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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 · Length · 4 Nov 2026

How long is Boltgun 2? About 7 hours, and how far players get

A Boltgun 2 campaign takes about 7 hours, and the branching routes and two heroes, Malum and Nyra, give you reasons to play it again. How far PC players have got, which difficulty they finish on, and the level players call hardest.

How long players take

Hours

  1. One campaignAbout 7 hours
  2. Campaign and side contentAbout 13 hours

Averages of the runs players have logged so far: 11 campaign runs and 4 with side content.1

How far players have got

Boltgun 2’s campaign

Share of PC players

  1. The first chapter80%
  2. Novoza45%
  3. Amara Mors32%
  4. The ambush on the enemy vessel28%
  5. Erythine or the moon Trephine25%
  6. The campaign as Malum16%
  7. The campaign as Nyra13%
  8. Every level5.2%
The share of everyone who owns the game on PC who has unlocked the matching achievement, read on 6 November 2026. It counts people who have barely played, so the first bar is never 100%. 2

The campaign branches, so one run doesn’t show you every level. 5.2% of PC players have played them all.24

Malum or Nyra?

HeroWhat players find
NyraFaster and more mobile. Her power sword stunlocks whole packs of enemies, and many find her the easier run.
Malum CaedoBigger and slower, and he meets tougher enemies earlier, such as Terminators in the first levels. His frag cannon is the weapon players rate most.
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Which difficulty players finish on

Players who have finished the campaign on each difficulty

Share of PC players

  1. Low24%
  2. Medium22%
  3. Hard10%
  4. Exterminatus4.6%
The share of everyone who owns the game on PC who has unlocked the matching achievement, read on 6 November 2026. It counts people who have barely played, so the first bar is never 100%. 2

The hardest level

Players name Inundated by Chaos most. It’s a Nurgle level with very few health pickups and an arena packed with enemies whose grenades can take you from full health to nothing. In the last room, only the plague marines have to die. Players also name the prison finale and the piston room in Crushing Heresy.4 The upgraded frag launcher takes down a Hellbrute in four or five shots even on Exterminatus.3

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Sources

  1. 1HowLongToBeat: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun II, player-submitted times (opens in a new tab) Accessed 4 Nov 2026
  2. 2Steam Community: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 achievements, with the share of players who have each (opens in a new tab) Accessed 4 Nov 2026
  3. 3Reddit, r/boltgun: Boltgun 2 Character Balance Feedback/questions, 18 October 2026 (opens in a new tab) Accessed 4 Nov 2026
  4. 4Reddit, r/boltgun: Hardest Level?, 22 October 2026 (opens in a new tab) Accessed 4 Nov 2026

More research

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