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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance cover art

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance

Auroch Digital · 2025-05-22

Steam

ActionFree To Play

Franchise: Warhammer 40,000 · Modes: Single player

Releases: May 22, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Type like your life depends on it in Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Words of Vengeance! Smite the enemies of the Emperor with every keystroke spelling their demise. But every typo could mean the difference between life and death.   

88%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,099 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 11,265 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

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Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,23117%8

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