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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Saber Interactive · Focus Entertainment · 2024-09-09

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ActionAdventureRPG

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

Releases: Sep 09, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 09, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Sep 09, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Q4 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

Embody the superhuman skill and brutality of a Space Marine. Unleash deadly abilities and devastating weaponry to obliterate the relentless Tyranid swarms. Defend the Imperium in spectacular third-person action in solo or multiplayer modes.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is an Action, Adventure, RPG game released in 2024, priced at $59.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (84% of 221547 reviews) sentiment.

19,426
playing now
84%
positive of 230k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,855
twitch viewers (latest)
25.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
79/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (166 ratings)
364
Nexus mods (1.8M downloads)
4.38★
PlayStation Store rating (39,180 ratings)
81/100
opencritic · strong · 85% recommend · from 168 critics
33h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 45h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

19,426 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is a 2024 third-person shooter with hack and slash elements developed by Saber Interactive Inc. and published by Focus Entertainment. The sequel to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (2011), it was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 9 September 2024. The game received generally positive reviews from critics. A sequel to the game is in development.

Trailer

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Thriving
  • · 19,426 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 9,776 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,222/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Tier history: healthy→thriving (Aug 30), thriving→healthy (Aug 29)

Estimated sales: 4.6M–10M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 229,871 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$69.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.95 at AllYouPlay (2026-09-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 123 of 153 observed days · $55.04 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.4k4.4k20252026Week of 2025-01-16: 755 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 160 negativeWeek of 2025-01-23: 681 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 141 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 590 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 93 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2,122 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 632 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 671 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 302 negativeWeek of 2025-02-13: 525 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 131 negativeWeek of 2025-02-20: 399 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 113 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 375 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,481 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 501 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 656 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 147 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 746 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 155 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 541 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 103 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 362 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,991 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 679 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 278 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 479 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 165 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 668 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 281 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 469 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 163 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,804 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 335 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 288 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 263 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 631 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 138 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 661 positiveWeek of 2025-05-29: 123 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2,104 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 475 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 519 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 89 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 357 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-06-19: 341 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 693 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 261 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,476 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 760 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 668 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 252 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 544 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 166 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 399 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 132 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 610 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 126 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 575 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 124 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,685 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 335 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 355 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 321 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 290 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-08-28: 347 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,917 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 977 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 960 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 443 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 887 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 263 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 528 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 154 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 481 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 106 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,730 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 574 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 711 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 151 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 421 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 700 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 201 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 686 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 107 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 455 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4,439 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 458 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 341 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 304 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 1,871 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 142 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 2,173 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 211 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3,361 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 655 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 816 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 137 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 466 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 623 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 142 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 881 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 218 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3,466 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 630 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 763 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 133 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 812 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 137 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 677 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 124 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 532 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,244 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 455 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 433 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 366 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 71 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 615 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 105 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 1,232 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 361 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3,487 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 694 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 968 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 182 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 618 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 103 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 691 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 122 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 608 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 108 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2,393 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 344 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 512 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 86 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 664 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 653 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 436 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 423 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2,868 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 529 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 327 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 313 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 1,190 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 244 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 1,120 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 214 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2,912 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 416 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 847 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 147 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 575 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 436 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 720 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 94 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3,309 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 564 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 834 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 133 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 633 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 668 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 121 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 843 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 139 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 741 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 131 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2,146 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 500 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 529 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 95 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 445 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 202 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 395 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 82 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 209 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2,839 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 446 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 1,629 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 401 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

