Improvement over the first game
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 is a textbook example of a good sequel.”
Steam review · 12.8 h played ↗
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2
Worth buying? What 175 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 175 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%Auroch Digital2026FPS · Shooter · Action
$24.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A polished sequel with crunchy gunplay, much better level design and two distinct characters. Skip it if you want a big reinvention, since some find it easy, and Nurgle levels have performance issues.
Great for
Fans of the first Boltgun, boomer shooter fans and Warhammer 40k fans who want fast, crunchy gunplay
Main risk
Feels like an expansion of the first game, and some find it too easy or repetitive
Since the last analysis (Oct 15)
Notable change
- New complaintCrashes, freezes and progression bugs (#1)
- New complaintPerformance drops, especially Nurgle levels (#2)
- New complaintFeels like DLC or the same game (#3)
- New complaintToo easy, weak enemies (#4)
- New complaintFrustrating level and enemy design (#5)
- New complaintSave and level select problems (#6)
- New praiseMore enemy variety across all Chaos gods (#3)
- New praiseRemoved toughness system and bullet-sponge enemies (#6)
- Complaint goneFPS drops and poor performance
- Complaint goneWorse than the original / less Warhammer feel
- Complaint goneMissing HUD and crosshair settings
- Complaint goneCrash and glitches
- Complaint goneHard to read the action
- Praise goneGreat enemy variety and new weapons
- Praise goneAllied Krieg NPCs
- Steam ratingVery Positive · 93% → Overwhelmingly Positive · 96%
What players love
Second playable character and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“both of them play uniquely different and I love it so much!”
Steam review · 29.5 h played ↗
More enemy variety across all Chaos gods
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The four Chaos Gods are represented instead of just Nurgle and Tzeentch, and more comprehensively than I expected.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
Crunchy, satisfying gunplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The combat feels visceral and satisfying, the sound of shooting your bolter, the impact of hitting the enemy, the blood spraying everywhere, it's everything you want from a boomer shooter.”
Steam review · 35.4 h played ↗
Much better level design
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The level design in this game is another level compared to the first”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Removed toughness system and bullet-sponge enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“No annoying weapon strength/enemy toughness crap, choose any gun you want at this exact moment and go.”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes, freezes and progression bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“My game forces me to play the 1st mission on repeat without any option to manually select the 2nd mission.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Performance drops, especially Nurgle levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Game performance get's worse the longer you play, even with a 9800x3d and 7900 xtx within a couple of minutes of playing the Nurgle level I'm less than 20 fps.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Feels like DLC or the same game
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This game should have just been DLC for the first game.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Too easy, weak enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“My weapons are always 100% full and topped up because there are more ammo and health pickups per level than there are enemies combined in the entire game.”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
Frustrating level and enemy design
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“an egregious amount of enemies lurking around corners to ambush you”
Steam review · 10.3 h played ↗
Save and level select problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“If you quit out of the campaign, go to level select and redo the latest level to get all the secrets you can't continue your campaign anymore.”
Steam review · 6.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support13 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 x64 Bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-8600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 980 (4096MB) / Radeon R9 Fury (4096MB) / Arc A580
Storage13 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 11 x64 Bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1650 (4096 MB) / Radeon RX 570 (4096 MB)
Storage13 GB available space
OSWindows 10 x64 Bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-8600K / AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 980 (4096MB) / Radeon R9 Fury (4096MB) / Arc A580
Storage13 GB available space
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