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Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

Bulwark Studios · Kasedo Games · 2018-11-15

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Strategy

Franchise: Warhammer 40,000 · Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 15, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 15, 2018 (Linux), Apr 21, 2021 (iOS), Jul 16, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 17, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Jul 17, 2020 (Xbox One)

MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is a Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 14,624 reviews).

273
playing now
91%
positive of 15k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
77/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (506 downloads)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (530 ratings)
27h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 76h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is a turn-based tactics video game developed by Bulwark Studios and published by Kasedo Games for the PC in November 2018. It is based on Games Workshop's tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000. A sequel, Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus 2 was announced on May 23rd, 2024.

Trailer

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus trailer thumbnail

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus | Teaser Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 273 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 875 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~109/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 370k–888k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,800 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.49-95%
GOG$3.59-88%
Humble Store$3.59-88%
GOG$3.59-88%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.74 at GameBillet (2025-12-09) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 144 of 179 observed days · $0.85 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
98398320182026Week of 2018-11-01: 983 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 276 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

909192026-09-15 12:00 — 80 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 108 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 59 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 92 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 134 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 56 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 48 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 88 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 55 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 63 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 68 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 42 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 480 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 500 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 412 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 669 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 532 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 362 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 627 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 494 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 219 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 273 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9330Mar 2018Aug 2026Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2019 — avg 200 · peak 612Apr 2019 — avg 58 · peak 133Jul 2019 — avg 285 · peak 741Oct 2019 — avg 173 · peak 552Jan 2020 — avg 126 · peak 277Apr 2020 — avg 218 · peak 460Jul 2020 — avg 249 · peak 522Oct 2020 — avg 440 · peak 2,721Jan 2021 — avg 197 · peak 542Apr 2021 — avg 130 · peak 241Jul 2021 — avg 188 · peak 420Oct 2021 — avg 120 · peak 263Jan 2022 — avg 200 · peak 448Apr 2022 — avg 115 · peak 207Jul 2022 — avg 157 · peak 348Oct 2022 — avg 113 · peak 235Jan 2023 — avg 175 · peak 407Apr 2023 — avg 103 · peak 229Jul 2023 — avg 133 · peak 277Oct 2023 — avg 123 · peak 302Jan 2024 — avg 120 · peak 243Apr 2024 — avg 69 · peak 142Jul 2024 — avg 135 · peak 279Oct 2024 — avg 159 · peak 578Jan 2025 — avg 119 · peak 275Apr 2025 — avg 77 · peak 143Jul 2025 — avg 99 · peak 207Oct 2025 — avg 138 · peak 297Jan 2026 — avg 124 · peak 277Apr 2026 — avg 113 · peak 288Jul 2026 — avg 106 · peak 216Aug 2026 — avg 73 · peak 145
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
28282026-10-022026-10-142026-10-02: 28 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-03: 10 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 12 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 11 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 5 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-07: 6 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 11 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 4 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 13 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 18 new positive2026-10-11: 9 new negative2026-10-12: 6 new positive2026-10-13: 7 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 7 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$100.00$1.492018-04-202026-10-142018-04-20 — best price $100.002018-12-18 — best price $22.942019-04-04 — best price $19.762019-06-10 — best price $29.992019-08-12 — best price $17.992019-10-20 — best price $14.702019-12-23 — best price $14.992020-02-08 — best price $26.662020-03-30 — best price $29.992020-06-09 — best price $9.992020-07-24 — best price $29.992020-09-14 — best price $29.992020-11-01 — best price $25.402021-01-01 — best price $29.992021-03-02 — best price $23.892021-04-30 — best price $29.992021-06-26 — best price $26.092021-09-17 — best price $29.992021-12-03 — best price $23.692022-02-13 — best price $22.042022-05-15 — best price $29.992022-08-01 — best price $29.992022-10-25 — best price $5.572023-01-10 — best price $24.522023-03-21 — best price $6.492023-06-04 — best price $23.692023-09-07 — best price $4.192024-02-09 — best price $6.892024-05-31 — best price $22.042024-09-30 — best price $8.992025-01-03 — best price $5.992025-04-18 — best price $7.492025-09-09 — best price $29.992025-12-08 — best price $24.872026-03-20 — best price $2.742026-05-21 — best price $2.532026-08-07 — best price $3.592026-09-06 — best price $3.592026-10-06 — best price $1.492026-10-14 — best price $3.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

150432026-05-30 — 125 pageviews2026-06-03 — 125 pageviews2026-06-07 — 107 pageviews2026-06-11 — 86 pageviews2026-06-15 — 91 pageviews2026-06-19 — 47 pageviews2026-06-23 — 93 pageviews2026-06-27 — 89 pageviews2026-07-01 — 73 pageviews2026-07-05 — 91 pageviews2026-07-09 — 65 pageviews2026-07-13 — 56 pageviews2026-07-17 — 51 pageviews2026-07-21 — 80 pageviews2026-07-25 — 116 pageviews2026-07-29 — 72 pageviews2026-08-02 — 71 pageviews2026-08-06 — 62 pageviews2026-08-10 — 58 pageviews2026-08-14 — 58 pageviews2026-08-18 — 58 pageviews2026-08-22 — 47 pageviews2026-08-26 — 84 pageviews2026-08-30 — 73 pageviews2026-09-03 — 59 pageviews2026-09-07 — 67 pageviews2026-09-11 — 60 pageviews2026-09-15 — 51 pageviews2026-09-19 — 56 pageviews2026-09-23 — 69 pageviews2026-09-27 — 78 pageviews2026-10-01 — 109 pageviews2026-10-05 — 150 pageviews2026-10-08 — 141 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

26802026-10-02 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
60.2%
earned "This is only the beginning"
14.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing3 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2018-11-15, latest 2020-03-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,9132%34
Xbox One (Xbox)5554%34
PS4 (PlayStation)35317%35
PS4 (PlayStation)21511%35
Switch (Nintendo)740%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%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

RPGIndieRobotsSci-fiStrategyTacticalTurn-BasedAtmosphericSingleplayerWarhammer 40K

Census log

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

Recent updates

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