Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Lead a voidship expedition through the Koronus Expanse, make decisions that affect its inhabitants and command companions in turn-based battles where positioning, cover and individual abilities matter.
- AI score · out of 10
- 9.1 / 10
About this game
As a Rogue Trader, you travel between star systems aboard a voidship and make decisions that affect the people and worlds you encounter. The Koronus Expanse is also a place of competing noble and privateering families, giving your expedition a setting shaped by rival interests. Your companions fight alongside you, and their personal journeys offer opportunities to influence their fates. Combat proceeds in turns. Position the party around environmental cover and use companions' abilities to confront enemies. The adventure therefore involves decisions at two levels: how to handle the people encountered across the region, and how to deploy the group when a battle begins. Following companions' stories sits alongside the wider journey between systems.
Collected in series
Warhammer games bring Games Workshop’s fantasy and science-fiction worlds into strategy, role-playing and action. Some put you in command of armies, while others take you into close combat alongside a small team, so the experience depends strongly on the branch you choose.
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AI review
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A fit for players who want tactical command and consequential role-playing in the same expedition.
Cover and companion abilities could make party placement a satisfying planning problem. Decisions that affect inhabitants and companions give that command role a personal dimension beyond winning the next encounter.
Strengths
- Party positioning and distinct abilities provide concrete tactical decisions to consider together.
- Influencing companions' fates could make relationships feel relevant to the wider expedition.
Who it is for: Players interested in deliberate turn-based tactics and choosing how a powerful leader treats other people.
Play notes: The turn-based combat structure is a fundamental preference point for players seeking direct, reflex-led fighting.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Companion journeys provide personal threads within interstellar travel, though their presence alone does not establish campaign length or pacing consistency. | Reviewed | 9.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Combining cover placement with companion abilities could reward a coordinated party plan rather than treating each character in isolation. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The competing families and shipborne perspective may give political decisions a stronger sense of place for players drawn to factional science fiction. | Reviewed | 9.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension TV, tabletop and handheld support allows different play setups, but does not establish how comfortable the interface is at each screen size. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Owlcat Games
- Publisher
- Owlcat Games
- Release date
- Dec 11, 2025
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Role-Playing · Primary genre
- Tags
- Story-drivenMain Story 20–50 HoursExplorationLevel ProgressionLong-term ProgressionScience FictionWarTurn-based CombatThird PersonTop-down3D GraphicsSolo-friendly
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- MultiplayerCo-opSingle player
- Perspectives
- Top-down
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideDec 7, 2023
- Nintendo Switch 2WorldwideDec 11, 2025
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Sources
- www.nintendo.comSource revision: 1
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