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Warhammer 40,000: Regicide

Warhammer 40,000: Regicide

Warhammer 40,000: Regicide is a brutal take on one of the greatest turn based strategy games of all time. Regicide fuses multiple phases of gameplay with dynamic action. Maneuver your army into place and unleash a devastating array of tactical abilities to crush your enemies.

Released Sep 8, 2015 Developer Hammerfall Publishing Platforms Windows Warhammer 40KStrategyChessGoreTurn-Based Strategy
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

67.2%positive1,895 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“its a brillient game for anyone how likes warhammer and chess”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I have absolutely no way to connect to my account. The account i paid for all the dlc for.”

— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“No longer playable - I guess the game required online services which have been disabled. Nice idea and worth a try if you like chess.”

— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

35achievements
0.9%median completion
0.6%rarest: I iz da biggest!
38.0% of players 36.4% of players 29.4% of players 19.6% of players 14.4% of players 7.9% of players 6.2% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 38.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
38.0%Leave none alive — Complete a secondary objective.
36.4%Aspirant — Complete the tutorial.
29.4%Burn them all — Complete 3 secondary objectives.
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%I iz da biggest! — Win 20 online matches as Orks against Orks
0.6%Slaughter — Kill 5 enemy pieces in a single turn.
0.6%Efficient — Kill 3 enemy pieces in a single turn.

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.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
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Latest official news

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

Oct 19, 2022
Until next Winter | Final Tournament Results

Greetings, Glorious Players of Warhammer 40,000 Regicide! Thank you for an incredible seven years of Warhammer 40,000 Regicide 2015-2022! Congratulations to all our ranked match tournament participant

Jul 21, 2017
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8429590/3d9cb6821a852f9106e53fdef8edf9dbe822a380.png Regicide is currently on sale as part of the Games Workshop Skull Throne weeke

Jul 21, 2017
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/8429590/3d9cb6821a852f9106e53fdef8edf9dbe822a380.png Regicide is currently on sale as part of the Games Workshop Skull Throne weeke

May 24, 2017
Update: Balance changes + achievements!

Greetings Imperial Citizens! Regicide has been updated to improve balance and fix achievement bugs. + Updated Skirmish AI Requisition Rewards for kills and captures + Updated Skirmish AI Experience Re

May 24, 2017
Update: Balance changes + achievements!

Greetings Imperial Citizens! Regicide has been updated to improve balance and fix achievement bugs. + Updated Skirmish AI Requisition Rewards for kills and captures + Updated Skirmish AI Experience Re

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsWarhammer 40K · Strategy · Chess · Gore · Turn-Based Strategy · Indie · Turn-Based Tactics · Multiplayer · Sci-fi · Tactical · Asynchronous Multiplayer · Games Workshop (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Norwegian *
Achievements35
Estimated owners20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.warhammer40kregicide.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual Core (2.4 GHZ) Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT or greater DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 5 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Additional Notes: Broadband Internet Connection required for Multiplayer and User Account functionality. A Warhammer 40,000: Regicide User Account is required to use the game's online services. The game's single player Skirmish mode is playable in offline mode.