hard To Master: No previous experience necessary! Easy-to-understand modern-military units and structures let beginners jump right in. Whilst veteran players will learn how to master the fast-paced economy and unit abilities.
"The Sentinels" Campaign: Fight the Overlords in a battle for freedom....and an unknown threat from beyond...
Play With Friends: Conquer the campaign in Co-Op or join against others in huge maps supporting up to 8 armies.
Classic Base-Building: Wage war against unrelenting enemies whilst building your base to adapt and overcome.
Destructible environments on a wide variety of maps where you can destroy cities, rebuild bridges, and enter the fray on land, sea, and air.
A Legendary Legacy: From the same team that brought you RTS classics such as Star Wars: Empire at War™ , Universe at War™, Grey Goo™, and the Remastered Command & Conquer™ collection!
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
On the site: Build 21009849
Up to date
Build 21009849
Dec 1, 2025
Fixed Survival-based Achievements with Ice Breaker (Easy, Medium, Hard) and Wheeler's Ridge (Easy, Medium, Hard) maps.
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Build 19702616
Aug 25, 2025
Fix for missing movement sound effects on Artillery
Fix for explosion effects not playing on the following units:
- Overlords Rocket Helicopter
- Sentinels Heavy Drone
- Overlords Chain Tank
- Overlords Forward HQ
- Overlords Heavy Tank
- Sentinels Forward HQ
- Sentinels Stealth Bomber
- Sentinels Rage Tank
- Sentinels Spectre Tank
Fix for issue with health bars on Space Marines
Fix for missing headlights at night on the following units:
- Overlords Chain Tank
- Sentinels Seige Artillery
- Sentinels Scorch Tank
Prep for upcoming 'Going Rogue!' free DLC
Build 18631408
May 28, 2025
- Fix for selection indicators sometimes rendering incorrectly
- Fixed default map scroll speed being too slow
- Fix for rare multiplayer connection issue
Build 18245642
Apr 26, 2025
A quick multiplayer update to fix a server deployment issue
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Build 18231359
Apr 25, 2025
Happy April Commanders!
We've got an update with a few code and audio fixes.
PATCH DETAILS:
04/25/25 - BUILD NOTES
Fixes for rare single player and multiplayer stability issues
Added missing Scorch Tank audio
Restored missing audio for Survival Mode-based cameo units from 8-Bit Hordes and 8-Bit Invaders
Fixes to Surround Sound settings in the Audio Options panel
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We've got an update with a few code and audio fixes.
PATCH DETAILS:
04/25/25 - BUILD NOTES
Fixes for rare single player and multiplayer stability issues
Added missing Scorch Tank audio
Restored missing audio for Survival Mode-based cameo units from 8-Bit Hordes and 8-Bit Invaders
Fixes to Surround Sound settings in the Audio Options panel
Build 16904590
Jan 16, 2025
Get ready to race into action with the latest update for 9-bit Armies, the acclaimed real-time strategy game that blends classic RTS gameplay with retro-inspired visuals. Today, we are excited to announce the release of a brand-new multiplayer and skirmish map that pays tribute to the world of high-speed heroes, vibrant landscapes, and loop-de-loop action!
While there are no rings to collect, there are plenty of resources, so build up your Headquarters and grow your army to rampage across the map at high-speed and defeat a mix of enemy players and AI opponents in our latest release!
Have fun!
-Petroglyph
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While there are no rings to collect, there are plenty of resources, so build up your Headquarters and grow your army to rampage across the map at high-speed and defeat a mix of enemy players and AI opponents in our latest release!
Have fun!
-Petroglyph
Build 16345441
Nov 8, 2024
Hey Strategy Fans!
Just a quick update to correct an error which displayed a number of erroneous skirmish matches in the game lobby screen.
Sorry for the interruption, and have fun!
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Just a quick update to correct an error which displayed a number of erroneous skirmish matches in the game lobby screen.
Sorry for the interruption, and have fun!
Build 16319111
Nov 6, 2024
Happy November Commanders!
We've got an update that contains a few fixes, a fun new feature, and a balance tweak. Enjoy!
PATCH DETAILS:
11/06/24 - BUILD NOTES
* NEW FEATURE: Added Day/Sunset/Night/Sunrise transitions to skirmish, challenge, survival, and multiplayer maps. Skirmish and Multiplayer match settings now allow for selecting the local ambient "time of day" (for lighting and audio) in the game lobby. In Survival, the time of day automatically advances the ambient time of day with each attack wave.
* Fixed issue where turrets and some combat units would appear to ignore firing on nearby targets when in reality they were focused on enemies that were out of range and appeared to be idle.
