Choose Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions
Choose Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions if you want an Adventure experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 58.5% positive across 1,484 reviews.
Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions vs Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge
Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions and Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge both land in Strategy, Free To Play on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Strategy, Free To Play on Steam. Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions (2019) is 5 years older than Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge (2024). Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions scores higher on Steam reviews (58.5% positive) than Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge (47.9% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge
Choose Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge if it's the newer release (2024) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 1,648 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions and Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge sit in Strategy and Free To Play on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions |  Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2019 | 2024 |
| Genres | Strategy, Adventure, Free To Play | Strategy, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Verified |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 58.5% positive (1,484 reviews) | 47.9% positive (1,648 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer | Multi-player |
| Developers | Everguild Ltd. | Everguild Ltd. |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Free To Play on Steam.
- Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions (2019) is 5 years older than Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge (2024).
- Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions scores higher on Steam reviews (58.5% positive) than Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge (47.9% positive).
- Both are free to play.
- Both are Deck Verified.
Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions vs Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge — FAQ
- Which is better, Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions or Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge?
- On Steam reviews Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions scores higher (58.5% positive) than Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge (47.9% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions or Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge first?
- If you want chronology, Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions (2019) came out before Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge (2024). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions and Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, Free To Play on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions and Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge both run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — both are Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve confirms they run with full controller support, legible text, and default settings out of the box.