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Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector
Developer Slitherine Ltd.
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a turn-based tactics video game developed by Black Lab Games and published by Slitherine Software for Windows on July 15, 2021. It is based on Games Workshop's tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
392 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
72
Fresh
181 positive · 70 negative
95% range 66–77%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 181 | 70 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 16 | 0 | 89 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 15 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
3,667 of 4,291 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
72% recommend · 172 yes, 68 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 240 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (5,998 of 6,897 positive).
Players praise the game for closely simulating the tabletop Warhammer 40k experience. [1][2][3] Many reviewers criticize the extensive paid DLC, calling it greedy and predatory. [4][5][6] Some players find the single-player campaign limited and the AI repetitive. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [6]
game is fun, but i cant recommend. i really hate how game devs will make a game with the bare min and then add countless DLC HELL NAH. im so tired of DLC this DLC that, you want the base troops of 40k? sorry DLc for every army. F that im done. BUY ON DEEP SALE ONLY
- [2]
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector – The Closest You’ll Get to Tabletop Without Knocking Over Your Minis As someone who actually plays Warhammer 40K on the tabletop (and paints far too many Orks for any sane human), Battlesector has been an absolute delight. It captures the feel of 40K in a way few digital games manage — the pacing, the tactical choices, the brutal exchanges of fire… all without having to worry about …
- [5]
A great turn based strategy game like the XCOM games! This is the closest officially licensed game we will ever get to the original tabletop war game. However, the amount of content being sold as paid DLC is disgusting!
- [1]
Honestly, we are lucky to even get games like this, 40K has really exploded in popularity lately, and that generally means the games turn into low content action schlock. 40K is a tabletop war game after all, when you want to adopt a tabletop wargame to the PC/consoles, you typically make a wargame. It's decent for what it is. The good: hey! it's like the tabletop...sort of. There's a pretty big variety of units, …
- [3]
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector (2021) Probably one of the best games to simulate the tabletop game, you get to play as the Blood Angels or the Tyranid hive as you get to build your army and pit them against each other. It's a lot of fun and the ai can provide a decent challenge. There is a campaign that is rather long, you need to complete certain objectives while you obliterate the enemy while you work towards …
Summarised from 34 of the 335 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector sits at 72% positive across 251 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. Luke Plunkett of Kotaku gave a positive review and said: "My favourite thing about this entire game is its voice acting, which takes a solid strategy game and turns it into a memorable 40K experience." Joe Robinson of PCGamesN summarized the game as "[a] solid turn-based strategy experience that explores the Space Marine power fantasy, marred by humdrum mission design." Jon Bolding of IGN gave a positive review and said: "The momentum-based tactical system and broad customizability of the forces you lead, combined with randomization in the mission setups, gives you a fun campaign…
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Reactions
60 of 392 · most liked firstyou sometimes forget just how much WW1 fucked up Britain until you, uh, look at any of their art, watch any of their shows, read any of their poems, or play a single game of Warhammer 40,000
neutral · AI labelView post →game is fun, but i cant recommend. i really hate how game devs will make a game with the bare min and then add countless DLC HELL NAH. im so tired of DLC this DLC that, you want the base troops of 40k? sorry DLc for every army. F that im done. BUY ON DEEP SALE ONLY
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for March includes: 🛡️ Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 🏈 EA Sports Madden NFL 26 🃏 Persona 5 Royal 🩸 Blasphemous 2 …and more. The full lineup play.st/4rqomTq
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy Cirno Sunday! The current vibe is thinking about Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun! ngl Boltgun was a tough game 😤 the game was filled to the brim with thrilling combat, and the levels were fun to explore, it was an awesome game! I hope you have a wonderful day, I send love and positivity your way 💛☺️
positive · AI labelView post →introducing Warhammer Survivors, created by @aurochdigital.bsky.social using the official Vampire Survivors engine 🔥 get ready to see the Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Age of Sigmar universes together in a standalone game that's part of our official Survivors lineage! Coming 2026 😈
neutral · AI labelView post →One thing I love about Warhammer 40,000 is that it always starts with playing a wonderful game, 'Who is Your Warlord and What Does He Do?'
