Games like Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
If Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is your kind of game, the closest matches are DOOM + DOOM II, Ion Fury and Hellbound — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, epic and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is a challenging solo action game set in the grim darkness of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Players engage in retro boomer-shooter combat across enemy-horde arenas, utilizing weapon specialization and character-physicality to blast through waves of foes. The 90s pixel art aesthetic brings the iconic 40k setting to life, with players describing the atmosphere as immersive and epic, where every firefight feels like a tabletop battle brought to digital life. Secret hunting and DLC expansion content like Forges of Corruption add replayability. Reviewers highlight the intense combat that evokes classic boomer shooters, and players particularly enjoy shoulder-checking enemies into oblivion. The game holds a 91% positive rating from over 10,000 Steam reviews, and runs verified on Steam Deck with medium-length sessions suited for short bursts of play.
About Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun: Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
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DOOM + DOOM II
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Shares weapon specialization, secret hunting and an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Top pick for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Ion Fury
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Shares secret hunting and an atmospheric mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Second-strongest match for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
Hellbound
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an intense mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Third-strongest match for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Classic First Person Shooter style game. Like the good old days. An action game focused on speed, gore, guns, and metal music. Inspired by the 90s’ classics with modern visuals and audio!
Dread Templar
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Shares secret hunting and an atmospheric mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Ranked #4 for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Ranked #5 for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
CULTIC
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Ranked #6 for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
DOOM II
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Ranked #7 for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Hell has invaded Earth, and to save it, you must battle mightier demons with even more powerful weapons. This beloved sequel to the groundbreaking DOOM (1993) introduced players to the brutal Super Shotgun, the infamous Icon of Sin boss, and more intense FPS action.
HROT
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Ranked #8 for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.
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Quake
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Shares secret hunting and an atmospheric mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
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Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
DOOM
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Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
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Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
Prodeus
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Reviewers of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.
DUSK
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
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Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
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Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
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Embody the superhuman skill and brutality of a Space Marine. Unleash deadly abilities and devastating weaponry to obliterate the relentless Tyranid swarms. Defend the Imperium in spectacular third-person action in solo or multiplayer modes.
Turbo Overkill
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Shares an immersive mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
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Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
ULTRAKILL
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Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
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ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.
Ion Fury
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an atmospheric mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Reviewers of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
3D Realms, creators of Duke Nukem 3D, Prey, and Max Payne, team up with Voidpoint to bring back the legendary Build Engine, famous for classic shooters like Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood. Fast-paced FPS combat across huge, secret-packed levels. Ion Fury is the real deal!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~55% under Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~77% under Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~55% under Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~55% under Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~55% under Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~55% under Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun on Steam right now. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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Mars Horizon
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Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Another title from Auroch Digital, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Shares Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Lead a major space agency as you guide humanity to Mars in this strategy simulation game. Construct a base, design and build rockets, conduct missions throughout the Solar System, and write your own history of Space exploration. Created with support from the European Space Agency.
Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!
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Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
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Lock and load into the Starship Troopers universe and join the Mobile Infantry in the most realistic depiction of war ever made! Experience an original story in this action-packed, first-person retro shooter. Would you like to know more?
Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Another title from Auroch Digital, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Brew your perfect beer in this relaxing home brewing sim. Use a realistic chemistry simulation to brew hoppy IPAs to creamy stouts. Customise your brewing space, create recipes and label your beer, unlock new equipment and enter competitions. Learn to brew, refine your craft and become a Brewmaster!
Dark Future: Blood Red States (Classic)
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Shares an intense mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Another title from Auroch Digital, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Shares Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Step into the extraordinary, dystopian world of Dark Future, filled with danger, chaos and adventure. A game of both action and strategy unlike any other, featuring a unique time dilating command mode to help you make tactical decisions on the dangerous highways of this world.
Chainsaw Warrior (Classic)
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Another title from Auroch Digital, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Shares Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Chainsaw Warrior from Games Workshop is the classic game for one strong-nerved player! It's 2032 and spatial warping has opened a hole into another dimension in the midst of the old municipal buildings at the heart of Manhattan. Bizarre and dangerous creatures are flooding into our dimension.
Ogre
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Another title from Auroch Digital, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Shares Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
The official adaptation of the legendary wargame from Steve Jackson Games. Engage in futuristic warfare with armored hovercraft, superheavy tanks, infantry, and giant cybernetic war machines called "Ogres".
Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Another title from Auroch Digital, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Challenge the horrifying reign of Nazi terror and battle an immortal evil in Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics; a turn-based tactical strategy game set in the award-winning Achtung! Cthulhu universe.
Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night (Classic)
WHY THIS
Another title from Auroch Digital, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Based on the 1987 Games Workshop classic, a battle vs zombies cultists & time! Fight against hordes of Aztec Zombies, and the clock, to save reality from Darkness. Lords of the Night introduces an upgraded combat system, new weapons, powers, equipment and unique mini bosses.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
DOOM + DOOM II
WHY THIS
Shares weapon specialization, secret hunting and an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Developed by id Software, and originally released in 1993 and 1994, the definitive, newly enhanced versions of DOOM + DOOM II are available as a combined product.
Hellbound
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an intense mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Classic First Person Shooter style game. Like the good old days. An action game focused on speed, gore, guns, and metal music. Inspired by the 90s’ classics with modern visuals and audio!
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
CULTIC
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
DOOM II
WHY THIS
Shares secret hunting and an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Hell has invaded Earth, and to save it, you must battle mightier demons with even more powerful weapons. This beloved sequel to the groundbreaking DOOM (1993) introduced players to the brutal Super Shotgun, the infamous Icon of Sin boss, and more intense FPS action.
Frequently asked about Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
- Is Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun cost?
- Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is listed on Steam at 21.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun are DOOM + DOOM II, Ion Fury, Hellbound.
- Who developed Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun?
- Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun was developed by Auroch Digital and published by Focus Entertainment.
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