Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader vs Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is an RPG strategy game from Owlcat Games (2023) while Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition is a warhammer 40k game from Relic Entertainment (2011).
What each one is
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is filed under RPG and Strategy. In contrast, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition under Warhammer 40K and Action.
Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
In Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine you are Captain Titus, a Space Marine of the Ultramarines chapter and a seasoned veteran of countless battles.
Story, characters and reception
Reception
In the September 1989 edition of Dragon (Issue 149), Ken Rolston liked the setting of this game, pointing out that it "has more in common with fantasy role-playing than with most other science-fiction games. Sure, there are spaceships, lasers, and plasma guns, but in WH40K these marvels are treated more like fantasy magical devices than like plausible developments of modern technology. " Rolston then wrote a lengthy article showing how this miniatures… (Wikipedia)
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At a glance
| Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.7/10 | 7.8/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (88%, 47,744) | Very Positive (92%, 33,438) |
| Critic aggregate | No aggregate | 74/100 |
| Price | $49.99 | $39.99 |
| Install size | 40 GB | — |
| Steam Deck | verified | playable |
| Released | 2023 | 2011 |
| Developer | Owlcat Games | Relic Entertainment |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader vs Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue TraderRPG strategy gameWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary EditionWarhammer 40k gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue TraderCharacter Customization, Cinematic, Story RichWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary EditionWarhammer 40K, Action, Third-Person ShooterThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue TraderScore 7.7 · 88% on SteamWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition ✓Score 7.8 · 92% on Steam · 74 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader47,744 reviews · 9 add-ons · 40 GBWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition33,438 reviewsReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader$49.99Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition ✓$39.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader ✓VerifiedWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary EditionPlayableValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueWarhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
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- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The cheaper right now: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition ($39.99)
- Better on a Steam Deck: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (verified)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
Story RichActionSingleplayerWarhammer 40KFuturisticMultiplayerAdventureOnline Co-Op
Where they differ
Character CustomizationCinematicTurn-Based StrategyDark FantasyRomanceTurn-Based Tactics
Third-Person ShooterSci-fiThird PersonGoreShooterHack and Slash
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 / Intel HD Graphics 630 | 256MB Video Card using Shader Model 3 (Nvidia GeForce 8800GT |
| Minimum CPU | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590T CPU @ 2.00GHz | 2.0Ghz Dual core CPU (any Core 2 Duo |
| Minimum RAM | 8 GB | 1 GB |
| Install size | 40 GB | — |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader · Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 7 accessibility features for Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader and 1 for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition in scope?
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader has drawn 47,744 Steam reviews, ships 9 add-ons and installs in 40 GB. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition has drawn 33,438 Steam reviews.
Is Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader or Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition better?
By the GamingPickz Score, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition rates higher (7.8 to 7.7). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader or Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition?
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition is cheaper right now at $39.99, against $49.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.