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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Embody the superhuman skill and brutality of a Space Marine. Unleash deadly abilities and devastating weaponry to obliterate the relentless Tyranid swarms. Defend the Imperium in spectacular third-person action in solo or multiplayer modes.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “satisfying brutal horde combat” (63 of 104 reviews) and “gorgeous detailed Warhammer environments” (23); the most common complaint is “repetitive shallow combat systems” (15). 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
63 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Enjoyable campaign! Beautiful landscapes and structures, satisfying combat, and fun boss fights. Game suffers from audio bugs and a bit of optimization issues, but it doesn't happen enough to ruin the experience. This…”
“Wow I haven't played a game that's OG Halo good in a long time. Space Marines 2 has got it all: good gameplay, fun extra missions, and BAMF story. You can really tell the devs really put all their heart and hours into…”
“The game set in the Warhammer universe turned out to be fun and fast-paced. Just as it should be. We play as a Space Marine, using him to take down Xenos and Chaos forces. But we won’t be alone—if we don’t have…”
23 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Enjoyable campaign! Beautiful landscapes and structures, satisfying combat, and fun boss fights. Game suffers from audio bugs and a bit of optimization issues, but it doesn't happen enough to ruin the experience. This…”
“Space marines is just one of those games where you cant stop having fun. From the campaign to the PvE mode, the game has been pretty enjoyable. This has a very tight knit well-crafted and short campaign that doesn't…”
“Pretty sick game. Controls take some getting used to but that's just the nature of how the game works between so much melee and ranged combat. Audio and animations are fantastic, there is a true sense of immersion as…”
23 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Enjoyable campaign! Beautiful landscapes and structures, satisfying combat, and fun boss fights. Game suffers from audio bugs and a bit of optimization issues, but it doesn't happen enough to ruin the experience. This…”
“Wow I haven't played a game that's OG Halo good in a long time. Space Marines 2 has got it all: good gameplay, fun extra missions, and BAMF story. You can really tell the devs really put all their heart and hours into…”
“Space marines is just one of those games where you cant stop having fun. From the campaign to the PvE mode, the game has been pretty enjoyable. This has a very tight knit well-crafted and short campaign that doesn't…”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I love this game grinding missions with friends and siege is fun just wish there was a little more to it but overrall really fub”
“Very nice and fun game to play yourself or with friends, wish the campain was longer tho but overall very fun game and the pvp and pve gamemodes are fun”
“I’ve been playing this game for a couple of weeks now, and so far both the story mode and the online competitive mode are amazing and really entertaining. I often find myself playing, and after a while I realize how…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Pretty sick game. Controls take some getting used to but that's just the nature of how the game works between so much melee and ranged combat. Audio and animations are fantastic, there is a true sense of immersion as…”
“I thought they didn't make em like this anymore! Awesome 3rd person shooter/action game with a great story, excellent performances, fantastic music, gorgeous visuals, beautiful art direction, and tight as hell gameplay.…”
“Space Marine II is aesthetically gorgeous and it has great voice acting. The storyline is fine, though nothing amazing, and what few characters there are work decently enough. The gameplay is similar to the original…”
15 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I think I would have enjoyed this game more when I was younger, or if I had a group of friends to play it with, maybe. As it is, current day me just finds it kind of dull and repetitive. It really is just mindless. And…”
“Sadly I can't recommend SM2; it is a good game by a good company, but I just didn't have fun playing it. Compared to a game like Darktide, which has excellent game-feel, combat feels unresponsive and spongy, with…”
“NOT RECOMMENDED Essentially a 95% L4D like coop, PvE, PvP game with a 5% short story mode like what EA does The story is too short and boring, it baits then goes nowhere, uninspired characters designed to just tick…”
14 of the 104 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“NOT RECOMMENDED Essentially a 95% L4D like coop, PvE, PvP game with a 5% short story mode like what EA does The story is too short and boring, it baits then goes nowhere, uninspired characters designed to just tick…”
“Honestly, this game feels pretty disappointing. It gets boring really quickly because there’s very little content to keep you engaged. One of the biggest downsides is the lack of customization, you don’t really get the…”
“The game's cool on your first playthrough, but after you beat the story there's nothing really to do and all of the missions feel the same. Even when playing with my friends, I try to find ways to goof around because…”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“The Bot help is just dumb and useless and thus forces you to play with randoms who are toxic and or leave/kick you. Campaign is great can actually fight the enemy on hardest difficulty and have fun challenging gameplay.…”
“Review From the same developer of the absolutely underrated and fantastic World War Z comes a new space marine game that plays more like the World War Z game with a higher focus and improvement of the combat system. I…”
“Game is designed to be played coop. if you want to play solo you are LOCKED with 2 bots with questionable programming - either they melt everyone around you or fluoride stare the objective being swarmed. The combat gets…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Enjoyable campaign! Beautiful landscapes and structures, satisfying combat, and fun boss fights. Game suffers from audio bugs and a bit of optimization issues, but it doesn't happen enough to ruin the experience. This…”
“The game struggles to run stably 18 months after release. Crashes without logs and constant stutter issues. These are long standing issues with quite the rabbit hole of ineffective remedies.”
“Absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game performance. It takes 10 years to load into a match. Random frame drop out of no where. Even after 2 years the game still performance like dog water. Unbelievable”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Enjoyable campaign! Beautiful landscapes and structures, satisfying combat, and fun boss fights. Game suffers from audio bugs and a bit of optimization issues, but it doesn't happen enough to ruin the experience. This…”
“Wow I haven't played a game that's OG Halo good in a long time. Space Marines 2 has got it all: good gameplay, fun extra missions, and BAMF story. You can really tell the devs really put all their heart and hours into…”
“The game struggles to run stably 18 months after release. Crashes without logs and constant stutter issues. These are long standing issues with quite the rabbit hole of ineffective remedies.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 84.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is a hack and slash bloodbath at its finest. You’ll hack and slash your way through swarms and waves of enemies in the story and various PvE missions. You’ll dismember, shred, and finish them off in a merciless bloodlust, shouting “For the…”
— a player, Steam review · 148 hrs played“I like this a lot more than I expected to. Loving the distinct classes and playstyles which offer decent variety during the PvE Operations. I wish there were more operations, but at the moment I'm getting through the campaign to unlock a couple extra ones. So far, for me the PvE…”
— a player, Steam review · 64 hrs played“Games Workshop discovered the secret underhanded tactic of "make good videogames" and found out it prints infinite money and gets people interested in the tabletop game. Crazy”
— a player, Steam review · 278 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 2026-10-22.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Chaos on Avarax - Community Event
Greetings Space Marines, New Community Event is here! ⚔️ Hold the line and survive a total of 15 waves in Chaos Siege Mode before November 03 to unlock 100 Accolades . The event kicks up now, join the
Hotfix 15.2
HOTFIX 15.2 Melee in PvE One-Handed Thunder Hammer Gameplay Accumulation stance can be entered even if the hammer already has charges. If the hammer has maximum charges the Charged Impact attack will
Hotfix 15.1 Patch Notes
Hotfix 15.1 Melee in PvE One Handed Thunder Hammer Base damage is increased by 10%. Temporary removed forced stagger from charging stances. It will return in the next patch, once we make it less spam
Play Space Marine 2's Anniversary Update 2 now!
Greetings Space Marines, The Anniversary Update II comes with a new Siege Mode spin-off, new progression mechanics, weapons, armour pieces, and the first two DLCs for Season Pass 3. Today’s update bri
Patch 15.0
Patch recap New Feature: Chaos in Siege Mode For the first time in the game, the forces of Chaos will intervene in the conflict between the Imperium and the Tyranids. Players have the opportunity to p
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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, Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | Warhammer 40K · Action · Third-Person Shooter · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvE · Adventure · Action-Adventure · Third Person · Sci-fi · Wargame · 3D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian * , Czech, Japanese * , Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese * , Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian,… |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 50 |
| Official site | https://community.focus-entmt.com/focus-entertainment/space-marine-2?utm_source=Steam&utm_medium=StorePage_SM2&utm_campaign=Organic |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (1903 min)/11 64-bit Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X / Intel Core i5-8600K Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: 6 GB VRAM, AMD Radeon RX 580 / Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 75 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD required. 30 FPS in 1920x1080 with "Low" preset.