With Space Marine 2, a blockbuster game set in the world of Warhammer 40,000, has been released in 2024. At the moment, you can get the game on Steam for just 39 euros – cheaper than ever before on the platform.
What game is it about?
- Space Marine 2 is the successor to the acclaimed Warhammer shooter from 2021 and continues the story.
- You play as Titus, a Ultramarine and former member of the Deathwatch, blasting your way through hordes of enemies with bolters, meltas, and other absurdly crazy weapons.
- In addition to the story mode, which offers a big chunk of lore for the Warhammer world, you can play missions in co-op or PvP and customize your Space Marine.
What makes Space Marine 2 so good: The shooter is rated at 83% positive reviews on Steam since release, making it “very positive”, recent reviews stand at 78%. The big praise: you play uncompromisingly as a pumped-up super warrior and slaughter through real floods of bug aliens.
Space Marine 2 is considered one of the best games in recent times by fans, because it is exactly what it promises: constant action, an immense sense of power, and the insane world of Warhammer 40,000, without frills and additives. A Warhammer boss explains why the game is also a success for him.
- At the moment you can get Space Marine 2 for 38.99 euros on Steam. The offer runs until March 13, 2025.
Although Space Marine 2 has received constant new updates and content since release, the developers clarify: The shooter is not a service game, but they are still working on making unlocks more accessible.
Sale on Steam: Many strong Warhammer games are currently on offer
If you don’t want to play a pumped-up superhuman or have already played Space Marine 2 and are looking for something new, there are currently other Warhammer games on sale in the current sale. Here is a selection of games with strong reviews and hidden gems:
- Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, an old-school shooter in the style of Doom for currently 13.19 euros on Steam (only until March 8)
- Space Hulk: Deathwing, a co-op PvE shooter with a greater class variance than in Space Marine 2 for currently 4.49 euros on Steam (only until March 8)
- Vermintide 1 and 2, both co-op games in the fantasy version of Warhammer, just before they come to an end in an apocalypse.
- Vermintide 1 currently costs 2.19 euros on Steam (offer ends on March 12)
- Vermintide 2 currently costs 5.59 euros on Steam (offer ends on March 12)
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 1 and 2, real-time strategy games where you command the absurdly large battlecruisers from Warhammer 40,000.
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 1 currently costs 2.24 euros on Steam (only until March 8)
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 currently costs 3.99 euros on Steam (only until March 8)
Some other titles are also currently on sale, but the ratings for most of them are somewhere between 40 and 60% positive and the games are often rather niche. The problem of mediocre games has accompanied Warhammer for many years.
In recent years, however, this has improved, especially since Total War: Warhammer 3. Space Marine 2 is just the latest game in the franchise that can register a big success. If you are looking for an entry into the world, you can find here the 7 best games to dive into the world of Warhammer.
