XCOM-style tactics in a 40k setting
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Straight up 40k / Xcom 2, very awesome game.”
Steam review · 100.7 h played ↗
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 77%Mostly Positive · 77%Complex Games2022Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Strategy
The verdict
A tough, well-made XCOM-like with Grey Knights, strong 40k flavor and guaranteed hits. Repetitive missions, the punishing Bloom timer and slow animations will put off casual players.
Great for
XCOM veterans and 40k fans who enjoy punishing, aggressive tactics and theorycrafting builds
Main risk
Brutal difficulty spikes and the Bloom timer can doom campaigns, with repetitive missions and slow pacing
What changed in the last 30 days
61 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews cite repetitive missions, unskippable animations, cluttered UI, soft-locks and crashes, plus difficulty spikes. No single patch is evident; this is a tentative reading.
61 recent reviews
What players love
Great story, characters and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The writing is excellent.”
Steam review · 77.8 h played ↗
Deep builds and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Its strong suit is definitely the level of customisation and playing around with the classes and loadouts to achieve maximum cheese.”
Steam review · 79.2 h played ↗
Satisfying, challenging combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The combat is brutal, satisfying, and full of meaningful choices”
Steam review · 118.2 h played ↗
No hit-chance RNG, predictable combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“AND THERE'S NO PERCENT CHANCE TO HIT, YOUR SHOTS JUST HIT.”
Steam review · 70 h played ↗
Runs well on Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 38 positive reviews
“Great game on Steam Deck and although it says not supported, works flawlessly”
Steam review · 20.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Brutal, poorly balanced difficulty
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“The game is just too hard, even on normal difficulty.”
Steam review · 45 h played ↗
Grey Knights feel weak and fragile
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Grey Knights struggle early on not to get injured by basic Nurgle cultists, instead of just strolling through them.”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗
Cluttered UI and unexplained mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The main issue is the lack of explanations for key concepts in the game.”
Steam review · 203.5 h played ↗
Bloom/warp surge timer and random events
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Bloom is by far one of the worst mechanics I've seen in a turn based.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Repetitive missions, lack of variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Those are the only mission types in the base game, and because the variety is so limited, the game gets boring and tedious in the mid and late game.”
Steam review · 102.4 h played ↗
Slow pace, unskippable animations
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Instead, you're forced to sit there and watch a single unit slowly walk all the way to its destination before you can continue issuing orders.”
Steam review · 44.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support18 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 8.1/10 64bit
ProcessorIntel i5-4590 / AMD FX-8350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 / AMD Radeon R9 280X
Storage18 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 8.1/10/11 64bit
ProcessorIntel i7-7700 / AMD Ryzen 7 2700
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 580
Storage18 GB available space
OSWindows 8.1/10 64bit
ProcessorIntel i5-4590 / AMD FX-8350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 / AMD Radeon R9 280X
Storage18 GB available space
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