Space Marine 2 Had The Tenth Biggest Steam Launch This Year

Summary

• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is Steam's most-played Warhammer game with 225,690 concurrent players.
• Developed by Saber Interactive, it had the tenth-biggest launch of any game on Steam in 2024.
• The game is highly regarded by Warhammer fans, capturing the essence of being a Space Marine exceptionally well.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is already off to an impressive start. The title survived a review-bombing campaign and was subsequently confirmed as Steam's most-played Warhammer game of all time.

Space Marine 2 Players Are Getting Killed On The Battle Barge

Tyranids have officially breached the battle barge.

The milestones don't stop there, though, as the latest title in the Warhammer franchise, developed by Saber Interactive, has had the tenth-biggest launch of any game this year on the Valve-owned platform.

Space Marine 2 Off To A Flying Start On Steam

Its total of over 225,000 is impressive.

According to SteamDB, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 launched with a whopping 225,690 concurrent players on Steam, the tenth-highest of 2024. Given that it's a fairly niche IP and that it was up against some behemoth releases, it's an impressive stat.

Of course, the game fell behind Black Myth: Wukong, which had the biggest single-player player count of all time, but many of the other titles it faced were from established franchises or free-to-play games.

You can see the full rankings in the table below below:

Game

Steam Peak Concurrent Player Count

Black Myth: Wukong

2,415,714

Palworld

2,101,867

Banana

917,272

Helldivers 2

458,709

Sons of the Forest

414,257

The First Descendant

264,860

Last Epoch

264,708

Once Human

231,668

Dragon's Dogma 2

228,585

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

225,690

Space Marine 2's impressive total puts it at the 58th highest peak concurrent player count on Steam of all time, beating popular titles like No Man's Sky and Rainbow Six Siege.

We scored the game a 3.5/5 in our official review, saying, "Space Marine 2 doesn’t seek to reinvent the third-person shooter or hack-n-slash genres, but it’s a competent addition to both. That said, it’s a great game for Warhammer fans, and nails the feeling of being a Space Marine better than any other game."

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II

WHERE TO PLAY

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 again sees you battling for the Emperor, against armies of Tyranid aliens. You must fight to ensure the Imperium's survival in the face of extinction.