Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a character customization, cinematic and story rich game
developed and published by Owlcat Games.
Released on December 07th 2023 is available on Windows and MacOS
in 8 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Turkish.
It has received 30,805 reviews of which 26,360 were positive and 4,445 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 49.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 11.74€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- OS: Win10
- Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 / Intel HD Graphics 630
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 40 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: 10.14.6
- Processor: Intel Core i3 8100 @ 3.6 GHz or Apple Silicon M1
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel: AMD Radeon Pro 555X 2GB or ARM: Integrated
- Storage: 40 GB available space
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This is an incredibly good game. A few things: 1. I know nothing about the Warhammer universe. Never played a table top game, read a book, played a video game, prior to this game. 2. I love a good large scale game with scope for different story lines, and tactical combat. So, I bought it on the back of really positive (mostly) reviews. In the process I read websites, forums, guides and help. I noticed in the process a reasonable undercurrent of disdain (hate?) for Owlcat and the 'bugs' in their games, and in reference to Rogue Trader. I laughed at this. Yes, I've only played this one title, but those feelings are ridiculous - at least in the context of Rogue Trader. Seems to me none of those people every played a Bathesda game if they're moaning about bugs and lack of finish... This game, after all the hours I've played, was staggeringly un-glitchy given it's complexity, and story-line gymnastics given choices matter. It's not perfect, and if you wanted to get an ending and missed a less than obvious quest you may never want to go back far enough to change that, but move on. No different from life, right? We don't nail everything, and the story is what it is as a result. The play is fantastic. The options of builds, synergy etc are all a lot of fun to experiment with. Companion synergy (and not), skill builds, item builds. It's. Just. Endless. And... there is not only 'one build' that works. Too many games suffer from that - lots of options but in the end only 1 play style is valid if you want to win. This game absolutely does NOT suffer from that. Which, in itself, shows how well the Dev team did. Is it completely balanced? Possibly not. Some games are easy early game, hard late - others, vice versa. This one, if you get good synergy is definitely easier in late game. But frankly, I loved discovering that with Cassia, a specific Iconoclast skill on my RT and the right build on Marazhai i could win any late game fight before the enemy even had a turn. Including the final boss battle (before the boss froze Marazhai for all of half a round, and then I finished him off). That was simply an insane way to just waltz through late game challenges. 'Here, hold my beer, i'll be back in a moment before the enemy even blinks'. It's fun, it's deep, it has replay, it's great value. If you like large-scale, choices-matter, highly deep tactical battle games, this is right up there with the best of them. And it was a fabulous intro the Warhammer universe for me to throw into the bargain. And the design and artwork was astonishingly impressive. Two thumbs up. Highly recommend. Worth the price of admission!
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Its silly, over the top. Any shreds of balance is thrown out the window by the time you reach Chapter 2 (and thats okay, because its fun to blast entire rooms with bolter salvos). The game fills you with a desire to explore the stars, find ancient, alien civilisations... and then obliterate them for not being as great as humankind. Abhor the mutant. Abhor the xenos. Kill the heretic. Trust only the Emperor. Simple as.
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A literally staggeringly deep and rich CRPG with, in my opinion, the best and most textured portrayal of the 40K universe in existence. Combat becomes ridiculous and grindy at a certain point. Certain characters fall flat more often than not. Certain narrative elements hook left and end in weird places. Sometimes, large chunks of content are locked behind save-or-suck die rolls--this last point is not necessarily a bad thing... But the story, the story, the characters, the themes, and the story. The writing's greatest strength is that it is never embarrassed of what it portrays--no Marvel-esque quips or hanging lampshades; rather, nearly every preposterous grimdark concept is leisurely carried to its most logical extreme, to tremendous effect. 5 stars. Unbelievable quality. Will carry it with me for many years to come, I am sure.
