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Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader cover art

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

Owlcat Games · 2023-12-07

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ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Franchise: Warhammer 40,000 · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 11, 2025 (Nintendo Switch 2), Dec 07, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 07, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Dec 07, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 07, 2023 (Mac)

Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.

4,541
playing now
88%
positive of 48k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
32
twitch viewers (latest)
67/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
143h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

4,541 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Set in the grim, war-torn far future of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, Rogue Trader is an isometric role-playing game that unfolds in the Koronus Expanse, a vast and largely uncharted region of space reachable from the vast human Imperium only through a treacherous passage. The player takes on the mantle of a Rogue Trader, a member of a rare and powerful aristocratic caste granted sweeping authority to explore, trade, and conquer in the name of Mankind and its God-Emperor. Newly revealed as heir to the venerable Von Valancius dynasty, one of the oldest Rogue Trader lineages still surviving, th(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,541 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,208 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~776/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 952k–2.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 47,607 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99-60%
Microsoft Store$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $12.75 at GameBillet (2026-08-19) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 161 of 228 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.2k5.2k20232026Week of 2023-12-01: 5,191 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,853 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,611 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 545 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 586 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 623 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 402 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 906 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,768 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,266 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,129 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 626 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 598 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 479 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 549 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,034 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 793 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 672 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,178 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 672 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 883 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 552 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 596 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 811 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 293 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 843 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 57 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9.1k3.0k2026-08-06 21:00 — 6,104 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 3,380 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 4,757 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 6,457 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 4,061 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 6,099 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 7,409 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 4,495 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 6,918 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 7,663 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 3,436 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 4,748 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 5,864 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 3,120 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 4,546 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 5,445 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 3,257 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 6,137 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 9,073 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 4,261 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 4,324 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 6,873 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 4,525 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 5,678 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 6,377 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 4,049 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 3,214 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 5,561 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 4,541 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$12.752023-11-282026-08-262023-11-28 — best price $49.992024-03-14 — best price $39.992024-04-24 — best price $40.692024-06-01 — best price $49.992024-07-12 — best price $27.952024-08-02 — best price $27.942024-08-31 — best price $24.992024-10-02 — best price $23.492024-10-28 — best price $29.992024-11-30 — best price $24.992024-12-23 — best price $21.292025-01-09 — best price $27.492025-02-03 — best price $23.302025-03-16 — best price $25.672025-04-15 — best price $24.952025-05-29 — best price $24.992025-07-01 — best price $42.992025-07-31 — best price $49.992025-08-21 — best price $19.422025-09-11 — best price $49.992025-10-15 — best price $17.452025-11-05 — best price $49.992025-11-25 — best price $22.492025-12-18 — best price $16.992026-01-16 — best price $16.642026-02-14 — best price $16.642026-03-12 — best price $17.992026-04-04 — best price $16.302026-04-25 — best price $16.952026-05-18 — best price $19.992026-06-14 — best price $49.992026-07-05 — best price $15.402026-07-23 — best price $16.952026-08-13 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

2.0k02026-08-23 08:12 — 2,019 viewers2026-08-26 08:12 — 1,495 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 76 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 58 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 111 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 70 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 96 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 63 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 82 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 157 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 102 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 75 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 36 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 32 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
74.6%
earned "Conspiracy"
18.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume Controls9 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)17,2580%133
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)2,3090%131
PS5 (PlayStation)1,3691%68
Switch 2 (Nintendo)340%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

RPGActionRomanceStrategyCinematicFuturisticStory RichTurn-BasedDark FantasySingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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