Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Last updated: 2025-04-06
- 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.
- 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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% |