Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Overall game quality praised
- Campaign well received but short
- Melee combat satisfying and fun
- Co-op mode highly praised
- PvP matchmaking unfair
- Loading times excessively long
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAM / <16GB RAMnegativeWindows 8-11GB VRAMmixed
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 221,373
- Positive
- 185,88884.0%
- Negative
- 35,48516.0%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 10,160,260
- Estimated revenue
- $609,513,997
- Game price
- $60
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 5401.02%
- Estimated copies lost
- 24,784
- Estimated revenue lost
- $1,486,792
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 5441% Avg playtime 1h | 2690.5% Avg playtime 1.2h |
| > 2h playtime | 7,06013.4% Avg playtime 139.3h | 44,91685.1% Avg playtime 124.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 75 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 141.5 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 3,986.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 703.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
52,789 total
Organic purchasers41,76379.1%
Voted up: 86%
Key activations11,02620.9%
Voted up: 84%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
52,789 total
First impression0-2h1,4682.78%
Voted up: 52%
Mid game2-10h12,87424.4%
Voted up: 88%
Late game10-20h10,63820.2%
Voted up: 88%
Endgame20h+27,80952.7%
Voted up: 85%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
85.3%
Global baseline 85.6%
232 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 221,373 total.