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9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far

Real-time strategy with base building and land, sea, and air combat

Petroglyph · Released Aug 26, 2024

ActionIndieSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Very Positive
81% of 1,038
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Playing now
12
peak 24h 19
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
9 months ago
Dec 1, 2025

What is 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far?

An isometric real-time strategy game where you build bases and command military units across campaign missions and multiplayer skirmishes. You can also play co-op campaigns, defend against waves in survival mode, or take on daily AI challenges.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy classic real-time strategy and base building
  • +you want co-op campaigns or multiplayer skirmishes
  • +you like replaying missions for optional objectives

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer turn-based planning to real-time combat
  • −you want campaign missions without timed bonus objectives

What players say

81% of 1,038 reviews are positive

Players praise the familiar base-building battles, co-op play, and roguelite mode. Common complaints focus on limited faction and unit variety and difficult campaign missions. Some players say units need frequent manual attack orders.

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9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far

9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS
Windows 10
Processor
2.6 GHz Dual Core Processor
Graphics
Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 or ATI Radeon RX 550
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
3 GB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0

Recommended

OS
Windows 10 / 11
Processor
2.6 GHz+ Quad Core Processor
Graphics
Nvidia GeForce 960 or AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series
Memory
6 GB RAM
Storage
3 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
120
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

  • Default controller config not fully functional
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Swedish.

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Recent updates

2 DLC available.