Games like Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
If Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are HELLDIVERS™ 2, Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 and Sniper Elite: Resistance — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its brutal, dark and epic. 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: Space Marine 2 drops players into the grim darkness of the far future, where they take on the role of a superhuman Space Marine battling Tyranid swarms. Released in 2024 at 59.99 USD, the game blends action and adventure with RPG elements, offering a parry-and-block melee system alongside weapon execution variations. Players can pursue armory customization and class-prestige levels across both solo and multiplayer modes, with cooperative siege-wave gameplay providing substantial replay value. Reviewers highlight the lore-rich Warhammer 40K setting and the deep class customization systems as standout features, while players describe the combat as brutal, intense, and satisfying. The game holds an 86% positive rating from over 90,000 Steam reviews and runs in a playable state on Steam Deck.
About Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2: 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.
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HELLDIVERS™ 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Top pick for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2
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Second-strongest match for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
This is a fight for survival. Xenomorphs swarm in overwhelming numbers. Every room could be your last.
Sniper Elite: Resistance
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Third-strongest match for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Offering unparalleled sniping mechanics, stealth and tactical third-person combat, Sniper Elite: Resistance turns the attention of the award-winning series towards a hidden war, far from the front lines, deep within the heart of occupied France.
Warframe
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Ranked #4 for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and RPG with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Awaken as an unstoppable warrior and battle alongside your friends in this story-driven free-to-play online action game
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
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Ranked #5 for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2
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Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Ranked #6 for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is the new real-time strategy game adapted from Games Workshop’s famous tabletop game that portrays the epic space battles of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Voidling Bound
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Ranked #7 for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Hatch, evolve, and upgrade powerful space creatures in this action-packed sci-fi 3rd person shooter that reinvents the monster taming genre!
Holdfast: Nations At War
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Ranked #8 for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Fight on multiple fronts in Holdfast: Nations At War - A multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the great Napoleonic Era and WW1. Charge into battle with over 150 players per server!
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World War Z
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Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Reviewers of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
World War Z is a heart-pounding coop third-person shooter for up to 4 players featuring massive swarms of hundreds of zombies, focused on fast-paced, gruesomely spectacular action.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
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Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Reviewers of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution
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Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Reviewers of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Command any of the six unique factions in the next standalone expansion of the critically acclaimed Dawn of War real-time strategy franchise. Choose to build a massive army or lead a small squad of elite heroes into battle and experience a single player campaign customized to your favorite race.
HELLDIVERS™ 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Reviewers of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Reviewers of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
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.
PAYDAY 2
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Reviewers of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and RPG with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
PAYDAY 2 is an action-packed, four-player co-op shooter that once again lets gamers don the masks of the original PAYDAY crew - Dallas, Hoxton, Wolf and Chains - as they descend on Washington DC for an epic crime spree.
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Reviewers of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play.
MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition
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Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Reviewers of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
In Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine you are Captain Titus, a Space Marine of the Ultramarines chapter and a seasoned veteran of countless battles.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 at current Steam store prices.
Terraria
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Priced ~83% under Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~75% under Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~67% under Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~83% under Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Shares an intense mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Priced ~83% under Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
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.
Schedule I
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Priced ~67% under Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Subnautica
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Priced ~50% under Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~75% under Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
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 Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
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.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
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 Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection
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Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
The Master Chief’s iconic journey includes six games, built for PC and collected in a single integrated experience. Whether you’re a long-time fan or meeting Spartan 117 for the first time, The Master Chief Collection is the definitive Halo gaming experience.
SnowRunner
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Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. Shares Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Get ready for the next-generation off-road experience! Drive powerful vehicles and overcome extreme open environments to complete dozens of challenging missions solo or with up to 3 friends!
MudRunner
WHY THIS
Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
MudRunner is the ultimate off-road experience putting the players in the driver seat and dares them to take charge of incredible all-terrain vehicles, venturing across extreme Siberian landscapes with only a map and compass as guides!
Gloomhaven
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. Shares Adventure and RPG with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
RoadCraft
WHY THIS
Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. Shares Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
As the leader of a company specialized in restoring sites devastated by natural disasters, use your construction machinery to restart the local industry. Clear debris and faulty equipment, rebuild roads and bridges damaged by weather, and much more!
Crysis 2 Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Relive the legendary single-player campaign from the classic first-person shooter, Crysis 2, optimized for today's hardware in Crysis 2 Remastered.
Crysis 3 Remastered
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Experience the single-player experience from the iconic first-person shooter, Crysis 3, optimized to take advantage of today's hardware in Crysis 3 Remastered.
John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
WHY THIS
Shares a brutal mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Another title from Saber Interactive, the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. Shares Action and Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Pick a character and team up with three friends ‘cause it’s time to save the world. Experience intense FPS action as you obliterate hordes of terrifying monsters! You may not be on the best team of mercenaries, but you are… a Toxic Commando!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Sniper Elite: Resistance
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Offering unparalleled sniping mechanics, stealth and tactical third-person combat, Sniper Elite: Resistance turns the attention of the award-winning series towards a hidden war, far from the front lines, deep within the heart of occupied France.
Holdfast: Nations At War
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
Fight on multiple fronts in Holdfast: Nations At War - A multiplayer first and third-person shooter set during the great Napoleonic Era and WW1. Charge into battle with over 150 players per server!
Frequently asked about Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
- Does Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 run on Steam Deck?
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 cost?
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is listed on Steam at 59.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 are HELLDIVERS™ 2, Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, Sniper Elite: Resistance.
- Who developed Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2?
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 was developed by Saber Interactive and published by Focus Entertainment.
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