Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector
Fair · Strategy · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $39.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 23.6h
- Value
- $1.69/hr
- Reviews
- 87% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Geforce GTX 750 (2GB VRAM), 25 GB of storage. Windows only.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
May 2025 is where it bottomed out, at $11.99. 46 discounts in the 5 years on record. They run about 50 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 7 percent on value. It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War ($39.99, scores 63) beats it on value, while it beats Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters ($44.99, scores 41).
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 11 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written September 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 67 percent of the 273 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
The drop-off
89% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
150 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 20:46 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Terribly balanced game. Goes from Easy to stupid from level to level. Heroes dying is an instant failure. But you can't choose to leave them behind. SO on the last level when you're facing massive numbers of enemies that take about 45 minutes to complete each turn, the odds of one of the fragile heroes dying is high. The pace of the game is absurdly slow as well. Each attack looks like they're fighting through...
Game can be fun, but they did the thing where the base game is completely starved of content, and the DLC's are overpriced and should've just been free additions to the game. Also there is a pitifully small amount of units for each faction as compared to their tabletop counterparts. All of these things combined to create what they try to portray as a digital version of the tabletop, while charging you a ton of extra...
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a turn-based tactical game that captures the raw feel of tabletop miniature warfare more cleanly and directly than almost anything else on the market. The unit models and fidelity to the Warhammer 40k lore are top-notch. From the intricate Space Marine armor details to the terrifying Tyranid animations and visceral weapon effects, it nails the grimdark atmosphere perfectly. Pros...
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Cite this score
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector scores 61/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1295500/warhammer-40-000-battlesectorReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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