Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
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| Developer(s) | Auroch Digital |
| Publisher(s) | Focus Entertainment |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One/Series X |
| Released | 23 May 2023 |
| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is a first-person shooter video game developed by Auroch Digital and published by Focus Entertainment.
A sequel, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun II as well as free DLC, Boltgun: Words of Vengeance, were both announced in 2025.
Description
Load up your Boltgun and plunge into battle headfirst! Experience a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, classic, frenetic FPS gameplay and the stylish visuals of your favourite 90’s retro shooters.
Play a battle-hardened Space Marine on a perilous mission across the galaxy, as they battle against the Chaos Space Marines and daemons of Chaos.
In glorious boomer shooter style, unleash your devastating Space Marine arsenal as you blast through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood. Run, jump and charge across huge levels to shoot, shred and slice the worst heretics across the galaxy!
• Dive into a visceral combat experience, complete with viciously satisfying gunplay, high mobility and buckets of blood to reward your skills
• Dominate the battlefield with the awesome firepower and heavy metal of a Space Marine’s devastating arsenal
• Experience the ultimate homage to retro shooters, blending stylish visuals with fluid, modern FPS gameplay
Story Summary
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The following paragraphs contain spoilers for: | Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun |
The game opens with Ultramarines Sternguard Veteran Malum Caedo, the game’s main character, being the only survivor among his squad after his drop pod crash landed on the Forge World of Graia. He and his squad had been ordered by the Inquisition to retrieve the mysterious power source of the late Inquisitor Drogan. Experiments on the object had led to the creation of a rift in the Warp, allowing the Forces of Chaos, more specifically the Black Legion, to invade the surface of the planet. Caedo would then fight solo through the Forces of Chaos, which included Daemons, Cultists, and Chaos Space Marines in order to retrieve it. Once arriving to the vault in which it was stored, Caedo discovered it had been stolen by Black Legion Sorcerer Tumulus Samael.
Caedo would continue to make his way towards where the Sorcerer had staged himself, even fighting and slaying both a Lord of Change and a Great Unclean One. The latter being summoned by a detachment of Death Guard that had joined forces with Samael. In the end, the Chaos Sorcerer’s attempt to create a warp super weapon that would spread the rift among the entire sector would fail in a final showdown between the two. Samael would parish by the hand of Caedo and Drogan’s power source would fall into the grips of the Inquisition. However, Caedo’s job was not done, and he was ordered to slay the remaining forces of chaos that remained of the surface of Graia.[1]
Words of Vengeance
A free game, dubbed Words of Vengeance, was released in May 2025.[2]
Description
The Mechanicum of Mars have gifted you a blessed new weapon - a keyboard! Brutally decimate hordes of daemonic scum with every keystroke, in this fast-paced rail shooter. None can stand against the might of your WPM!
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance is a creative twist on epic boomer shooter Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Instead of mowing down your enemies with elite FPS skills, kill the relentless hordes of enemies that descend upon you by typing out words.
Set in the world of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, play as Malum Caedo on his mission to cleanse Forge World Graia of cultists, traitors and Chaos daemons that threaten to overrun it.[2]
Trailers
- Youtube Original Trailer (last accessed 27/3/2023)
- Words of Vengeance Trailer (last accessed 24/5/2025)
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