Steam is well-known for its deep sale events celebrating various publishers, genres, and franchises, and its latest event is all aboutWarhammer.Warhammerfans can expect solid deals on a huge variety of games encompassing both the Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 universes across a broad range of genres, from action RPGs to card games.
Warhammeris a franchise that dates all the way back to the early 1980s as a miniature tabletop wargame that has expanded into nearly every style of media since then. Trading card games, strategy games, action RPGs, and space strategy games, not to mention hundreds of novels depicting theWarhammer FantasyandWarhammer 40,000settings. Published by Games Workshop,theWarhammertabletop gamesinvolve players assembling and carefully painting highly detailed miniature armies and engaging in simulated battles that feature dice rolls, blast templates, rulers, and a whole lot of rulebook consulting.
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The Steam sale event, known as the SKULLS Festival of Video Games, is showcasing many of the best titles theWarhammerfranchise has to offer at steep discounts. Along with the discounts on many Warhammer games, the hit4X turn-based strategy gameWarhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of Waris available to play for free for the duration of the event.Warhammer 40,000: Gladiusis particularly notable for its no-frills focus on ruthless warfare. There are no truces or diplomatic maneuvers to be made, instead, the focus is on total annihilation in typical bloodyWarhammerfashion.
Almost everyWarhammergame is discounted in this event. TheDiablo-like action RPGWarhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyris 75% off, including itsComplete Collection, and the recently releasedhit grand strategy gameTotal War: Warhammer 3is 10% off. Turn-based strategy gameWarhammer 40,000: Battlesectoris 40% off promoting its upcomingSisters of BattleDLC, and the very well received turn-based tactics gameWarhammer 40,000: Mechanicusis 80% off. Surprisingly, the wildly popularDawn of Warfranchise has not received any discounts despite being some of the most iconicWarhammergames.
The SKULLS Steam event is also taking the opportunity to showcase some upcomingWarhammergames and DLC.Warhammer 40,000: Darktidehas been made available for pre-order and is a class-based first-person co-op looter shooter where players take on the role of members of the Inquisition fighting to defend the Hive City Tertium. Made by the developers behind the Vermintide series, Darktide is slated to release on September 13.
With so many games across a broad range of genres and settings, this week-longWarhammersales event should have something for everyone. Whether gamers arediehardWarhammer 40,000fansor just looking for a new strategy game, card game, or a gory shooter, this long-running franchise covers a lot of ground.
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