Strategy · July 22, 2021

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector (2021)

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Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game set in the grimdark universe of the 41st Millennium. Pick your force, develop your army, field mighty heroes and fight for victory using superior strategy, awesome abilities, and devastating weaponry. Age of Crimson Dawn Experience an epic twenty mission single-player campaign that explores the aftermath of the Devasta-tion of Baal. Help Sergeant Carleon and his allies purge the Tyranid infestation on Baal Secundus, and preserve the honour of the noble Blood Angels. Skirmish Mode Fight across the surface of Baal on maps of your choosing in the Skirmish mode. Pick the faction you'll lead as well as the one you'll face. Completely customize your army list by selecting your units, heroes and their loadouts. It is available with three different types of Objective: Exterminatus, Conqueror and Strategic Command. Planetary Supremacy Mode Planetary Supremacy is a conquest-style skirmish campaign, introduced in a free update as part of our ever expanding plan for Battlesector, in which you, the player, decide the outcome. Take command of your favourite faction and conquer the planet in a series of procedurally generated skirmish battles. To achieve victory, capture more tiles, acquire strategic resources and expand your army. Then, bring destruction to your enemies in Skirmish battles. Daemonic Incursion Daemonic Incursion is a single-player mode that is available to all Battlesector players as part of a free update that was launched alongside the Sisters of Battle Faction Pack. In Daemonic Incursion, waves of Khornate daemons enter realspace to spill blood, collect skulls and overrun your forces. This is a last-stand mode, in which your objective is simple: SURVIVE! Forge Your Armies Command iconic units like the Sanguinary Priest, the Librarian Dreadnought, and the Hive Tyrant to annihilate your foes. Use over 60 abilities and 50 weapons to orchestrate your opponent’s bloody de-mise. Build Momentum Each faction has a unique Momentum system that can result in a Surged unit. Units that Surge are able to string together superhuman chains of actions, or use the opportunity to further upgrade their abili-ties. Call In Air Support Use Command Points to call in faction-specific air support abilities. The Blood Angels Stormraven can obliterate xenos with a missile barrage, or deep strike a unit of veteran Assault Marines behind enemy lines. Meanwhile, the Tyranid Harpy can devastate the enemy defenses with its Sonic Screech, or scat-ter the battlefield with its deadly Spore Mines. Face Your Friends On The Battlefield With live and asynchronous multiplayer, and hotseat modes available, there’s no excuse not to take your friends to war.

Community Tag Signals

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

  • Strategy · 114
  • Warhammer 40K · 103
  • Turn-Based Tactics · 99
  • Turn-Based Strategy · 89
  • 3D · 63
  • Tactical · 60
  • Isometric · 60
  • Sci-fi · 60
  • Turn-Based Combat · 57
  • Singleplayer · 50
  • Multiplayer · 45
  • Asynchronous Multiplayer · 44
  • PvP · 44
  • Combat · 43
  • Violent · 43

Position in Strategy

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume5.6k Steam reviewsTop 60% in Strategy
Positive rating88% positiveGenre average: 84% — this title sits in top 50%
Metacritic74/100Genre average 79 — top 81% of Strategy titles
Concurrent peak378 playersTop 35% in Strategy by live player count
Engagement hours15 h averageTop 64% for session depth among Strategy

Reception Metrics

Steam community

88%Very Positive · 5.6k reviews

5.0k positive · 677 negative

Metacritic

74/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

7.8/10

Curator recommendations

4.6k

Peak concurrent players

378

Peer Strategy titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (9)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Korean volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Korean

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play Together

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“Battlesector brings the new era of the 40K tabletop game to the PC like a thunder hammer to the head of a hive tyrant.” 8/10 – IGN USA “It is a fun, brutal, and faithful adaptation of the original Warhammer 40,000 tabletop, worthy of any Warhammer 40,000 fan or strategy fan's purchase” 4/5 – Windows Central “Battlesector really is a cut above” PC Gamer

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

15h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

7h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

2h

Current engagement

Achievements

30

Steam unlocks available

Strategy releases from 2021

7 Strategy titles launched in 2021 — top 6 by review volume.

Release & Availability

Release dateJul 22, 2021
DeveloperSlitherine Ltd.
Base price$19.99 -50%
DLC / Add-ons11 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Content Notes

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector contains graphical display of violence and blood.

Editions & Packages

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