Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun similar games & best alternatives

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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2023

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Fast and satisfying combat
  • Authentic warhammer 40k atmosphere
  • Great sound design and music
  • Polished retro aesthetic
  • Good value with dlc included

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive enemy variety and level design
  • Some difficulty balancing issues
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Navigation can be confusing without map
  • Minimal story depth

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • INCISION

  • Viscerafest

  • WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

  • Wolfenstein: The Old Blood

  • Supplice

  • Valfaris: Mecha Therion

More expressive

Games that feels like Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun but with more self-expression and customization

  • Forgive Me Father 2

  • Forgive Me Father

  • Little Witch Nobeta

  • Ziggurat 2

  • Painkiller Overdose

  • METAL EDEN

Less exploratory

Games that feels like Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun but with less exploration of areas and secrets

  • Impaler Gold

  • Vanquish

  • Deadlink

  • BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE

  • Metro Awakening

  • Advent Rising

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Starship Troopers: Ultimate Bug War!

  • Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance

  • The Colonists

  • Megaquarium

  • Mars Horizon

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation.

Last update: 04/08/2026