Space Marine 2 surpasses another incredible sales milestone

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Key points

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has reached 4.5 million players, with positive reviews and upcoming content updates.
  • Focus Entertainment plans Season Pass rewards based on Space Marine chapters and new updates like Operation Termination.
  • The CEO of Saber Interactive says Space Marine 2 was the best-selling game ever, with a high number of players on Steam.



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

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 graphics and accurate depiction of Games Workshop's dark sci-fi universe. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2 it currently has an overall score of 82 on Metacritic, making it one of the highest-rated games of 2024 on the aggregate review site, along with fantasy role-playing games The dogma of the dragon 2 and roguelike deck builder Balatro. Saber Interactive's recent release continues to thrive a month after its launch, as the shooter has reportedly reached another impressive milestone for gamers.


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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2 managed to reach 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. Previous rumors suggested it Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2 they would get new pieces of armor, most notably the Mark 6 Corvus and Mark 7 Aquila helmets which are still popular among veterans of the franchise.


Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 player count

  • 4.5 million (October 2024)


According to Focus Entertainment's first year roadmap for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2Season Pass owners will receive cosmetics based on their chosen chapter each season. The first cosmetics focused on later chapters of the Ultramarines, while the next season, which will be released before the end of 2024, will have Dark Angels-themed champion skin packs, cosmetics and weapons. Focus Entertainment has not revealed the featured chapters for Season 3 and Season 4, which are scheduled to release in winter and spring 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 provide players with the opportunity 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 Horde mode, among other things.


Saber Interactive CEO Tim Willits and the studio's editorial chief Todd Hollensaid said in a previous interview that Warhammer 40,000: Space Marines 2 it was probably the best-selling game they ever worked on. On Steam alone, the shooter saw a peak concurrent player count of around 225,000, data provided by analytics tracker SteamDB showed.

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