Space Hulk: Tactics
"Bringing a unique twist to the classic gameplay of the cult board game, engage in bloody battles through an immense Space Hulk - a twisted mass of asteroids, wrecked ships and debris – as either a squad of…
Space Hulk: Tactics is a card & board game developed by Cyanide Studio, released 9 October 2018 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Space Hulk: Tactics is
Space Hulk: Tactics is a card & board game game developed by Cyanide Studio and released in 2018. It was published by Focus Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4. It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"Bringing a unique twist to the classic gameplay of the cult board game, engage in bloody battles through an immense Space Hulk - a twisted mass of asteroids, wrecked ships and debris – as either a squad of Terminator Space Marines or the deadly alien Genestealers. Which side will you choose? Battle through two distinct, narrative-driven campaigns, from the points of view of two different factions: one campaign puts you in control of a Blood Angels squad, which you will customise and upgrade as you progress, while the other puts you in control of the Genestealers for the first time in a Space Hulk game! Space Hulk: Tactics is based on the rules of the popular board game, given a fresh new…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Warhammer 40,000 series
Space Hulk: Tactics is the 71st of 136 entries we hold in the Warhammer 40,000 series. The next entry was Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr: Poisoned Souls in 2018. Its critic score of 77 is 6 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - Void Shadows at 100.
How it was received
Space Hulk: Tactics holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 58% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 8 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Space Hulk: Tactics launched on 9 October 2018, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Return of the Obra Dinn and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Return of the Obra Dinn, Assassin's Creed Odyssey.
Official trailer
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