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tldr; buy the game its a good CRPG with W40k lore Good points : - Lore, writting, and voice acting are S-tier - Large depth in character builds and combat talents - A lot of option in how to approach combat - Long game (I like long games, still no end in sight after 40+ hours. edit : final playtime of 220h for my first campaign, longest game ive ever played, loved it) - A lot of choices with actual real consequences in gameplay and story (not just dialogue options) - Very cool and original space combat - Interesting approach to trade - A lot of QoL details (skill check in dialogue are automatically using the higher skill in your party, you have a clear vision indicator of your ennemies in combat, you can preview vision and abilities when you select the tile you want to move to...) What is mid : - Would have loved an "overwatch" ability - Maps feel a little bit empty in content, no real exploration, and level map is very meh - I know balance is complicated, but playing less than "hard" difficulty feels like cheating (hard is kinda fine, more is straight up unfair) - If your party has a lot of combat options, ennemies sometimes feel a bit dull - No stealth mechanic Bad points (nothing is a deal breaker for me, buy the game) : - Cover should be way more important and feels like it has not been fully integrated with other combat mechanics, arenas are sometimes... debatable. For instance cover bonus isnt dynamic, you either have full bonus or no bonus. As long as you're not on the same horizontal line or behind the ennemy, they have full bonus, even if you are right on the corner under the line (which in XCOM for instance is a flank shot) - Camera is sometimes janky - Not a lot of verticality in the maps and arenas - Minimap (M) is straight up ass - Inventory management is bad - Visual bugs [edit : section added] What is hopefully going to get patched/fixed : - Combat cursor sometimes janky when it has to deal with elevation - Overall balance (some builds are just OP and you often use the same combo with each character) - Camera placement and optimisation of environment assets so they disappear efficiently - Cover mechanic - Better minimap Buy if : - You like/love Warhammer 40k (++) - You like turn-based combat (+) - You like nerding out on character builds (+++) - You like a good, well-written story (+++) - You like meaningful decisions in CRPG (+++) Similar to : - Wasteland 3 (+++) - Divinity Original Sin (++) - Baldur's Gate 3 (+) DISCLAIMER do not expect the magic of BG3 which is one of the best games ever created (10/10 in my book) Rating (at 40h ingame) : Solid 7.5/10. Rating (after 1st campaign, 200h+) : 8,5/10 could be a 9 but too much jank still. This is the kind of game where you really feel the love, attention and ambition of the devs, and where you wish they hade more time and more money to accomplish their vision (give us more content for the love of god please more content, more traders, bigger maps). A few weak points but the overall balance makes the experience enjoyable. Hopefully this is the solid base of a long series of W40k CRPG. Please make more games like this. Price : 50€ is a tad much to my taste, 30 to 40 range looks better. Under 30 just buy it.
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This is a weird one. Like all Owlcat games, it's overly ambitious and doesn't quite meet its potential as a result. The majority of bugs that you may have heard about have been fixed, and the game is easily playable to the end with only the most minor of inconveniences. Owlcat is a master of environmental storytelling and this game, much like the Pathfinder games, does a world class job of immersing you in the world that it presents. The scale of the Warhammer universe is felt through the narrative, but less so in the gameplay. Maps are small and condensed, and rarely does it feel like you're actually exploring planets so much as exploring rooms and corridors. This is in part due to the limitations and constraints that a video game tackling such a large universe has to grapple with, but there is still a disconnect between reading about the vastness of the world yet only really seeing such a small portion of it. The combat and class system is fine. It's not as deep as Pathfinder's, but presents enough options for me. You can easily put enough varied builds together for multiple playthroughs. And like all Owlcat games, it starts off strong, gets VERY strong... And then something happens. That thing could be the costs of development, an overly ambitious design plan, disruption due to geopolitics, anything really. But the fact remains that Owlcat is now 3/3 on not being able to keep the highs from the beginning of the game throughout the entire game. There is a strong sense of "what could have been" in the later half and I would even say that this game is the worst offender of theirs in this regard. From Act 4 until the end of the game there is a severe lack of cohesiveness even between back to back scenes. To me, it feels like at some point in development they had to start going down the list of story beats they had planned to include and shoehorned them in just to rush the game out. And yet, despite all of the problems, of which there are many, this is a positive review. Why? Because I still spent over 100 hours on a game I got for $30, and I will likely spend well over 100 more on it. The game is fun. It's a shame that Owlcat has so many problems getting a complete project out the door, and that they struggle to seal the deal with the later acts in this game, but there are much worse games at this price point, and on sale I'm not sure if there are any better ones. If you are only planning to play this game once in your life, wait a couple of years for all of the DLC, buy it at a 70% discount, and you're going to have a great time. If you're the kind of person who plays RPGs like this multiple times, catch this one on sale whenever you can and you will likely not be disappointed. I look forward to the day I can play a game from Owlcat that manages to keep its scope within their means, because that game will truly be a masterpiece. Unfortunately, however, Rogue Trader is not that game.
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Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is currently priced at 49.99€ on Steam.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 49.99€ on Steam.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader received 26,360 positive votes out of a total of 30,805 achieving a rating of 8.40.
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Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader was developed and published by Owlcat Games.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is not playable on Linux.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
There are 8 DLCs available for Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader. Explore additional content available for Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader on Steam.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader does not support Steam Remote Play.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
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Release
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