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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

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.

1,225
playing now
82%
positive of 19k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

1,225 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,225 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 5% of 5,909 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 466k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,623 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-90%
GOG$3.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 122 of 167 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

1.3k4822026-08-06 21:00 — 970 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 608 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,006 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,097 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 669 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,114 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,258 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 740 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,300 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,210 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 610 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 924 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 956 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 529 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 915 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 906 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 532 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 977 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,189 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 564 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 780 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,216 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 734 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 847 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,059 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 618 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 630 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,070 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 773 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 1,225 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002018-05-312026-08-302018-05-31 — 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 $3.352026-08-30 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

82172026-05-29 — 82 pageviews2026-06-01 — 63 pageviews2026-06-04 — 49 pageviews2026-06-07 — 38 pageviews2026-06-10 — 36 pageviews2026-06-13 — 43 pageviews2026-06-16 — 39 pageviews2026-06-19 — 26 pageviews2026-06-22 — 37 pageviews2026-06-25 — 40 pageviews2026-06-28 — 52 pageviews2026-07-01 — 66 pageviews2026-07-04 — 58 pageviews2026-07-07 — 30 pageviews2026-07-10 — 42 pageviews2026-07-13 — 43 pageviews2026-07-16 — 29 pageviews2026-07-19 — 25 pageviews2026-07-22 — 38 pageviews2026-07-25 — 35 pageviews2026-07-28 — 45 pageviews2026-07-31 — 35 pageviews2026-08-03 — 27 pageviews2026-08-06 — 26 pageviews2026-08-09 — 30 pageviews2026-08-12 — 40 pageviews2026-08-15 — 28 pageviews2026-08-18 — 24 pageviews2026-08-21 — 18 pageviews2026-08-24 — 36 pageviews2026-08-26 — 32 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6802026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 0 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

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.

Player tags

4XWarCo-opSci-fiWargameHex GridStrategyTacticalTurn-BasedMultiplayer

Census log

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

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