Action · December 14, 2016

Space Hulk: Deathwing (2016)

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Space Hulk: Deathwing is a First-Person Shooter experience based on Games Workshop's classic Space Hulk boardgame set in the universe of Warhammer 40,000. Space Hulk: Deathwing was developed on Unreal Engine 4, and offers you and up to three of your friends the chance to experience a desperate battle against Genestealers in the claustrophobic tunnels of a Space Hulk. You also gain skills, new abilities, and new equipment as you earn experience during missions. Space Hulks drift along the currents of the Warp, the immaterial dimension of Chaos. Made up of gigantic, mangled asteroids, ship wrecks, and other stellar debris, they can grow to the size of a moon, and often contain treasured and ancient lost technologies. They are often also infested with broods of the lethal Genestealer. In the game you take on the role of a Space Marine from one of the most secret and most feared Space Marine forces: the Deathwing of the Dark Angels Chapter. As a Librarian, you can also master the destructive powers of the Psykers. Your skills and performance in battle grant you Fervor Points to spend on 3 skill trees, allowing you to improve your abilities and unlock new powers. Don your Terminator armour and arm yourself with the iconic weaponry of the Space Marines and face the threats that await you in the Space Hulk. Key Features Take on the role of a Space Marine Terminator from the most secret and feared Deathwing. Plunge into the claustrophobic tunnels of a Space Hulk. and experience a desperate battle against the Genestealers. Unlock new abilities through 3 skill trees. Grow in power and weild devastating weapons. Coop mode: play with your friends as a Terminator squad in an epic coop mode

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Warhammer 40K · 155
  • Action · 113
  • FPS · 107
  • Online Co-Op · 90
  • Sci-fi · 81
  • Co-op · 72
  • Shooter · 63
  • Adventure · 61
  • Atmospheric · 59
  • Gore · 59
  • Multiplayer · 54
  • Games Workshop · 51
  • Horror · 47
  • First-Person · 39
  • Singleplayer · 38

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume5.7k Steam reviewsTop 55% in Action
Positive rating54% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 97%
Metacritic58/100Genre average 77 — top 97% of Action titles
Engagement hours4 h averageTop 81% for session depth among Action

Reception Metrics

Steam community

54%Mixed · 5.7k reviews

3.1k positive · 2.6k negative

Metacritic

58/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

5.5/10

Curator recommendations

4.9k

Press Quotes

“Our impressions of Space Hulk: Deathwing are undoubtedly positive, this title is an accurate and faithful adaptation of the original board game. Space Hulk: Deathwing features some real immersive and intense gameplay.” 8/10 – Multiplayer

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

4h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

Achievements

23

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateDec 14, 2016
DeveloperStreum On Studio
PublisherFocus Entertainment
Base priceFree-to-play
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · [email protected]

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (4)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Spanish - Spain

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Editions & Packages

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