Warhammer Franchise Up to 90% Off in Massive Steam Sale

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Steam is well-known for its deep sale events celebrating various publishers, genres, and franchises, and its latest event is all about Warhammer. Warhammerfans can expect solid deals on a huge variety of games encompassing both the Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 universes across a broad range of genres, from action RPGs to card games.

Warhammer is a franchise that dates all the way back to the early 1980s as a miniature tabletop wargame that has expanded into nearly every style of media since then. Trading card games, strategy games, action RPGs, and space strategy games, not to mention hundreds of novels depicting the Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 settings. Published by Games Workshop, the Warhammer tabletop games involve players assembling and carefully painting highly detailed miniature armies and engaging in simulated battles that feature dice rolls, blast templates, rulers, and a whole lot of rulebook consulting.

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The Steam sale event, known as the SKULLS Festival of Video Games, is showcasing many of the best titles the Warhammer franchise has to offer at steep discounts. Along with the discounts on many Warhammer games, the hit 4X turn-based strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Gladius — Relics of War is available to play for free for the duration of the event. Warhammer 40,000: Gladius is particularly notable for its no-frills focus on ruthless warfare. There are no truces or diplomatic maneuvers to be made, instead, the focus is on total annihilation in typical bloody Warhammer fashion.

Almost every Warhammer game is discounted in this event. The Diablo-like action RPG Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor — Martyr is 75% off, including its Complete