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.

Game Features

• 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.
• 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!