Resources are gathered via lorries which gather gold from nearby mines to the main castle. The player starts with a castle building which he uses to expand his base so he can build various military units to fight his opponents.

Gameplay is very similar to the classic Warcraft franchise. The graphic features a blocky 8-bit retro-art voxel style with partially destructible terrain. The game takes a very simplistic approach in its gameplay and graphical elements. It features a singleplayer campaign and a multiplayer mode in which players battle each other or the AI in the cooperative game mode. GameplayĨ-Bit Hordes is a real-time strategy game designed to mirror the look and gameplay of classic RTS games of the 90s. Due their similarities, both games offer various cross-over functionalities.

After the release of 8-Bit Armies, Petroglyph Games wanted to release more factions via DLC, but then decided to make an entire spin-off, which led to the release of 8-Bit Hordes a few months later on August 12, 2016. 8-Bit Hordes is the sequel to the game 8-Bit Armies.