Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 similar games & best alternatives

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5 • 2024

Should you play it?

Embody the superhuman skill and brutality of a Space Marine. Unleash deadly abilities and devastating weaponry to obliterate the relentless Tyranid swarms. Defend the Imperium in spectacular third-person action in solo or multiplayer modes.

What works

  • Engaging and satisfying melee and ranged combat
  • Strong cooperative multiplayer and co-op campaign
  • Faithful and immersive warhammer 40k atmosphere and lore
  • Robust character and weapon customization
  • Ongoing developer support and content updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Short campaign length
  • Limited pvp maps and matchmaking issues
  • Repetitive enemy types and missions in endgame
  • Connection and server stability problems reported
  • Some gameplay mechanics feel dated or clunky

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Shatterline

  • Killing Floor 2

  • Granblue Fantasy: Relink

  • Destiny 2

  • Borderlands 2

  • Strange Brigade

Less competitive

Games that feels like Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 but with less competition against others

  • Dead Space™ 3

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

  • REMNANT II®

  • Warframe

Less intimate

Games that feels like Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 but with less focus on close relationships

  • Borderlands 3

  • ELDEN RING

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Anniversary Edition

  • STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN

  • Nioh: Complete Edition

  • Blades of Time

More dominating

Games that feels like Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 but with more domination over others

  • Gears 5

  • STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II

  • Chivalry 2

  • Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks

  • ARC Raiders

  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • World War Z

  • John Carpenter's Toxic Commando

  • Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered

  • Road Redemption

  • Crysis 3 Remastered

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. These titles are not in What to play next.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Story, Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026