Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 launches 14 October: price, demo, two heroes and PC requirements

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 launches on 14 October 2026, a week from now. Auroch Digital's old-school shooter arrives on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, with a Switch 2 version listed for later. The details are now settled enough to answer the usual launch-week questions: what it costs, whether there is a demo, who you play, and what your PC needs.

This summary uses the game's Steam store page and its Wikipedia entry. We have kept to what those pages state.

Price and demo#

The Steam page lists a pre-purchase price of €22.49, which is 10 percent off the regular €24.99. A bundle with the original Boltgun is listed at €26.17. Prices elsewhere may differ.

A playable demo is available on Steam now, so the quickest way to know whether it is for you is to try it before launch. It first arrived in May, with a launch trailer on 21 May.

Who you play and how it plays#

There are now two protagonists, each with their own abilities and weapons. Malum Caedo is a Sternguard Veteran, and Nyra Veyrath is a Sister of Battle. The store page describes "explosive FPS gameplay" and a branching single-player campaign across new worlds, with new enemy factions and weapon types.

The look stays the same as the first game: a deliberately retro first-person shooter in the style of 1990s boomer shooters, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The trailers have shown Chaos enemies, including a Slaanesh reveal in February and a release-date trailer in August that introduced Vashtorr the Arkifane. Composer Mick Gordon is reported to have contributed music.

Platforms#

PC (via Steam), PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on 14 October. A Switch 2 version has been announced for later, without a date. The Steam page does not list Steam Deck compatibility, so we cannot say how it runs there.

PC requirements#

The Steam page lists very modest specs.

Minimum: Windows 10 (64-bit), Intel Core i5-8600K or AMD Ryzen 5 2600, 8 GB RAM, a GeForce GTX 980, and 13 GB of storage.

Recommended: Windows 11 (64-bit), Intel Core i7-7700K or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, 8 GB RAM, a GeForce GTX 1650, and 13 GB of storage.

Those are low numbers by current standards, and the 13 GB install is small. The page lists 13 supported languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean and both Chinese variants.

Is it worth picking up?#

If you played the first Boltgun, this is the direct sequel, and the second hero and branching campaign are the headline changes. If you are new, the demo is the right place to start, and the low price makes it an easy entry into the genre.

For fans of fast, retro-style shooters, DOOM Eternal and DOOM: The Dark Ages are the modern big-budget versions, while Dusk and Prodeus are indie takes on the same old-school style. If it is the setting you want in a more cinematic form, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II is the third-person option.

More picks are on our games like Boltgun 2, games like Boltgun and games like DOOM Eternal pages, and our release calendar shows what else lands around 14 October. Everything about the sequel is gathered on the Boltgun 2 game page.

What we will watch#

The thing to check at launch is how the campaign and the new hero play out in reviews and how the console versions perform, since the pages we read do not give review dates. Launch day, 14 October, is the first real test.

Sources: the game's Steam store page and Wikipedia's Boltgun 2 entry, read 7 October 2026.