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Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War cover art

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War

Proxy Studios · Slitherine Ltd. · 2018-07-12

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Strategy

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

Releases: Jul 12, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (Linux)

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War is a Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (82% of 18713 reviews) sentiment.

653
playing now
82%
positive of 19k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4
twitch viewers (latest)
2.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
37
Nexus mods (29k downloads)
73/100
opencritic · fair · 50% recommend · from 18 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

653 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War is a turn-based strategy 4X video game developed by Proxy Studios and published by Slitherine Software for Windows and Linux on July 12, 2018. It is based on Games Workshop's tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000.

Trailer

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War trailer thumbnail

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War | Announcement Trailer

≈145,633 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 653 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 490 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~61/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 472k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,898 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$3.99-90%
Steam$3.99-90%
WinGameStore$3.99-90%
GOG$3.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.56 at Gamer Thor (2025-01-04) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 158 of 198 observed days · $1.43 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
53453420182026Week of 2018-07-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.2k4342026-09-15 12:00 — 682 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 799 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 520 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 806 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 1,103 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 523 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 505 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 876 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 641 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 726 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 871 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 537 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 478 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 776 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 884 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 442 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 742 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 700 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 496 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 867 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1,199 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 533 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 653 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.1k1Dec 2017Aug 2026Dec 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 12Sep 2018 — avg 132 · peak 294Dec 2018 — avg 125 · peak 324Mar 2019 — avg 120 · peak 242Jun 2019 — avg 142 · peak 338Sep 2019 — avg 91 · peak 180Dec 2019 — avg 175 · peak 461Mar 2020 — avg 367 · peak 1,047Jun 2020 — avg 607 · peak 1,954Sep 2020 — avg 261 · peak 525Dec 2020 — avg 464 · peak 971Mar 2021 — avg 617 · peak 2,041Jun 2021 — avg 735 · peak 1,973Sep 2021 — avg 250 · peak 465Dec 2021 — avg 629 · peak 1,237Mar 2022 — avg 371 · peak 698Jun 2022 — avg 855 · peak 2,746Sep 2022 — avg 254 · peak 481Dec 2022 — avg 755 · peak 1,664Mar 2023 — avg 686 · peak 1,899Jun 2023 — avg 2,140 · peak 6,800Sep 2023 — avg 640 · peak 4,087Dec 2023 — avg 1,263 · peak 2,717Mar 2024 — avg 631 · peak 1,115Jun 2024 — avg 2,007 · peak 7,877Sep 2024 — avg 946 · peak 1,687Dec 2024 — avg 845 · peak 1,519Mar 2025 — avg 650 · peak 1,196Jun 2025 — avg 1,379 · peak 3,996Sep 2025 — avg 675 · peak 1,151Dec 2025 — avg 793 · peak 1,495Mar 2026 — avg 663 · peak 1,217Jun 2026 — avg 1,615 · peak 3,593Aug 2026 — avg 855 · peak 1,506
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
14142026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 6 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 3 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 5 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 2 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 11 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 5 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 2 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new positive2026-10-04: 10 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 4 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 5 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 6 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 14 new positive2026-10-11: 7 new positive2026-10-12: 5 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 3 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 2 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$0.002018-05-312026-10-142018-05-31 — best price $35.992019-01-21 — best price $39.992019-05-24 — best price $39.992019-10-02 — best price $39.992020-01-13 — best price $33.402020-03-16 — best price $19.592020-06-22 — best price $19.592020-10-01 — best price $11.992021-01-05 — best price $39.992021-05-01 — best price $19.982021-09-06 — best price $9.592021-12-30 — best price $8.632022-03-23 — best price $39.992022-07-07 — best price $39.992022-09-16 — best price $16.002022-12-24 — best price $13.992023-03-23 — best price $39.992023-06-02 — best price $16.002023-08-07 — best price $3.192023-11-17 — best price $3.992024-01-31 — best price $35.952024-04-25 — best price $33.172024-07-11 — best price $39.992024-09-19 — best price $7.992024-11-15 — best price $37.992024-12-25 — best price $4.002025-02-08 — best price $3.512025-04-20 — best price $3.602025-06-30 — best price $3.052025-09-11 — best price $39.992025-11-29 — best price $3.042026-02-04 — best price $39.992026-04-07 — best price $3.992026-06-11 — best price $39.992026-08-10 — best price $3.352026-09-16 — best price $3.192026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

82172026-05-29 — 82 pageviews2026-06-02 — 80 pageviews2026-06-06 — 46 pageviews2026-06-10 — 36 pageviews2026-06-14 — 35 pageviews2026-06-18 — 37 pageviews2026-06-22 — 37 pageviews2026-06-26 — 66 pageviews2026-06-30 — 38 pageviews2026-07-04 — 58 pageviews2026-07-08 — 43 pageviews2026-07-12 — 32 pageviews2026-07-16 — 29 pageviews2026-07-20 — 30 pageviews2026-07-24 — 42 pageviews2026-07-28 — 45 pageviews2026-08-01 — 29 pageviews2026-08-05 — 30 pageviews2026-08-09 — 30 pageviews2026-08-13 — 30 pageviews2026-08-17 — 20 pageviews2026-08-21 — 18 pageviews2026-08-25 — 17 pageviews2026-08-29 — 26 pageviews2026-09-02 — 32 pageviews2026-09-06 — 29 pageviews2026-09-10 — 30 pageviews2026-09-14 — 24 pageviews2026-09-18 — 20 pageviews2026-09-22 — 29 pageviews2026-09-26 — 19 pageviews2026-09-30 — 27 pageviews2026-10-04 — 30 pageviews2026-10-08 — 31 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

26002026-09-30 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 4 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
81.2%
earned "Planting The Flag"
10.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-op21 DLC

5 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 21 DLC released, first 2018-10-19, latest 2026-05-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)18,0990%166

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

4XWarCo-opSci-fiWargameHex GridStrategyTacticalTurn-BasedMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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