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Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector cover art

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector

Slitherine Ltd. · 2021-07-22

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Strategy

Franchise: Warhammer 40,000 · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 02, 2021 (Xbox One), Jul 22, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 02, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game set in the grimdark universe of the 41st Millennium. Pick your force, develop your army, field mighty heroes and fight for victory using superior strategy, awesome abilities, and devastating weaponry.

191
playing now
87%
positive of 6.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

191 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a turn-based tactics video game developed by Black Lab Games and published by Slitherine Software for Windows on July 15, 2021. It is based on Games Workshop's tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 191 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 432 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~54/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 5,909 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 136k–307k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,814 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$39.99
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.54 at Gamer Thor (2025-07-11) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 112 of 160 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
65865820212026Week of 2021-07-01: 658 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2881292026-08-11 19:00 — 248 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 163 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 181 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 231 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 162 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 195 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 288 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 209 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 204 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 259 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 142 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 196 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 220 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 129 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 178 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 198 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 149 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 244 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 274 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 146 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 202 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 158 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 132 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 213 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 207 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 129 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 239 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 215 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 191 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002021-05-102026-08-262021-05-10 — best price $31.992021-08-20 — best price $35.032021-11-25 — best price $39.992022-01-24 — best price $27.992022-03-12 — best price $25.992022-05-09 — best price $21.992022-07-20 — best price $29.992022-08-31 — best price $33.592022-11-07 — best price $25.192023-01-05 — best price $39.992023-03-09 — best price $25.992023-05-08 — best price $23.992023-06-23 — best price $24.792023-08-06 — best price $39.992023-09-29 — best price $38.952023-11-29 — best price $39.992024-01-23 — best price $39.992024-03-18 — best price $39.992024-04-25 — best price $33.592024-05-31 — best price $39.992024-07-15 — best price $23.992024-08-26 — best price $23.992024-10-08 — best price $33.192024-11-21 — best price $18.152024-12-16 — best price $39.992025-01-11 — best price $39.992025-02-08 — best price $17.592025-03-26 — best price $19.992025-04-29 — best price $39.992025-06-20 — best price $15.592025-08-12 — best price $16.342025-10-06 — best price $20.002025-11-22 — best price $17.712026-01-03 — best price $39.992026-02-16 — best price $20.002026-03-26 — best price $39.992026-05-05 — best price $16.992026-06-11 — best price $39.992026-07-29 — best price $39.992026-08-26 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

318332026-05-18 — 65 pageviews2026-05-21 — 221 pageviews2026-05-24 — 244 pageviews2026-05-27 — 134 pageviews2026-05-30 — 74 pageviews2026-06-02 — 60 pageviews2026-06-05 — 49 pageviews2026-06-08 — 63 pageviews2026-06-11 — 75 pageviews2026-06-14 — 46 pageviews2026-06-17 — 56 pageviews2026-06-20 — 54 pageviews2026-06-23 — 64 pageviews2026-06-26 — 47 pageviews2026-06-29 — 41 pageviews2026-07-02 — 63 pageviews2026-07-05 — 60 pageviews2026-07-08 — 70 pageviews2026-07-11 — 33 pageviews2026-07-14 — 41 pageviews2026-07-17 — 55 pageviews2026-07-20 — 65 pageviews2026-07-23 — 83 pageviews2026-07-26 — 88 pageviews2026-07-29 — 82 pageviews2026-08-01 — 49 pageviews2026-08-04 — 56 pageviews2026-08-07 — 52 pageviews2026-08-10 — 86 pageviews2026-08-13 — 75 pageviews2026-08-16 — 45 pageviews2026-08-19 — 58 pageviews2026-08-22 — 46 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1102026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
88.5%
earned "Interactus"
34.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play Together12 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)5,3833%30
Steam (Steam)5,2563%30
Windows (Xbox)1,2846%30
PS4 (PlayStation)32223%31
PS4 (PlayStation)22415%31

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

3DPvPCombatSci-fiViolentStrategyTacticalIsometricMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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