positive · AI labelView post →there’s a sci fi game/expanded universe called Warhammer 40,000 where people called “blanks” have no soul and everyone else reacts to them with an instinctive disgust before they even know what they are. It’s probably the same feeling seeing people on here talk about their Claude prompts
neutral · AI labelView post →Titles leaving Game Pass in 2 weeks: -Yakuza 3 & 4 Remastered -Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun -Maneater -GRIS -Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty -Space Engineers -Paw Patrol World
neutral · AI labelView post →Unfortunately, I have to give this game a negative review. You might wonder why, since Battlesector looks like it should be a blast: a turn-based, tactical 40k strategy game where you’re not just herding a couple of heroes around, but commanding a whole tabletop-style army. So… what went wrong? Pros: A well-executed 40k license, especially visually. The units look great, look authentic, and sometimes I caught myself staring at their idle animations longer than I’d like to admit. A charmingly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (2023) is presently 60% off on Steam!
neutral · AI labelView post →We're excited to share the new artwork for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2🔥 Nyra takes takes centre stage alongside Malum on a battlefield of Chaos factions. Thank you @wire.xbox.com for revealing the new artwork, which was created by Johan Grenier who also made the original Boltgun art too!
neutral · AI labelView post →Great take on Warhammer 40k, the turn based play style works really well. Unfortunately, as with most Warhammer games, the predatory microtransactions required just to play other factions is present here as well. Even with the winter sale discount, that's $70 worth of DLC in order to get the "full" experience. No thanks!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Warhammer 40,000 Imperial Knight video game. Requires Steel Battalion controller
neutral · AI labelView post →Xbox Game Pass continues strong. • May 29 | Metaphor ReFantazio • June 10 | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Master Crafted Edition • June 13 | The Alters • June 17 | FBC: Firebreak • June 17 | Lost in Random: The Eternal Dice • June 19 | Rematch
neutral · AI labelView post →Coming to Game Pass news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0... Today -Avowed 2/20 -EA Sports F1 24 -Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (Standard) 2/25 -Watch Dogs: Legion (Standard)
neutral · AI labelView post →The best Warhammer 40,000. The best Codex. The best game. #Warhammer40000
positive · AI labelView post →I love how insanely board games stretch fictional time. We played this five hour game of Warhammer 40,000 (Kill Team). Epic, thrilling, full of suspense. My brother in christ, in reality it would be like 30 seconds.
positive · AI labelView post →THE GAME: Warhammer 40,000 is a squad-level minatures game, which means it is about moving little men across a table which represents part of a planet and pretending that the little men are shooting and punching each other. Jules Verne did this too, so it's intellectual
positive · AI labelView post →The game is fun but its quickly turning into paradox interactive levels of DLC nonsense, $133 for all the current content. I also feel ripped off because I bought the sisters of battle army for $15, only for them to release a sisters of battle story dlc for an additional $15 that I dont care about, but it also includes 2 more units for the sisters army, so you dont even get the full army you buy, they split 2 units off into another DLC for the same price. Absolute scum. This really put me off…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here's a quick list of recently released and upcoming games developed/published by them: > - Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 > - Exploding Kittens VR > - A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead > - MudRunner VR > - Tomb Raider IV–VI Remastered > - RoadCraft > - World War Z VR > - The Knightling > - Docked > - John Carpenter's Toxic Commando > - Bus Bound > - Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival > - Road Kings > - Hitman Classic Trilogy Remastered > - Jurassic Park Survival > - Rails of Fury: Train…
neutral · AI labelView post →Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is $19.79 on Steam buff.ly/j37Ajyf $27.99 US PSN buff.ly/JBNcMVa PS5/XSX $29.99 Amazon amzn.to/3OKFmDl #ad Deck playable also on Game Pass Premium
neutral · AI labelView post →Only two factions as part of a game currently costing €40,86 - rest is paid DLC. Seems more like a 12.99 indie game with AA/AAA pricing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Coming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate/PC: • Today | Avowed • Feb 20 | EA Sports F1 24 • Feb 20 | Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader • Feb 25 | Watch Dogs: Legion Watch Dogs: Legion and Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader also coming to Standard. news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun game, But so much DLC everything is DLC, DLC, DLC. Only recommend on deep discount
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 is officially in development, Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive have announced. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/warhamm...