33k6.4k2026-09-14 18:00 — 17,161 players2026-09-15 18:00 — 16,272 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 16,286 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 14,805 players2026-09-18 18:00 — 15,303 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 16,706 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 16,454 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 13,301 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 12,814 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 13,290 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 13,711 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 14,787 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 16,551 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 16,850 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 13,198 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 12,433 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 14,137 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 27,648 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 28,207 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 32,561 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 33,351 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 26,194 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 25,276 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 25,016 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 24,644 players2026-10-09 18:00 — 24,466 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 27,358 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 26,692 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 22,551 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 19,460 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 19,426 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
77k6.7kSep 2024Aug 2026Sep 2024 — avg 77,350 · peak 186,199Oct 2024 — avg 25,447 · peak 56,205Nov 2024 — avg 10,724 · peak 24,297Dec 2024 — avg 9,951 · peak 18,716Jan 2025 — avg 8,463 · peak 19,670Feb 2025 — avg 8,455 · peak 17,335Mar 2025 — avg 6,652 · peak 13,591Apr 2025 — avg 7,842 · peak 19,141May 2025 — avg 7,612 · peak 14,962Jun 2025 — avg 8,204 · peak 23,802Jul 2025 — avg 9,495 · peak 19,883Aug 2025 — avg 7,603 · peak 17,382Sep 2025 — avg 14,785 · peak 34,074Oct 2025 — avg 10,862 · peak 20,909Nov 2025 — avg 10,140 · peak 24,122Dec 2025 — avg 11,520 · peak 19,205Jan 2026 — avg 12,759 · peak 20,041Feb 2026 — avg 11,756 · peak 35,402Mar 2026 — avg 15,164 · peak 35,420Apr 2026 — avg 10,259 · peak 18,493May 2026 — avg 12,420 · peak 32,294Jun 2026 — avg 14,536 · peak 26,446Jul 2026 — avg 13,803 · peak 24,918Aug 2026 — avg 12,880 · peak 25,166
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#27#902026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #782026-09-15 — #272026-09-16 — #272026-09-17 — #272026-09-18 — #782026-09-19 — #812026-09-20 — #832026-09-21 — #832026-09-22 — #872026-09-23 — #882026-09-24 — #852026-09-25 — #842026-09-26 — #842026-09-27 — #842026-09-28 — #842026-09-29 — #852026-09-30 — #882026-10-01 — #902026-10-02 — #652026-10-03 — #562026-10-04 — #562026-10-05 — #562026-10-06 — #572026-10-07 — #582026-10-08 — #582026-10-09 — #582026-10-10 — #582026-10-11 — #622026-10-12 — #632026-10-13 — #662026-10-14 — #72
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
3373372026-09-162026-10-142026-09-16: 91 new positive2026-09-16: 15 new negative2026-09-17: 97 new positive2026-09-17: 10 new negative2026-09-18: 87 new positive2026-09-18: 9 new negative2026-09-19: 110 new positive2026-09-19: 12 new negative2026-09-20: 132 new positive2026-09-20: 19 new negative2026-09-21: 116 new positive2026-09-21: 13 new negative2026-09-22: 80 new positive2026-09-22: 7 new negative2026-09-23: 151 new positive2026-09-23: 20 new negative2026-09-24: 80 new positive2026-09-24: 12 new negative2026-09-25: 75 new positive2026-09-25: 17 new negative2026-09-27: 89 new positive2026-09-27: 11 new negative2026-09-28: 81 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new negative2026-09-29: 78 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 78 new positive2026-09-30: 11 new negative2026-10-02: 178 new positive2026-10-02: 72 new negative2026-10-03: 148 new positive2026-10-03: 55 new negative2026-10-04: 146 new positive2026-10-04: 66 new negative2026-10-05: 226 new positive2026-10-05: 32 new negative2026-10-06: 337 new positive2026-10-06: 53 new negative2026-10-07: 146 new positive2026-10-07: 22 new negative2026-10-08: 169 new positive2026-10-08: 37 new negative2026-10-09: 158 new positive2026-10-09: 35 new negative2026-10-10: 152 new positive2026-10-10: 26 new negative2026-10-11: 148 new positive2026-10-11: 37 new negative2026-10-12: 146 new positive2026-10-12: 30 new negative2026-10-13: 103 new positive2026-10-13: 15 new negative2026-10-14: 110 new positive2026-10-14: 13 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$16.502024-05-232026-10-142024-05-23 — best price $49.492024-07-31 — best price $59.992024-09-10 — best price $52.172024-12-10 — best price $47.992025-01-02 — best price $59.992025-01-24 — best price $59.992025-02-17 — best price $41.242025-03-05 — best price $38.392025-03-21 — best price $38.392025-04-05 — best price $41.692025-04-22 — best price $49.992025-05-22 — best price $29.992025-06-23 — best price $38.632025-07-18 — best price $49.772025-08-18 — best price $31.492025-09-05 — best price $28.042025-09-30 — best price $32.192025-10-24 — best price $26.952025-11-20 — best price $23.762025-12-06 — best price $58.192026-01-05 — best price $49.492026-01-21 — best price $23.992026-02-03 — best price $27.992026-02-23 — best price $22.792026-03-13 — best price $22.802026-04-06 — best price $19.792026-04-27 — best price $20.952026-05-24 — best price $22.802026-06-15 — best price $49.492026-07-03 — best price $16.502026-07-23 — best price $17.952026-08-13 — best price $17.952026-10-14 — best price $69.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k5542026-05-28 — 767 pageviews2026-06-01 — 979 pageviews2026-06-05 — 941 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,129 pageviews2026-06-13 — 696 pageviews2026-06-17 — 745 pageviews2026-06-21 — 772 pageviews2026-06-25 — 725 pageviews2026-06-29 — 793 pageviews2026-07-03 — 706 pageviews2026-07-07 — 837 pageviews2026-07-11 — 774 pageviews2026-07-15 — 716 pageviews2026-07-19 — 708 pageviews2026-07-23 — 688 pageviews2026-07-27 — 742 pageviews2026-07-31 — 626 pageviews2026-08-04 — 777 pageviews2026-08-08 — 705 pageviews2026-08-12 — 684 pageviews2026-08-16 — 819 pageviews2026-08-20 — 559 pageviews2026-08-24 — 613 pageviews2026-08-28 — 554 pageviews2026-09-01 — 604 pageviews2026-09-05 — 814 pageviews2026-09-09 — 612 pageviews2026-09-13 — 857 pageviews2026-09-17 — 608 pageviews2026-09-21 — 648 pageviews2026-09-25 — 654 pageviews2026-09-29 — 590 pageviews2026-10-03 — 896 pageviews2026-10-06 — 837 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

13k2382026-09-30 18:34 — 600 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 443 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 6,772 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 12,687 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 3,599 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 4,700 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 4,258 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 2,466 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 4,738 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 3,883 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 3,229 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 6,918 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 2,450 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 3,716 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 3,208 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 2,534 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 4,015 viewers2026-10-07 04:34 — 1,950 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 2,212 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 6,055 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 1,685 viewers2026-10-08 16:34 — 1,467 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 1,174 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 1,344 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 1,867 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 1,053 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 1,254 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 1,835 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 992 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 1,811 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 1,208 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 942 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 1,842 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 2,339 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 1,737 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 1,301 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 1,239 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 2,574 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 2,855 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
93.9%
earned "The Die Is Cast"
25.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards25 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese…

Post-launch support: 25 DLC released, first 2024-09-09, latest 2026-07-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)57,2683%50
PS5 (PlayStation)47,1219%50
Xbox Series (Xbox)25,9343%50

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

3DPvEWarCo-opSpaceActionSci-fiFantasyWargameAdventure

Census log

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

Recent updates

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