Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters

After a successful launch in 2022 on Steam, Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters made its way to consoles last month. Now, you can pursue the demons of chaos with the illustrious Grey Knights on PC, Xbox, or PlayStation. If you’ve ever wanted to try XCOM with a side of Space Marines, now is your chance!

Purging Heresy in Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate — Daemonhunters is a long and thoughtful process, requiring tactical thinking and attention to details.

There are a lot (a lot) of Warhammer video games out there, to the point they sometimes seem to blend into one big, samey sea of spiked shoulder pads and giant swords, but the upcoming Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters is aiming to carve out its unique niche amongst the many other Games Workshop strategy and tactics games on the market. Focusing on a unique brand of aggressive, bombastic turn-based combat, the game promises to be more than just another XCOM clone with a few Warhammer references attached.

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters’ focus on clarity and aggressiveness allows for a calculated, more active approach to its tactical battles. A varied enemy roster that consistently outnumbers you coupled with the Bloom’s effects make each fight feel like a battle against the odds. This feeling extends to the campaign as a whole, your barracks consistently housing Knights recovering from their wounds earned in painstakingly won battles.

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters is a single-player turn-based tactical strategy game developed by Complex Games and published by Frontier Foundry. It’s the latest video game entry in the Warhammer franchise and comes with a lengthy single-player campaign and four difficulties to choose from: merciful, standard, ruthless, and legendary. While the merciful difficulty will grant you extra units, the harder ones come with more powerful enemies strengthened by several buffs and bo...

Chaos Gate Daemonhunters is an intensely challenging XCOM-like that fully embraces the aesthetic and tendencies of the Warhammer 40K universe.

Now mind, if you do enjoy the oppressive approach to randomness and lack of resources, Daemonhunters is a great XCOM-like with your favourite band of Marines. Even a newcomer could pick up this game pretty quickly thanks to a solid tutorial and a decent user experience. It’s a blast up until the chaos begins and that just might be a make it or break it moment for the player. ∎

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters made me wish I was a veteran of the genre to appreciate it the way it deserved to. Ultimately, it left me yearning for the game it could have been.