neutral · AI labelView post →Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 got a new update today that added in FSR 3, making the game look nicer on the #SteamDeck without harming performance: steamdeckhq.com/warhammer-40...
neutral · AI labelView post →Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is $10.99 on US PSN buff.ly/3P87oIP $9.89 XBL buff.ly/3YgmGiL (Steam) $12.09 Gamebillet buff.ly/4gScdBP also on Game Pass Standard
neutral · AI labelView post →I've played Total War: Warhammer 40,000, and I think it might be the "definitive" game for the 40k setting it's aiming to be www.eurogamer.net/total-war-wa...
positive · AI labelView post →Games Coming to Game Pass Core on October 1 -Cities: Skylines – Remastered -Disney Dreamlight Valley -Warhammer 40,000: Darktide news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
neutral · AI labelView post →Spring Sale has already begun on EGS and PlayStation! Grab Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader and additional content for the game with discounts up to 45%!
neutral · AI labelView post →For the amount of money people have to pay for the base game then another 15 dollars for each faction. I would think the game would run like a well oiled machine. With an amazing easy to understand player interface. It does not. I am also not happy with the replay system for watching your opponent's turn in multiplayer it is terrible. Glitches during playback, doesn't follow the action. It is a mess. I played games 20 years ago with a much better playback feature that allowed you to fast…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, we are lucky to even get games like this, 40K has really exploded in popularity lately, and that generally means the games turn into low content action schlock. 40K is a tabletop war game after all, when you want to adopt a tabletop wargame to the PC/consoles, you typically make a wargame. It's decent for what it is. The good: hey! it's like the tabletop...sort of. There's a pretty big variety of units, abilities and strategies to employ. Each faction has a variety of units you can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Warhammer game naming scheme: Warhammer 40,000: (Scary word)(Word that would be used in relation to the inquisition)
neutral · AI labelView post →'Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Master Crafted Edition' launches June 10th on Xbox Series and PC. Also Game Pass Day One. youtu.be/UvStsBY9fTI?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Coming soon to Xbox Game Pass: Death Stranding Director’s Cut, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II, and more! news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
neutral · AI labelView post →Henry Cavill's Warhammer 40,000 Cinematic Universe Finally Gets a Meaningful Update as Games Workshop Makes Significant Amazon Announcements.
neutral · AI labelView post →Total War: Warhammer 40,000 wins best PC game at Gamescom.
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't get me wrong, the game isn't bad. It's actually pretty good, but the way Slitherine monetizes DLC's boggles my mind. It's not as bad as what Paradox does, but it's getting there. And not all DLCs add campaigns. Some add just a few units or a faction. Without any discounts, the DLCs cost about 4x the price of the base game. Add on top of that the fact that newer DLC factions have a power creep problem, making them almost mandatory to play online and a variety that bugs that plagued the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While God of War Ragnarok is an amazing game, I believe Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader should have won the Best Game on #SteamDeck award at the 2024 Steam Awards: steamdeckhq.com/warhammer-40...
neutral · AI labelView post →Why TF the other 8 factions paywalled? I dont think they even get story campaigns...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll admit it's a pretty solid game. Combat seems decent enough, and the story tries not to step on established lore. So why can I not give it a thumbs up? DLC practices. I am sorry to the developers, they've done a good job, but the cost of over £10 per faction is just not good enough. Without any of the DLC you only get Tyranids and Astartes (Blood Angels) to play with. For this reason, I can not give it a positive review.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you like the table top game then you will love this version... they just need more factions added to make it perfect...they should a\ADD A PAINT YOUR ARMY OPTION ..BUT TH3Y WONT THYE WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR IT...TYPICAL 40K GREED. SADLY..
