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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance

Type like your life depends on it in Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Words of Vengeance! Smite the enemies of the Emperor with every keystroke spelling their demise. But every typo could mean the difference between life and death.

Released May 22, 2025 Developer Auroch Digital Platforms Windows TypingEducationWord GameSingleplayerOn-Rails Shooter
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

87.9%positive2,342 reviews
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“As far as typing games go, Words of Vengeance is pretty basic; it's missing capitalization, punctuation, and even spaces. All of these appear in the prompts, but aren't required to correctly type words and phrases, nor are there toggles for them to be required. However, the game…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“A good and fun little typing game, for the emperor !”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Could you guys make a full fledged out game outta this? Because this rocks! I'm more interested in Boltgun typing than I am with the actual Boltgun 2 coming out!”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

461all-time peak
0 100 200 2026 No data collected for this period 126 avg · May 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

8achievements
2.1%median completion
1.3%rarest: Company Captain
12.7% of players 11.5% of players 4.8% of players 3.6% of players 2.1% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.3% of players 12.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
12.7%Words for the Word God! — Complete Sanctum Magistratum on any difficulty.
11.5%High Gothic — Type a phrase 21 characters long without errors.
4.8%Search for Perfection — Perfect kill the Helbrute in Sector Imperialis.
Rarest badges of honor
1.3%Company Captain — Complete Sanctum Magistratum on Exterminatus difficulty with Invulnerability off.
1.8%A Waste of Good Promethium — Kill all enemies in a wave, then shoot the barrel.
1.8%Faster than Lucius The Eternal — Achieve a Words Per Minute score of 100+ on any level.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 10, 2026
We Hid a Secret in Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance

Greetings, Marines! Last year we released Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance, alongside announcing our upcoming game Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 as part of the Warhammer Skulls Showcase. S

Feb 09, 2026
Steam Typing Fest is LIVE!

Hello, Space Marines! Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance is taking part in Steam Typing Fest, a festival that celebrates typing quickly and accurately, especially when under a lot of press

Oct 23, 2025
Patch Notes - Achievement Fixes

Hello everyone! We hope you're all enjoying the new update for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance! Thank you to everyone who reported an issue with achievements following the major update.

Oct 16, 2025
Double the Content - Words of Vengeance Major Update!

Grab your keyboards, because we just released a major update for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance! It’s available now on Steam and brings with it: ⚔️ Three New Levels to Master ⌨️400+ Ne

Sep 17, 2025
I am the Emperor's weapon (or keyboard)

A Gift From the Emperor We're excited to share that we will be releasing a major update for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Words of Vengeance next month. It’ll be bringing with it new levels, more words,

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Free To Play
Player tagsTyping · Education · Word Game · Singleplayer · On-Rails Shooter · Old School · Gore · Boomer Shooter · Arena Shooter · FPS · Shooter · First-Person (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Camera Comfort · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Keyboard Only Option · Stereo Sound
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements8
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-Bit) Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965 / Intel Core i3-2120 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: 1 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon HD 7770 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space