Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

Item: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Rating: 84
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-04-06

Summary

Authentic Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader experience.
Deep character customization and progression system.
Engaging companions with well-developed stories.
Meaningful choices with significant consequences.
Inconsistent difficulty, sometimes tedious combat.
Unpolished graphics, animations, and voice-acting.

Categories

Turn-based CombatTactical CombatCharacter CustomizationCharacter ProgressionChoice-based NarrativeShip CombatColony SimulationOpen-World ExplorationSingle-player

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 80%
Unhelpful reviews: 20%
Protest reviews: 1%

84%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
16%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 4969
Negative points: 3663
Gameplay points: 1155
Perf. points: 298
Rec. points: 1597
Misc points: 394

Point	Description	Importance
Authentic, immersive Warhammer 40K experience Description The game excels in capturing the Warhammer 40K universe through its lore, atmosphere, and world-building. It serves as a great entry point for newcomers, with detailed explanations and a glossary, while still appealing to long-time fans with its authenticity and depth. The narrative and choices are engaging, immersing players in the grimdark setting. Importance 97%	The game excels in capturing the Warhammer 40K universe through its lore, atmosphere, and world-building. It serves as a great entry point for newcomers, with detailed explanations and a glossary, while still appealing to long-time fans with its authenticity and depth. The narrative and choices are engaging, immersing players in the grimdark setting.	97%
Deep character customization and progression Description The game offers extensive character customization and progression, allowing players to create unique builds and team compositions. The deep skill system and combat mechanics provide a satisfying and strategic gameplay experience. The variety of options encourages experimentation and replayability. Importance 37%	The game offers extensive character customization and progression, allowing players to create unique builds and team compositions. The deep skill system and combat mechanics provide a satisfying and strategic gameplay experience. The variety of options encourages experimentation and replayability.	37%
Engaging, well-developed companions Description The game features well-developed and engaging companions with unique backstories, personalities, and quests. These characters contribute significantly to the story and provide opportunities for meaningful interactions and relationships. The DLC content seamlessly integrates new companions and storylines into the main campaign. Importance 28%	The game features well-developed and engaging companions with unique backstories, personalities, and quests. These characters contribute significantly to the story and provide opportunities for meaningful interactions and relationships. The DLC content seamlessly integrates new companions and storylines into the main campaign.	28%
Meaningful choices, significant consequences Description Meaningful choices with far-reaching consequences are a core element of the game. Player decisions significantly impact the story, character relationships, and the world, leading to multiple endings and high replayability. This creates a sense of agency and investment in the narrative. Importance 22%	Meaningful choices with far-reaching consequences are a core element of the game. Player decisions significantly impact the story, character relationships, and the world, leading to multiple endings and high replayability. This creates a sense of agency and investment in the narrative.	22%
Solid level design, enjoyable gameplay Description The game has solid level design and a well-crafted world. The graphics are good for the genre, and the game has improved with updates. The game is enjoyable and has a satisfying gameplay loop. Importance 14%	The game has solid level design and a well-crafted world. The graphics are good for the genre, and the game has improved with updates. The game is enjoyable and has a satisfying gameplay loop.	14%
High replayability, great value Description The game offers a substantial amount of content and high replayability, providing excellent value for the price. The engaging storyline and numerous quests keep players hooked for hours. The game is also beginner-friendly, with customizable difficulty options. Importance 11%	The game offers a substantial amount of content and high replayability, providing excellent value for the price. The engaging storyline and numerous quests keep players hooked for hours. The game is also beginner-friendly, with customizable difficulty options.	11%
Challenging, engaging combat system Description The game's combat system is challenging and engaging, requiring strategic thinking and rewarding experimentation. The difficulty is customizable, allowing players to tailor the experience to their skill level. Many reviewers express strong enjoyment and addiction to the game. Importance 10%	The game's combat system is challenging and engaging, requiring strategic thinking and rewarding experimentation. The difficulty is customizable, allowing players to tailor the experience to their skill level. Many reviewers express strong enjoyment and addiction to the game.	10%
Unique Rogue Trader gameplay experience Description The game offers a unique Rogue Trader experience, with enjoyable ship combat, colony management, and trading mechanics. Players feel like they are in charge of a powerful trading empire, making impactful decisions that affect the fate of worlds. The game also avoids overt political agendas, which some reviewers appreciate. Importance 10%	The game offers a unique Rogue Trader experience, with enjoyable ship combat, colony management, and trading mechanics. Players feel like they are in charge of a powerful trading empire, making impactful decisions that affect the fate of worlds. The game also avoids overt political agendas, which some reviewers appreciate.	10%
Captures Rogue Trader tabletop essence Description The game effectively captures the essence of the Rogue Trader tabletop RPG, offering a unique and immersive experience. The morality system is nuanced, and the story showcases the grimdark beauty of the 40k universe. The game also streamlines combat and offers a compelling power fantasy. Importance 9%	The game effectively captures the essence of the Rogue Trader tabletop RPG, offering a unique and immersive experience. The morality system is nuanced, and the story showcases the grimdark beauty of the 40k universe. The game also streamlines combat and offers a compelling power fantasy.	9%
Streamlined, accessible combat system Description The game implements speed-up combat options and has a malleable difficulty setting. The combat system is easy to understand, even for beginners, and is easier than the studio's previous project. The game offers a large number of battles, more than most cRPGs. Importance 7%	The game implements speed-up combat options and has a malleable difficulty setting. The combat system is easy to understand, even for beginners, and is easier than the studio's previous project. The game offers a large number of battles, more than most cRPGs.	7%
Awesome and well-written story Description The game has an awesome story and the writing is well done. The story pacing is amazing. The story is interesting, despite being somewhat predictable. Importance 6%	The game has an awesome story and the writing is well done. The story pacing is amazing. The story is interesting, despite being somewhat predictable.	6%
Lovely art style and design Description The game has a lovely art style. Good art direction, with well-done and memorable environments and portraits. The art choices are perfect and impressive. Importance 6%	The game has a lovely art style. Good art direction, with well-done and memorable environments and portraits. The art choices are perfect and impressive.	6%
Unexpected humor, high satisfaction Description The game contains unexpected humor that is genuinely funny. Overall satisfaction with the game is high. The game contains many surprising and unexpected "WTF?" moments. Importance 5%	The game contains unexpected humor that is genuinely funny. Overall satisfaction with the game is high. The game contains many surprising and unexpected "WTF?" moments.	5%
Satisfying turn-based tactical battles Description Turn-based tactical battles are satisfying when they work, with devastating AoE abilities and glorious explosions. The combat is fluid and reminiscent of Shadowrun, Fallout, and Wasteland, featuring turn-based tactical gameplay. Importance 5%	Turn-based tactical battles are satisfying when they work, with devastating AoE abilities and glorious explosions. The combat is fluid and reminiscent of Shadowrun, Fallout, and Wasteland, featuring turn-based tactical gameplay.	5%