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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

Auroch Digital · Focus Entertainment · 2023-05-23

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Franchise: Warhammer 40,000 · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 23, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), May 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 23, 2023 (PlayStation 4), May 23, 2023 (PlayStation 5), May 23, 2023 (Xbox One), May 23, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is an Action and Indie game released in 2023, priced at $21.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 18262 reviews).

130
playing now
89%
positive of 18k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (44 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (3.0k downloads)
4.15★
PlayStation Store rating (5,600 ratings)
76/100
opencritic · strong · 67% recommend · from 70 critics
8h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$21.99
steam price (US)

130 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is a 2023 first-person shooter video game developed by Auroch Digital and published by Focus Entertainment. It is set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. It was released on May 23, 2023 for Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Android and IOS. A sequel, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2, is in development.

Trailer

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun trailer thumbnail

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Official Gameplay Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 130 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,375 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~172/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,740 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 365k–822k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,262 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$21.99
Microsoft Store$21.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.19 at GOG (2025-11-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $21.99 · on sale 123 of 176 observed days · $19.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.5k4.5k20232026Week of 2023-05-01: 4,467 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 273 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,536 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 184 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 681 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,085 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

206452026-09-14 21:00 — 150 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 80 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 105 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 135 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 107 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 65 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 114 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 86 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 65 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 141 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 109 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 53 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 95 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 93 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 99 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 206 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 98 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 55 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 156 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 141 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 118 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 106 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 192 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 130 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.0k79May 2023Aug 2026May 2023 — avg 2,988 · peak 5,255Jun 2023 — avg 590 · peak 2,197Jul 2023 — avg 290 · peak 689Aug 2023 — avg 142 · peak 367Sep 2023 — avg 127 · peak 318Oct 2023 — avg 107 · peak 308Nov 2023 — avg 121 · peak 325Dec 2023 — avg 161 · peak 417Jan 2024 — avg 155 · peak 350Feb 2024 — avg 84 · peak 174Mar 2024 — avg 107 · peak 250Apr 2024 — avg 88 · peak 201May 2024 — avg 100 · peak 408Jun 2024 — avg 177 · peak 641Jul 2024 — avg 144 · peak 297Aug 2024 — avg 120 · peak 239Sep 2024 — avg 187 · peak 435Oct 2024 — avg 119 · peak 246Nov 2024 — avg 87 · peak 215Dec 2024 — avg 105 · peak 228Jan 2025 — avg 91 · peak 210Feb 2025 — avg 79 · peak 154Mar 2025 — avg 83 · peak 197Apr 2025 — avg 86 · peak 190May 2025 — avg 146 · peak 672Jun 2025 — avg 183 · peak 472Jul 2025 — avg 143 · peak 432Aug 2025 — avg 109 · peak 262Sep 2025 — avg 81 · peak 159Oct 2025 — avg 83 · peak 183Nov 2025 — avg 104 · peak 250Dec 2025 — avg 122 · peak 233Jan 2026 — avg 136 · peak 279Feb 2026 — avg 91 · peak 228Mar 2026 — avg 105 · peak 232Apr 2026 — avg 102 · peak 217May 2026 — avg 123 · peak 368Jun 2026 — avg 120 · peak 252Jul 2026 — avg 115 · peak 225Aug 2026 — avg 81 · peak 167
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$21.99$6.332023-04-112026-10-142023-04-11 — best price $19.792023-05-16 — best price $21.282023-07-21 — best price $17.592023-08-31 — best price $21.992023-10-23 — best price $15.392023-12-05 — best price $19.792024-01-13 — best price $19.792024-02-14 — best price $19.792024-03-28 — best price $14.292024-04-29 — best price $17.092024-06-17 — best price $17.092024-07-26 — best price $15.392024-08-15 — best price $14.292024-09-23 — best price $21.992024-11-01 — best price $21.992024-12-06 — best price $19.252025-01-06 — best price $10.792025-02-07 — best price $19.252025-03-18 — best price $12.792025-04-16 — best price $12.582025-05-28 — best price $21.992025-07-10 — best price $9.962025-08-16 — best price $21.992025-09-14 — best price $19.792025-10-16 — best price $10.992025-12-04 — best price $11.872026-01-10 — best price $21.992026-02-09 — best price $9.892026-03-12 — best price $8.712026-04-14 — best price $8.572026-05-27 — best price $9.012026-07-01 — best price $8.362026-08-10 — best price $17.092026-09-04 — best price $7.252026-09-19 — best price $7.252026-10-04 — best price $7.252026-10-14 — best price $21.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

394802026-05-27 — 208 pageviews2026-05-31 — 159 pageviews2026-06-04 — 154 pageviews2026-06-08 — 121 pageviews2026-06-12 — 99 pageviews2026-06-16 — 116 pageviews2026-06-20 — 90 pageviews2026-06-24 — 130 pageviews2026-06-28 — 132 pageviews2026-07-02 — 113 pageviews2026-07-06 — 106 pageviews2026-07-10 — 109 pageviews2026-07-14 — 124 pageviews2026-07-18 — 129 pageviews2026-07-22 — 109 pageviews2026-07-26 — 128 pageviews2026-07-30 — 123 pageviews2026-08-03 — 124 pageviews2026-08-07 — 106 pageviews2026-08-11 — 98 pageviews2026-08-15 — 98 pageviews2026-08-19 — 102 pageviews2026-08-23 — 80 pageviews2026-08-27 — 394 pageviews2026-08-31 — 144 pageviews2026-09-04 — 145 pageviews2026-09-08 — 142 pageviews2026-09-12 — 118 pageviews2026-09-16 — 113 pageviews2026-09-20 — 96 pageviews2026-09-24 — 242 pageviews2026-09-28 — 193 pageviews2026-10-02 — 155 pageviews2026-10-06 — 197 pageviews2026-10-10 — 203 pageviews2026-10-13 — 216 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
36.2%
earned "Defeat a Lord of Change"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo Sound1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-06-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,1265%21
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)3,87511%21
PS5 (PlayStation)2,56912%21
PS4 (PlayStation)67915%21
Switch (Nintendo)1190%0

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

FPSGoreRetro1990'sActionArcadeDemonsShooterViolentOld School

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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