Dark Tide, Space Marine and Space Marine 2, Boltgun, Gladius: Relics of War for a civ style game, and "Shootas, Blood & Teef."
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Inquisitor Martyr is kinda like Diablo.
While it's still under the RTS side of things it's not really known outside of the fabase so I would suggest overhaul mod Dawn of War: Ultimate Apocalypse. It's a heavily modded version of the original Dawn of War games and is quite fun. Ever wanted to drop nuclear artillery on your friend who's chucking mecha at you? How about air dropping what amounts to a Maus but bigger into the rear lines of an AI who's pissing you off? You can do that and more with this mod.
Maybe Eisenhorn: Xenos is worth looking into? Also, Dark Heresy was recently announced, developed by the same people that made Rogue Trader.
Space Marine 2 and Vermintide 2 are pretty decent shooters. SM is kinda like Gears of War and Vermintide is essentially Left 4 Dead.
Er... Vermintide is just Warhammer, but not 40k. Basically the same but humans don't have the tech; the rat people do.
There is Darktide, which is the 40k counterpart to Vermintide
I'd hardly call Vermintide 2 a shooter. Only a couple of classes can shoot at all, it's more of a (very good IMO) melee game. I think Darktide is more of a shooter.
I mean, yeah. But the game's genre is still mostly FPS fare (as stated it's pretty much L4D's gameplay loop). Just think of it like shooting extremely close range guns that look like axes and hammers :p
If you like smaller squad based tactics games then you would probably enjoy "Warhammer 40,000 Squad Commander" which is PSP and DS I believe.
It has been a long time but I remember enjoying it back in the day.
Mechanicus is a great tactics game with a BALLER soundtrack
I haven't gotten to play Deff Skwadron but Shootas Blood and Teef is a real fun sidescrolling shooter, I should revisit it
Space Marine 1 and 2 are both great, 2 has a solid community and frequent updates (also PRAISE TZEENTCH)
Boltgun is honestly one of the better DOOMclones ive played, up there with Project Warlock (YET MORE PRAISE TO TZEENTCH AS IT SHOULD BE)
I feel like im forgetting some (ignoring RTS per OP), will edit if I remember
OH theyre coming out with a 40k version of Vampire Survivors that looks legit
Space Hulk is pretty well loved, you may like it
How did i forget Darktide, I have so many hours in that...
Mechanicus is a great tactics game with a BALLER soundtrack
Pretty much the best Warhammer 40K soundtrack out there, and the whole game is just dripping with atmosphere. The sound design is some of the best I've ever seen.
This is a great list. A couple to add:
Necromunda is an FPS which plays like Titanfall 2 in 40k, so excellent moment to moment gameplay, some really cool levels and set pieces highly recommended.
The proper old school Fire Warrior which is an FPS I played probably 15 years ago no idea if it holds up today.
If you have VR Battle Sister was pretty fun nothing special but holding and using a bolt gun up close was awesome.
Thanks, I had no idea there were such a nice collection of action/shooters. Looks like I had good timing asking this, a bunch of them are on sale.
Are Space Marine 1/2 a continuous story?
Yup, tons of games out there for cheap!
And yes, Space Marine 2 follows 1. But it's not exactly complex, you can very much enjoy 2 without playing 1.
In 1, youre a Space Marine who kills bad guys. Also you get betrayed by the brass.
In 2, youve gotten re-promoted and are back to killing bad guys.
The Dawn of War series. Particularly 2 and its dlc.
"ignoring RTS per OP"
Ah, yes, my bad. We did forget Darktide, though.
Oh, and Inquisitor, which is more like Rogue Trader in nature
Yuup, there we go. Good catch
Adding on to what was already said, Chaos Gate Demonhunters is a pretty good, if challenging, 40k turn based strategy game.
Rouge trader by Owl games
Abelard, read this poster the title of the thread.
:P
Lol thanks was skimming to fast wanting to spread the gospel