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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Satisfying weapons and combat” (75 of 103 reviews) and “Pixelated retro 40K aesthetic” (12); the most common complaint is “Repetitive encounters and design” (23). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
75 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“The game was very fun for the first few levels, then it quickly become repetitive. The game lacks enemy variety and most enemy's are just bullet sponges. Levels include no secrets or lore ("secrets" are simply very very…”
“"I will finish the work Captain Titus started!" Boltgun really isn't my normal style of game, but I will try most Warhammer games with an open mind, even the bad ones. Set on Graia (the planet from Space Marine 1) after…”
“It was fun, FOR THE EMPEROR!! Fast paced, responsive enough. W40K art-style, if you're into that you're gonna love the vibe. CONS: enemies are too tanky, NO HEADSHOT/WEAKPOINT mechanism whatsoever. An ok overall…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It was fun, FOR THE EMPEROR!! Fast paced, responsive enough. W40K art-style, if you're into that you're gonna love the vibe. CONS: enemies are too tanky, NO HEADSHOT/WEAKPOINT mechanism whatsoever. An ok overall…”
“Just played it a While ago after bying this and its a fun fast pace shooter, and easy to kill the enemays. and the graphics are fine for a game that was made years ago. Overall its a fun fast paced shooter and runs well…”
“Boltgun is alright but I feel like it really overstays its welcome given the lack of variety. Enemy weaknesses and resistances manifest as arbitrary more or less damage depending on weapons you use on specific enemies,…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Boltgun review I will be honest, I really wanted to like this game, especially after seeing all the praise it received online and I feel a bit crazy because I feel like I am the only one who found it incredibly boring…”
“"I will finish the work Captain Titus started!" Boltgun really isn't my normal style of game, but I will try most Warhammer games with an open mind, even the bad ones. Set on Graia (the planet from Space Marine 1) after…”
“I pirated this game then liked it so much that I bought it for real. Scratched the boomer-shooter itch while also being nice to look at and set in an interesting world.”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“The game was very fun for the first few levels, then it quickly become repetitive. The game lacks enemy variety and most enemy's are just bullet sponges. Levels include no secrets or lore ("secrets" are simply very very…”
“While playing Boltgun I finally came to a realization, a very big, important one, that honestly really surprised me - I don't like boomer shooters, at least, not anymore. I say that because Boltgun is a near flawless…”
“Competent but somewhat barebones. Get on sale. Good: + Great guns with great sounds and gibbing animations. + semi-open level design with good variety environments with great scale and volume and has some winding paths.…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It was fun, FOR THE EMPEROR!! Fast paced, responsive enough. W40K art-style, if you're into that you're gonna love the vibe. CONS: enemies are too tanky, NO HEADSHOT/WEAKPOINT mechanism whatsoever. An ok overall…”
“This game encapsulates everything a warhammer game should be. The type of difficulty it holds, the heavy but floaty movement of the player, and how the guns feel to use make this game one of the most fun eight to ten…”
“Great boomer shooter with most pros and cons of that genre. Great movement, cool weapons with nice feeling and a lot of heretics to purge. I would like an option to turn off yellow paint, breaks that retro vibe a bit.”
23 of the 103 reviews raise this · 15 of them still recommend the game.
“repetitive bullet sponge enemies, i found it more fun running past all the enemies until a purge arena”
“The game was very fun for the first few levels, then it quickly become repetitive. The game lacks enemy variety and most enemy's are just bullet sponges. Levels include no secrets or lore ("secrets" are simply very very…”
“I've given this game 2 chances. First time was on xbox game pass. Second time is because it came out of a bundle. As a combination of its parts, the game isn't very good. There is too many parts that are uninteresting.…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“repetitive bullet sponge enemies, i found it more fun running past all the enemies until a purge arena”
“It was fun, FOR THE EMPEROR!! Fast paced, responsive enough. W40K art-style, if you're into that you're gonna love the vibe. CONS: enemies are too tanky, NO HEADSHOT/WEAKPOINT mechanism whatsoever. An ok overall…”
“A bit repetitive towards the end and with a few harsh difficulty spikes along the way but all in all a fun game.”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“The game was very fun for the first few levels, then it quickly become repetitive. The game lacks enemy variety and most enemy's are just bullet sponges. Levels include no secrets or lore ("secrets" are simply very very…”
“Boltgun is alright but I feel like it really overstays its welcome given the lack of variety. Enemy weaknesses and resistances manifest as arbitrary more or less damage depending on weapons you use on specific enemies,…”
“This is a fun turn your brain off and shoot unless you play on emperors mercy, then slightly less so. It has the old school doom shooter style which works as well as the hundreds of other copies since. The repetition…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I've given this game 2 chances. First time was on xbox game pass. Second time is because it came out of a bundle. As a combination of its parts, the game isn't very good. There is too many parts that are uninteresting.…”
“level design sucks constant repeat of enemies guns dont feel great to shoot besides a few positive warhammer skin cheap looks ight”
“Rides extremely heavily on both the franchise and an appeal to boomer shooter nostalgia, all covering up that there isn’t a particularly noteworthy game underneath. Environmental design is lacklustre; health and shield…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“poor mans spacemarines 2”
“get on sale! Despite having a boltgun and an old school metal marine beek the level design and layout SUUUUCKS, after a while walking around in square circles, is there an exit here? ...who gives a ♥♥♥♥! I would like…”
“This game crashes constantly with a "Low level fatal error" and from the looks of it has been for a while now. Don't waste your money”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“This is a tricky one to review since I was really hating this game until I stopped playing how I wanted to and started playing how it wanted me to. Let me explain. This game is very much more Nu-Doom than classic Doom. There are tons of lock-in arenas, weapon swapping for…”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played“Needed that OG Doom vibe Classic, linear levels with pure mindless action, exactly what I was after. I picked up Selaco before this, but the level design felt a bit confusing. Boltgun keeps it simple and straight to the action. While I’m not too familiar with the Warhammer lore…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Тот случай, когда "у нас уже есть DOOM дома" оказался достойным.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-24.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Boomer Shooter · FPS · Warhammer 40K · Retro · Shooter · Pixel Graphics · Action · Old School · First-Person · Gore · Arcade · 1990's (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 21 |
| Official site | https://community.focus-entmt.com/focus-entertainment/boltgun?utm_source=Steam&utm_medium=StorePage_BLG&utm_campaign=Organic |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 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: 5 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system, 30 FPS, 1920x1080 in low.