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Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach (Classic)

Straylight Entertainment · Slitherine Ltd. · 2017-01-19

SteamGOG

Strategy

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

Releases: Jan 19, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach is a 3D turn-based strategy game like you’ve never seen before: fast, immediate, deep, impressive to look at and incredibly fun! Fight through a dark era of carnage and endless war and lead the Space Wolves in a struggle to defend the last bastion of mankind.

Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach (Classic) is a Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 1493 reviews).

8
playing now
85%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Straylight Entertainment and published by Slitherine Software for Windows on January 19, 2017. It is based on Games Workshop's tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000, specifically The Red Waaagh! campaign.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 14,312 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 37k–90k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,493 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2020-11-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 53 of 59 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2662026-09-15 18:00 — 24 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 16 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 20 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 19 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 26 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 17 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 20 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 14 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 15 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 21 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 21 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2230Aug 2016Aug 2026Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 0Feb 2017 — avg 223 · peak 519May 2017 — avg 43 · peak 99Aug 2017 — avg 48 · peak 101Nov 2017 — avg 86 · peak 204Feb 2018 — avg 59 · peak 218May 2018 — avg 58 · peak 171Aug 2018 — avg 50 · peak 101Nov 2018 — avg 58 · peak 128Feb 2019 — avg 64 · peak 138May 2019 — avg 59 · peak 189Aug 2019 — avg 46 · peak 86Nov 2019 — avg 43 · peak 96Feb 2020 — avg 42 · peak 100May 2020 — avg 58 · peak 214Aug 2020 — avg 51 · peak 97Nov 2020 — avg 41 · peak 87Feb 2021 — avg 46 · peak 128May 2021 — avg 53 · peak 109Aug 2021 — avg 53 · peak 95Nov 2021 — avg 34 · peak 80Feb 2022 — avg 40 · peak 89May 2022 — avg 29 · peak 58Aug 2022 — avg 28 · peak 55Nov 2022 — avg 28 · peak 62Feb 2023 — avg 30 · peak 61May 2023 — avg 26 · peak 50Aug 2023 — avg 23 · peak 46Nov 2023 — avg 24 · peak 45Feb 2024 — avg 26 · peak 54May 2024 — avg 20 · peak 52Aug 2024 — avg 23 · peak 44Nov 2024 — avg 20 · peak 46Feb 2025 — avg 23 · peak 66May 2025 — avg 24 · peak 65Aug 2025 — avg 16 · peak 31Nov 2025 — avg 15 · peak 28Feb 2026 — avg 15 · peak 31May 2026 — avg 18 · peak 33Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 35
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$5.992017-01-202026-10-152017-01-20 — best price $29.992017-06-22 — best price $22.492017-07-24 — best price $29.992017-11-22 — best price $19.792018-01-04 — best price $29.992018-02-27 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $29.992018-10-30 — best price $22.492018-11-27 — best price $29.992019-02-04 — best price $9.892019-02-22 — best price $29.992019-05-20 — best price $29.992019-10-17 — best price $8.992019-12-03 — best price $29.992020-01-23 — best price $20.992020-02-28 — best price $29.992020-06-25 — best price $8.992020-12-01 — best price $29.992021-02-25 — best price $8.992026-04-20 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-29 — best price $19.992026-08-28 — best price $5.992026-08-31 — best price $5.992026-09-03 — best price $5.992026-09-06 — best price $5.992026-09-09 — best price $5.992026-09-12 — best price $29.992026-09-15 — best price $29.992026-09-18 — best price $5.992026-09-21 — best price $5.992026-09-24 — best price $5.992026-09-27 — best price $5.992026-09-30 — best price $5.992026-10-03 — best price $5.992026-10-06 — best price $5.992026-10-09 — best price $5.992026-10-12 — best price $5.992026-10-15 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4042026-05-28 — 21 pageviews2026-06-01 — 22 pageviews2026-06-05 — 13 pageviews2026-06-09 — 10 pageviews2026-06-13 — 16 pageviews2026-06-17 — 15 pageviews2026-06-21 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 14 pageviews2026-06-29 — 9 pageviews2026-07-03 — 16 pageviews2026-07-07 — 13 pageviews2026-07-11 — 18 pageviews2026-07-15 — 6 pageviews2026-07-19 — 8 pageviews2026-07-23 — 15 pageviews2026-07-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-31 — 10 pageviews2026-08-04 — 16 pageviews2026-08-08 — 10 pageviews2026-08-12 — 13 pageviews2026-08-16 — 17 pageviews2026-08-20 — 11 pageviews2026-08-24 — 12 pageviews2026-08-28 — 8 pageviews2026-09-01 — 7 pageviews2026-09-05 — 13 pageviews2026-09-09 — 12 pageviews2026-09-13 — 8 pageviews2026-09-17 — 16 pageviews2026-09-21 — 12 pageviews2026-09-25 — 9 pageviews2026-09-29 — 6 pageviews2026-10-03 — 12 pageviews2026-10-07 — 14 pageviews2026-10-11 — 8 pageviews2026-10-14 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
41.2%
earned "Chicken Dinner"
3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1164%12

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

Sci-fiWargameStrategyTacticalTurn-BasedMultiplayerWarhammer 40KGames WorkshopTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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