Space Hulk: Tactics (Classic)

Wait63%

Mixed · 1k player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Cyanide Studio · Strategy · Oct 9, 2018

Player review score
63%
Mixed
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
28
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
10
Full audio1 of 10
Subtitles10 of 10

Should I buy Space Hulk: Tactics (Classic)?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 94 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 70 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 57 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Multiplayer: 44 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 37 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 24 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews50% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
94 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
If I had to pick a single word to describe the gameplay loop for both sides in the game, it would be brutal.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
70 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Space Hulk Tactics has a significantly better story than any of the other W40K games I’ve played, which also includes other factions like the Adeptus Mechanicus and Ordo Xenos.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics are much better, especially the Genestealer models, which now look much scarier.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
And of course, a Genestealer can kill a Terminator with a single successful melee attack.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I play the game on the "veteran" difficulty and I think the AI is good.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Voice acting is done decently, though there are some instances where they ham it up just a bit too much.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay94 reviews
Story70 reviews
Graphics57 reviews
Combat52 reviews
Difficulty34 reviews
Audio30 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Multiplayer
77% still recommend
Crashes
38% still recommend
Interface
54% still recommend
Bugs
40% still recommend
Controls
75% still recommend
Performance
50% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$14.99

The lowest we've tracked is $1.49.

8 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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