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A huge thank you to everyone who has played and reviewed Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 so far. Reviews help us a lot and we appreciate every single one! We are very proud to be rated at 93% on Steam by our amazing players. Please leave us a game review if you get the chance. ❤️ For the Emperor!
neutral · AI labelView post →Ep. 465 - It’s Not Called Peacehammer Only the Insert Credit panel could cover the fan response to Bioware’s closure, explain all of Warhammer 40,000 in six minutes, and design a Nathan Fielder video game. insertcredit.com/show/465
neutral · AI labelView post →What happens when a game character comes to life and turns into a real physical figurine? It may just find its way into the Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy Collector’s Edition and even shape the appearance of your future companion! The article in the comment section below!
neutral · AI labelView post →For Warhammer fans this is a solid game. It's similar to the tabletop but it's not going to replace it anytime soon. For tactical strategy fans, this game is janky as hell. I know modern indie games are rushed out the gate to make deadlines but this game came out in 2021 and still has the weirdest bugs that have never been addressed while the DLC keeps piling on. Imagine paying the original 40 bucks they were asking (luckily I got this for cheap in a bundle) I don't have any DLC but it seems…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted this game to be like the tabletop. Unfortunately, it differs quite a lot in its mechanics and execution here. There is also the high cost of admission (DLC's etc). The AI also is very much on the weaker side. 5/10.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I’d written about the first Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine before, which I’d assumed was the first ever Games Workshop Space Marine, but turns out that accolade goes to ‘Doctor Who: The Game of Time & Space’ from 1980.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's been one week since launch and we've just hit overwhelmingly positive on Steam 🎉 A big thank you to everyone who's played and reviewed Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 so far! We're so happy to see the tremendous response from our community.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's an ok game, too focused on MP i'm a single player campaign man so idc about MP
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pre-Warhammer 40,000 game selfie. Taking my Eldar out today for the first time.
neutral · AI labelView post →Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV – Official Game Overview Trailer.
neutral · AI labelView post →good alternative to full blown table top at least for me, i grew up in the hood and its hard to go to stores or find friends to play irl table top with so this is awesome but it is boring playing alone
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the main issues with Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is that each faction has access to only a small fraction (roughly 1/10) of the units that exist in the tabletop game. On top of that, the DLCs are often sold at a significant price while still feeling incomplete, which creates a disappointing and, at times, predatory business model. If the goal is truly to create a fun, long-lasting, and engaging system, the developers should listen more closely to player feedback. A concrete and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →as usual with Slitherine, the basic game is very bare bones and 99% of things are locked behind paid DLC. They're basically selling you a launcher and charging you AGAIN for most of the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →> It’s been the biggest mystery of the year: What video game publisher will have the guts to go up against Grand Theft Auto this November? An empty fall release date schedule left some major questions as players waited to see where anticipated games like Marvel’s Wolverine and Control Resonant would land. After today’s PlayStation State of Play, we finally have our answer to that question: No one. November remains wide open for GTA 6 as it appears that every major holiday video game will…
neutral · AI labelView post →Since the last DLC absolutely broken AI in crusade mode. AI can literally charge through cover (which shouldn't be possible), can shoot through massive stone cliffs (which shouldn't be possible), can ignore armor on units (which shouldn't be possible) and can make much more of this nonsense. And many, many crashes. This game was promising in the beginning but since the other studio took over it's just another DLC sale policy crap without balancing or bug fixing. The first two factions are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector – The Closest You’ll Get to Tabletop Without Knocking Over Your Minis As someone who actually plays Warhammer 40K on the tabletop (and paints far too many Orks for any sane human), Battlesector has been an absolute delight. It captures the feel of 40K in a way few digital games manage — the pacing, the tactical choices, the brutal exchanges of fire… all without having to worry about dice scattering off the table or your Squighog Boyz taking a nosedive onto the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Games Workshop Has Brought in Mike Flanagan to Create the Initial Outline for Henry Cavill’s ‘Warhammer 40,000’ Cinematic Universe and Will Be Moving on to the Script Soon.
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is fun, but I honestly can’t recommend it unless you get it on a deep sale. I’m really tired of modern games launching with the bare minimum amount of content and then locking everything else behind endless DLC. Want the basic armies and factions that should already be included in a Warhammer 40K game? Too bad — DLC for every army. The base game only includes two factions, Tyranids and Blood Angels, and then expects you to spend over $100 extra just to get what feels like a complete…
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