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Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “rich lore writing and characters” (46 of 108 reviews) and “deep satisfying turn-based systems” (46); the most common complaint is “clunky uneven combat systems” (13). 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 2026-05-09.
What reviewers agree on
46 of the 108 reviews raise this.
“I’ll be honest, while I love the Total War Warhammer games and that lore, I’ve never really been into the 40k universe. I picked this up because I wanted something to fill the void after Baldur's Gate which, yeah, is…”
“So much to say about this game. Well first of all it is a massive game as it is, add in 2 big expansion packs that are already been released and two more that are coming, the amount of content this game has and will…”
“I can say a lot of great things about this game. I can say a lot of bad things about this game. Here are some key takeaways if you are interested. It's been 2 years and I'm a little late to this party. There is ALOT, of…”
46 of the 108 reviews raise this.
“My review page. Follow me on twitch! The gist of it: Before I start, the game has a coop feature, however you'd be pretty foolish to play such a game, especially an Owlcat game, in coop. Unlike BG3, this game requires a…”
“I originally got this on Game Pass for about a month or so and then Game Pass got stupid. Been about a year and I see this game has some DLC, it's on sale, and I always love me some Warhammer. Man - this game is just a…”
“This game is actually really good. A fun 40k rpg we all waited for. Im leaving this review in negative tho as a protest against the Commoragh chapter. RPG designers have to stop thinking that taking away all your gear,…”
17 of the 108 reviews raise this.
“I enjoyed this game, and would recommend it. I finished the dogmatic path, and will more than likely go back and do heretic and iconoclast, because I ended up killing a lot of people as soon as I met them. It just kind…”
“This is easily one of my favourite games, and Owlcat Games has recently become one of my favourite game developers alongside FromSoftware. No amount of reading, stat-juggling, and character respec-maxxing has stopped me…”
“Before getting into the negatives: Would I recommend this game? Hell yes. It's a satisfying long form turn-based RPG with fairly meaningful choices and a plethora of ways to experience it with different companions. It's…”
9 of the 108 reviews raise this.
“So much to say about this game. Well first of all it is a massive game as it is, add in 2 big expansion packs that are already been released and two more that are coming, the amount of content this game has and will…”
“So after 385 hours played, I finally finished a campaign of this one so thought I'd chuck up some thoughts. To put my opinion right upfront - I'd totally recommend the game to fans of CRPGs and/or fans of WH40k as a…”
“Very fun strategic game that keeps you entertained for a long time. The writing is also very good”
7 of the 108 reviews raise this.
“I haven't gotten that far but I wanted to leave a positive review because despite some flaws (mostly QOL/UI not being super accessible, and some performance issues on the Deck) this game is great: I love what Owlcat did…”
“If only Steam had neutral reviews... The Good: This game itself is a fantastic lore-guide that can introduce even a longtime fan like me to new things about 40k, and I think it will be more than enough to new ones. The…”
“Just want to prefice this by saying owlcat is probably my most favourite crpg company. Its warhammer lore mixed in with beautiful graphics, interesting characters and amazing music. This is a 100% no brainer pick up for…”
13 of the 108 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is actually really good. A fun 40k rpg we all waited for. Im leaving this review in negative tho as a protest against the Commoragh chapter. RPG designers have to stop thinking that taking away all your gear,…”
“I enjoyed this game, and would recommend it. I finished the dogmatic path, and will more than likely go back and do heretic and iconoclast, because I ended up killing a lot of people as soon as I met them. It just kind…”
“Let's start with the cons; The ending slides were a little bit of a confused mess, some of them even contradictory to one another. To be quite honest I usually mentally edit game endings when they fall flat for me so…”
11 of the 108 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“DLC not recognized. Nice to have bought everything and then not be able to use anything. Update: Under game properties, uninstall all DLC. Now uninstall the game. Delete local installation. Log out of Steam entirely.…”
“This game is actually really good. A fun 40k rpg we all waited for. Im leaving this review in negative tho as a protest against the Commoragh chapter. RPG designers have to stop thinking that taking away all your gear,…”
“10/10 game if the game didn't bug out on my Cassia romance. It's kinda funny that even though I chose the right choice to trigger the flag and used toybox to tweak, I still got the duty calls/kids with others ending,…”
8 of the 108 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“i wish i liked this game more than i did. its just too wordy and had a rough onboarding.. i was getting used to the world and systems and starting to enjoy it but once i realized id have like a 2hr session where all i…”
“As someone who came into the Warhammer 40k universe completely blind, this game does a fantastic job of making it understandable and approachable. The overall leveling system and gameplay can be downright…”
“After playing for more than 250 hours I'd like to give my two cents on Rogue Trader. You'll get a lot of content for your money that's for sure. The fact I stuck to the end could tell you I enjoyed myself mostly. Sudden…”
7 of the 108 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I can say a lot of great things about this game. I can say a lot of bad things about this game. Here are some key takeaways if you are interested. It's been 2 years and I'm a little late to this party. There is ALOT, of…”
“So after 385 hours played, I finally finished a campaign of this one so thought I'd chuck up some thoughts. To put my opinion right upfront - I'd totally recommend the game to fans of CRPGs and/or fans of WH40k as a…”
“The game that got me addicted to 40K lore. The writing is fantastic. The game starts off with tons of fantastic voice acting, but unfortunately it kinda tapers off as the game goes on. Overall, though, the writing, even…”
7 of the 108 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“My review page. Follow me on twitch! The gist of it: Before I start, the game has a coop feature, however you'd be pretty foolish to play such a game, especially an Owlcat game, in coop. Unlike BG3, this game requires a…”
“I haven't gotten that far but I wanted to leave a positive review because despite some flaws (mostly QOL/UI not being super accessible, and some performance issues on the Deck) this game is great: I love what Owlcat did…”
“Good game, story, combat, lots of choices, what more could you want. A few bugs like stuttering in cut scene. Overall very happy with the game.”
Counted across 108 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 87.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-09
“After 262.5 hours with the base game and all DLCs, I may not be a better person, but I do know two things for certain. First, the Warhammer 40,000 universe is incredibly fascinating. Second, it is a real blessing not to live in it. I was born in 1971. At my age, some people…”
— a player, Steam review · 265 hrs played“Abelard, recommend this game for me. And Pasqal, say something sassy about the software in binharic”
— a player, Steam review · 573 hrs played“Abelard, introduce this review: ... Ugh, fine, I'll do it myself. I'll preface this by saying: I'm not a huge Warhammer nerd, so this review will be from that lens. I went into this game practically blind. I knew the basics: Suffer not the heretic nor the xeno, praise the…”
— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-09.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Character Customization · Cinematic · Story Rich · Turn-Based Strategy · Dark Fantasy · Romance · Turn-Based Tactics · Strategy · Action · RPG · Turn-Based · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 106 |
| Official site | https://roguetrader.owlcat.games/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Win10 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 / Intel HD Graphics 630 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 40 GB available space