Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war. Experience every bone-rattling explosion and soul-crushing charge in Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector, the definitve battle-scale game of turn-based…

80 22 July 2021 ESRB M

Strategy Tactical Turn-based strategy (TBS) Action Science fiction

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a strategy developed by Black Lab Games, released 22 July 2021 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 20 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a strategy game developed by Black Lab Games and released in 2021. It was published by The Slitherine Group. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 6. It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a turn-based tactics game set in the grim, war-torn far future of the Warhammer 40,000 universe, where humanity's Imperium wages endless war against horrors from within and beyond. Its single-player campaign follows the Blood Angels, one of the most storied chapters of the superhuman Space Marines, as they are drawn into a desperate struggle against the Tyranids, a ravenous alien swarm that devours entire worlds. The fighting rages across Baal Secundus, a moon within the Blood Angels' own home system, as the relentless hive fleet descends upon their sacred territory. Commanding a force of elite warriors, the player leads these grim defenders across…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Warhammer 40,000 series

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is the 100th of 136 entries we hold in the Warhammer 40,000 series. The next entry was Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition in 2021. Its critic score of 80 is 9 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - Void Shadows at 100.

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How it was received

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 3,250 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector launched on 22 July 2021, within three weeks of The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Black Book and Final Fantasy. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 8 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Black Book, Final Fantasy.

Cheats and codes

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