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Space Hulk (Classic) cover art

Space Hulk (Classic)

Full Control Studios · SNEG · 2013-08-15

Steam

IndieStrategy

Franchise: Warhammer 40,000 · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 05, 2013 (iOS), Jan 29, 2014 (Linux), Aug 15, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 01, 2015 (PlayStation 3), Aug 31, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Sep 01, 2015 (PlayStation Vita)

The legendary Space Hulk returns in this epic turn based strategy game. Set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, an intriguing story of legendary battles and heroic actions unfolds.

3
playing now
71%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (13 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.39
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Space Hulk is a 2013 turn-based tactics video game developed by Danish studio Full Control. It is based on the tabletop game of the same name by Games Workshop. It features the Blood Angels Chapter of the Space Marines battling grotesque aliens known as Genestealers. A follow-up game, Space Hulk: Ascension, was released in 2014.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 44 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 214% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 49,581 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 84k–167k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,090 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Humble Store (2014-12-20) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 19 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820172026Week of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-14 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$2.492015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-01-29 — best price $2.502015-03-13 — best price $4.992015-05-19 — best price $7.492015-06-19 — best price $2.492015-06-24 — best price $24.992015-08-28 — best price $13.742015-10-12 — best price $24.992015-11-09 — best price $24.992015-12-02 — best price $24.992015-12-29 — best price $7.992016-01-11 — best price $24.992016-02-05 — best price $2.492016-03-02 — best price $24.992016-04-11 — best price $24.992016-05-03 — best price $24.992016-05-23 — best price $24.992016-07-11 — best price $24.992016-12-12 — best price $24.992017-03-31 — best price $24.992017-07-20 — best price $7.992017-09-21 — best price $24.992017-11-13 — best price $24.992017-12-21 — best price $6.242018-07-05 — best price $24.992018-12-03 — best price $24.992019-01-05 — best price $39.992019-05-20 — best price $24.992019-07-11 — best price $39.992026-04-13 — best price $14.992026-05-31 — best price $16.042026-06-21 — best price $16.042026-07-11 — best price $17.882026-07-30 — best price $19.992026-08-10 — best price $14.842026-08-23 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $13.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

49142026-05-29 — 40 pageviews2026-06-02 — 33 pageviews2026-06-06 — 33 pageviews2026-06-10 — 25 pageviews2026-06-14 — 26 pageviews2026-06-18 — 40 pageviews2026-06-22 — 29 pageviews2026-06-26 — 38 pageviews2026-06-30 — 27 pageviews2026-07-04 — 24 pageviews2026-07-08 — 49 pageviews2026-07-12 — 34 pageviews2026-07-16 — 29 pageviews2026-07-20 — 26 pageviews2026-07-24 — 30 pageviews2026-07-28 — 26 pageviews2026-08-01 — 26 pageviews2026-08-05 — 22 pageviews2026-08-09 — 32 pageviews2026-08-13 — 33 pageviews2026-08-17 — 30 pageviews2026-08-21 — 26 pageviews2026-08-25 — 32 pageviews2026-08-29 — 38 pageviews2026-09-02 — 25 pageviews2026-09-06 — 46 pageviews2026-09-10 — 20 pageviews2026-09-14 — 27 pageviews2026-09-18 — 32 pageviews2026-09-22 — 42 pageviews2026-09-26 — 23 pageviews2026-09-30 — 30 pageviews2026-10-04 — 35 pageviews2026-10-07 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
41.1%
earned "The Emperors Finest"
8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,8972%28

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieSci-fiStrategyTabletopTacticalBoard GameTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerWarhammer 40K

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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