* Fixed issue which resulted in missing starting units and structures when restarting a mission.
* Survival Mode debrief now properly displays player names and faction icons in solo, coop LAN, and coop multiplayer. Extra player slots that were not used in the battle are no longer displayed in the list.
* Updated most all "weapon fire" and "weapon detonate" sound-effect events to each have max 3D instances of 10, rather than infinite from their presets. This will prevent cases of large groups of units in combat causing unnecessary overly loud volume levels from the audible stacking.
* 9-Bit Armies: Shrink Ray (secondary superweapon) balance update: Previously, the shrink effect duration was 10 seconds + 2 seconds for every Matter Compression Engine structure built. The new shrink effect duration is now 15 seconds + 2 seconds for every Matter Compression Engine structure built. Ultimately, this results in a 50% extension to the base shrink effect duration.
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We've got an update that contains a few fixes, a fun new feature, and a balance tweak. Enjoy!
PATCH DETAILS:
11/06/24 - BUILD NOTES
* NEW FEATURE: Added Day/Sunset/Night/Sunrise transitions to skirmish, challenge, survival, and multiplayer maps. Skirmish and Multiplayer match settings now allow for selecting the local ambient "time of day" (for lighting and audio) in the game lobby. In Survival, the time of day automatically advances the ambient time of day with each attack wave.
* Fixed issue where turrets and some combat units would appear to ignore firing on nearby targets when in reality they were focused on enemies that were out of range and appeared to be idle.
* Fixed issue which resulted in missing starting units and structures when restarting a mission.
* Survival Mode debrief now properly displays player names and faction icons in solo, coop LAN, and coop multiplayer. Extra player slots that were not used in the battle are no longer displayed in the list.
* Updated most all "weapon fire" and "weapon detonate" sound-effect events to each have max 3D instances of 10, rather than infinite from their presets. This will prevent cases of large groups of units in combat causing unnecessary overly loud volume levels from the audible stacking.
* 9-Bit Armies: Shrink Ray (secondary superweapon) balance update: Previously, the shrink effect duration was 10 seconds + 2 seconds for every Matter Compression Engine structure built. The new shrink effect duration is now 15 seconds + 2 seconds for every Matter Compression Engine structure built. Ultimately, this results in a 50% extension to the base shrink effect duration.
Build 15998361
Oct 11, 2024
Hey commanders,
We just released a quick update to fix some things up. Details below.
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We just released a quick update to fix some things up. Details below.
- When a player is invited to a co-op game, installed mods will be compared between the two players and now downloaded/synced to avoid errors when trying to join another person's game.
- Fixed issues where landscape (trees, buildings) make it hard to select friendly or enemy structures behind them.
- Fixed issue where the campaign objectives pane would shrink/expand as the mission countdown timer became larger or smaller due to character width.
- Fix for forward HQ ghost models sometimes getting left behind
- Fix for not being able to load into a challenge instance after restarting a campaign instance
Build 15825304
Sep 25, 2024
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Commanders,
A new update this week introducing a long requested feature allowing you to switch dynamically between "modern" and "classic" control schemes. We have also made some improvements to sound design, more bug fixes and fixed up the Norwegian translation.
We have now added support so you can switch between modern WASD-style camera movement and more classic RTS build hotkeys from the control menu without needing to manually assign everything.
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Commanders,
A new update this week introducing a long requested feature allowing you to switch dynamically between "modern" and "classic" control schemes. We have also made some improvements to sound design, more bug fixes and fixed up the Norwegian translation.
New "Modern" vs. "Classic" Hotkey Options
We have now added support so you can switch between modern WASD-style camera movement and more classic RTS build hotkeys from the control menu without needing to manually assign everything.
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Fixes and Misc.
- Added Sound effect events for 8-Bit cameeo units (Brain, Destroyer, Marine Mech, Skeleton, Scout) + missing SFXEvents for Drone targeted attack, Wartank movement, and Wartank movement idling.
- Added support to prevent audible SFX "overdrive" when multiples of the same SFX event are attempting to start at the same time.
- Blue bars and $ amounts on resource nodes no longer display during camera cinematic cut scenes
- Fixed Norwegian translations that were mistakenly converted to Dutch.
Current Release
21009849
Uploaded Apr 14, 2026
System Requirements
OS
Windows 10
CPU
2.6 GHz Dual Core Processor
RAM
4 GB RAM
GPU
Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon RX 550
How to Install
1
Download all files
2
Extract the .RAR file to a folder (use WinRAR or 7-Zip)
3
Run ClientLauncherG64.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
Direct link available
Size
5.6 GB
Build
21009849
Password: cracked-games.org or 123
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