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Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions

Everguild Ltd. · 2019-03-28

Steam

AdventureStrategyFree To Play

Franchise: Warhammer 40,000 · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Mar 28, 2019 (Mac), Mar 28, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 26, 2018 (Android), Jul 26, 2018 (iOS)

A card battler based in the rich universe of the Horus Heresy, the origin story of Warhammer 40,000. Play through epic single-player campaigns, take part in draft tournaments based on famous battles, or build your own unstoppable deck and compete in fast and epic duels against players worldwide.

Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions is an Adventure, Strategy, and Free To Play game released in 2019, free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and Mixed reviews (61% of 3,265 reviews).

0
playing now
61%
positive of 3.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Grab your bolter, board the Thunderhawk… and play cards! The Horus Heresy: Legions will take you on an epic journey through one of the richest settings of Warhammer 40,000’s history. Play cards to field troops, execute tactics and embody the heroes and villains of The Horus Heresy. Join a Lodge and plot your way to take over the galaxy with new friends. Make history fighting in time-limited events with game-changing consequences. With an ever growing collection of hundreds of cards and dozens of Warlords to lead your decks, the path to victory will always shine with new strategies to build po(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions trailer thumbnail

Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions - Official Shadow of Warmaster Expansion Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 243 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity up 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18818820192026Week of 2019-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
23639Apr 2019Aug 2026Apr 2019 — avg 125 · peak 263Jul 2019 — avg 76 · peak 140Oct 2019 — avg 93 · peak 223Jan 2020 — avg 96 · peak 177Apr 2020 — avg 160 · peak 342Jul 2020 — avg 135 · peak 225Oct 2020 — avg 149 · peak 361Jan 2021 — avg 163 · peak 284Apr 2021 — avg 181 · peak 432Jul 2021 — avg 197 · peak 481Oct 2021 — avg 181 · peak 364Jan 2022 — avg 194 · peak 368Apr 2022 — avg 223 · peak 451Jul 2022 — avg 228 · peak 406Oct 2022 — avg 188 · peak 349Jan 2023 — avg 199 · peak 371Apr 2023 — avg 213 · peak 404Jul 2023 — avg 198 · peak 393Oct 2023 — avg 168 · peak 313Jan 2024 — avg 164 · peak 305Apr 2024 — avg 156 · peak 273Jul 2024 — avg 152 · peak 275Oct 2024 — avg 156 · peak 352Jan 2025 — avg 145 · peak 294Apr 2025 — avg 149 · peak 260Jul 2025 — avg 150 · peak 260Oct 2025 — avg 125 · peak 223Jan 2026 — avg 116 · peak 207Apr 2026 — avg 122 · peak 188Jul 2026 — avg 39 · peak 65Aug 2026 — avg 42 · peak 88
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

24
achievements tracked
49.7%
earned "Explorer 1"
23.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Czech, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvEPvPStrategyAdventureCard GameBoard GameMultiplayerCard BattlerDeckbuildingFree to Play

Census log

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

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