Space Marine 2 passes another incredible sales milestone

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Important takeaways

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has reached 4.5 million players, with positive reviews and upcoming content updates.
  • Focus Entertainment is planning season pass rewards based on Space Marine chapters and new updates like termination.
  • Saber Interactive's CEO claims that Space Marine 2 was their fastest selling game ever, with a huge number of players on Steam.



About 4.5 million people have played Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2the game's publisher, Focus Entertainment, has revealed. The company has previously claimed that Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2 was able to attract two million players when it launched on September 9.

Developed by Saber Interactive, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2 is a third-person shooter that serves as a direct sequel to the 2011 original made by Relic Entertainment. The latest title has been praised by many for its satisfying combat system, impressive visuals and accurate representation of the grimdark sci-fi universe created by Games Workshop. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2 currently holds an overall score of 82 on Metacritic, making it one of 2024's highest-rated games on the aggregate review site, alongside fantasy RPG Dragon's Dogma 2 and roguelike deck builder Balatro. Saber Interactive's latest release continues to thrive over a month after launch, as the shooter has reportedly hit another impressive player milestone.


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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2 has managed to hit 4.5 million players, Focus Entertainment said in a statement on Twitter. The company also shared a video teasing upcoming additions to the game, including PvE missions, enemies, and cosmetics based on the Dark Angels chapter. Earlier rumors suggested that Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2 would receive new armor, specifically the Mark 6 Corvus and Mark 7 Aquila helmets that are still popular among franchise veterans.


Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Number of players

  • 4.5 million (October 2024)


According to Focus Entertainment's year a roadmap for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2Season pass holders will receive cosmetics based on a selected chapter each season. The first cosmetics were centered around Ultramarines successors, while the next season which will go live before the end of 2024 will have Dark Angels themed champions, cosmetics and weapon skin packs. Focus Entertainment has not revealed the selected chapters for Season 3 and Season 4, which are slated for release in the winter and spring of 2025, respectively.

The first major update for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2 should be out very soon, Focus Entertainment said in a recent blog post. This will introduce Termination, a new operation that will allow players to fight a monstrous Tyranid Hierophant Bio-Titan, as well as a new difficulty setting called Lethal. Future free updates will also add more operations, the Neo-Volkite gun, and a Horde Mode, among others.


Saber Interactive CEO Tim Willits and the studio's head of publishing, Todd Hollensaid, claimed in a previous interview that Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2 was probably the fastest selling game they've ever worked on. On Steam alone, the shooter had a maximum number of concurrent players of around 225,000, data from analytics tracker SteamDB showed.

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