Key conclusions
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has reached 4.5 million players, with positive feedback and future content updates.
- Focus Entertainment plans season pass rewards based on Space Marine chapters and new updates like Operation Abolition.
- Saber Interactive's CEO claims that Space Marine 2 was their fastest-selling game with the most players on Steam.
About 4.5 million people played Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2the game's publisher, Focus Entertainment, revealed. The company announced this earlier Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 was able to attract two million players when it launched on September 9.
Developed by Saber Interactive, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is a third-person shooter that is a direct sequel to the 2011 original by Relic Entertainment. The latest game was praised by many for its satisfying combat system, impressive visuals, and accurate depiction of the dark sci-fi universe created by Games Workshop. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 currently holds an overall score of 82 on Metacritic, making it one of the highest-rated games of 2024 on the review aggregator, alongside Fantasy RPG Dragon's dogma 2 and a roguelike deck builder Balatro. Saber Interactive's recent release continues to grow more than a month after launch, as the shooter has reportedly hit another impressive milestone for players.
Relatives
Space Marine 2 player creates armor inspired by Deathstroke
A clever user of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 uses the armor painting system to create an in-game homage to the iconic DC villain Deathstroke.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 managed to reach 4.5 million players, Focus Entertainment said in a statement on Twitter. The company also shared a video that teased upcoming additions to the game, including PvE missions, enemies, and cosmetics based on the Dark Angels chapter. Earlier rumors said so Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 will receive new armor, notably the Mark 6 Corvus and Mark 7 Aquila helmets, which are still popular among franchise veterans.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 player count
- 4.5 million (October 2024)
According to Focus Entertainment's roadmap for the first year Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2Season Pass holders will receive cosmetics each season based on the selected chapter. The first cosmetics focused on the successor chapters of the Ultramarines, while the next season, due out by the end of 2024, will have Dark Angels-themed champion packs, cosmetics, and weapon skins. Focus Entertainment has not revealed the main chapters of Seasons 3 and 4, which are scheduled to be released in the winter and spring of 2025, respectively.
The first major update for the Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 should be released very soon, according to a recent blog post by Focus Entertainment. This will unlock a new Operation End, which will give players the chance to fight the monstrous Bio-Titan-Hierophant of the Tyranids, as well as a new difficulty level called Deadly. Future free updates will also add more operations, including the Neo-Volkite gun and Horde mode.
Saber Interactive CEO Tim Willits and the studio's head of publishing Todd Hollenside said in a previous interview that Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 was probably the fastest selling game they ever worked on. On Steam alone, the shooter's peak number of concurrent players was around 225,000, according to analytics tracker SteamDB.