Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance

Released May 2025

Type like your life depends on it in Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Words of Vengeance! Smite the enemies of the Emperor with every keystroke spelling their demise. But every typo could mean the difference between life and death.   

87% positive · 2,347 reviews
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Released, but still in active development
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Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Words of Vengeance launched as a free-to-play game on May 22, 2025. Since then, Auroch Digital has delivered a sustained pattern of updates. A feature patch adding 8 achievements arrived on June 18, 2025, and a major content update on October 16, 2025 doubled the number of levels (adding three new ones), introduced over 400 new words and phrases, and added timed typing mechanics. A bug-fix patch followed on October 23, 2025. The developer then promoted the game as part of Steam Typing Fest in January 2026 (announced February 9, 2026), directing players to the new levels. On April 10, 2026, the developer posted about hidden secrets in the game related to the upcoming Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2, suggesting continued active engagement with the title. The two major content drops — June 2025 and October 2025 — establish a rough cadence of updates every four to five months. The most recent developer communication was on April 10, 2026. With today's date being October 8, 2026, approximately six months have passed since that last post — sitting right at the outer edge of the established cadence window. No announcement of future content has been made, and no statement concluding development has been issued. The developer has not declared the game complete, and the active update history means this cannot be treated as a game that launched finished with no post-launch cycle. The situation is consistent with the game being between updates rather than abandoned.
Evidence
Major update doubled the number of levels (adding three new ones), added 400+ new phrases, and introduced timed textbox mechanics.
news post · Oct 16, 2025 source content shipped
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Game launched as a free-to-play title on May 22, 2025 during the Warhammer Skulls Showcase.
news post · May 22, 2025 source content shipped
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Details

Developer
Publisher
Auroch Digital
Achievements
8
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

The Mechanicum of Mars have gifted you a blessed new weapon - a keyboard! Brutally decimate hordes of daemonic scum with every keystroke, in this fast-paced rail shooter. None can stand against the might of your WPM! 

RETURN TO GRAIA 

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun - Words of Vengeance is a creative twist on epic boomer shooter Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun. Instead of mowing down your enemies with elite FPS skills, kill the relentless hordes of enemies that descend upon you by typing out words. 

Set in the world of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, play as Malum Caedo on his mission to cleanse Forge World Graia of cultists, traitors and Chaos daemons that threaten to overrun it. 

 

THE EMPEROR GUIDES YOUR HAND

Put your typing skills to the test by typing out randomised words and phrases from Warhammer 40,000 lore to end the lives of your foes. Time to brush up on the spelling of Manufactorum, Incommodus, and Astronomican!  

Obliterate your enemies by quickly typing their death sentences but beware as one typo could spell your own demise.  

FEATURES 

  • Creative reimagining of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun as a first-person typing game.  

  • Randomised words and phrases from Warhammer 40,000 lore to make every playthrough unique 

  • The faster you type, the quicker you kill.  

  • Difficult to master with 4 difficulties for every level   

Last evaluated Oct 8, 2026
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