Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Shares rank 48 of 78 video games by recommenders
Recommended as a game that runs on Steam Deck; the most common caveat is crashes and stalls early on.
Recommended as a game that runs on Steam Deck; the most common caveat is crashes and stalls early on.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Runs on Steam Deck
“Space Marine 2 works, at least on steam deck”
Comment from 27 Mar 2026 in “Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel with massive speed gains” Got them into the hobby
“Which was what got me stuck in this expensive hobby”
Comment from 23 Jan 2026 in “A gaming success story: how Warhammer became one of Britain's biggest companies”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Crashes or won't get past start
“The only game I wasn't able to get to work so far is Space Marine 2”
Comment from 1 Jan 2026 in “Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC, put Linux on it” “Space Marine II absolutely refuses to play past the cutscene”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client” “For me it crashed after the first click in the menu.”
Comment from 29 Mar 2026 in “Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel with massive speed gains” - Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “Ask HN: Is it just me, or is software buggier across the board?”
Other video games people recommend
The four most recommended other video games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2This page | 6 | 3 | 67% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Space Marine 2 crashes my entire Linux desktop”
“For me it crashed after the first click in the menu.”
“Space Marine 2 works, at least on steam deck”
“Space Marine 2 was the latest one for me, but Steam is great at refunds if you do it quickly enough.”
“Space Marine II absolutely refuses to play past the cutscene”
“Which was what got me stuck in this expensive hobby”
“The only game I wasn't able to get to work so far is Space Marine 2”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.