Faithful, atmospheric 40k setting
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Easily the best depiction of the 40k universe in any video game ive seen.”
Steam review · 160.7 h played ↗
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
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Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%Owlcat Games2023CRPG · Turn-Based Strategy · RPG
The verdict
A huge, text-heavy Owlcat CRPG with excellent 40k writing, companions and tactical combat. Skip it if you dislike heavy reading or bugs, or want working co-op.
Great for
Warhammer 40k fans and CRPG players who love reading, story choices and deep character builds
Main risk
Walls of text, tedious later acts and lingering bugs wear you down over a 100+ hour campaign
What players love
Excellent writing and memorable companions
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the companions (base game at least) were fantastic. Some were better than others, but they all had a lot of character to them”
Steam review · 76.3 h played ↗
Great entry point to 40k lore
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I’m not a Warhammer 40K fan and knew next to nothing about the lore going in, but I am absolutely hooked!”
Steam review · 293.4 h played ↗
Meaningful choices and alignment paths
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Real differnces in plot and story development based on interaction choices”
Steam review · 33.6 h played ↗
Huge amount of content and replay value
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“What I like the sheer amount of content Owlcat has managed to cram into this game.”
Steam review · 233.3 h played ↗
Deep tactical combat and character building
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“You can send a hologram of your character to a square you want to move to and assess what targets you can shoot and your hit chance.”
Steam review · 100 h played ↗
What players complain about
Intrusive launcher added then rolled back
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This was an excellent game until this morning when they introduced a launcher.”
Steam review · 328.9 h played ↗
Bugs, softlocks and broken epilogue
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“in 100 hours i've seen more bugs in this game than in any other game I played in my entire life”
Steam review · 115.2 h played ↗
Excessive reading, little voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Some of the options to dialogue had 7 answers with 50 words to each answer.”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Co-op desyncs and weak co-op design
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Co-op is unplayable. Constant desyncs after completing the first act.”
Steam review · 114.2 h played ↗
Later acts decline; Act 3 slog
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“RPG designers have to stop thinking that taking away all your gear, party members and most importantly player agency for hours is in any way fun.”
Steam review · 58.4 h played ↗
Constant interruptions and loading screens
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“I wouldn't be exaggerating when I say that probably half my play time has been loading screens”
Steam review · 233.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified40 GB
Minimum
OSWin10
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 / Intel HD Graphics 630
Storage40 GB available space
Recommended
OSWin10
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX 570 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Storage40 GB available space
OSWin10
ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 / Intel HD Graphics 630
Storage40 GB available space
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