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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide cover art

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Fatshark · 2022-11-30

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ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: Warhammer 40,000 · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 30, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 03, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 04, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.

7,831
playing now
72%
positive of 138k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
275
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (67 ratings)
27h
to beat · rushed 20h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

7,831 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a first-person action video game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, developed and published by Fatshark. It is a spiritual successor to the Warhammer: Vermintide series. It was released for Microsoft Windows on 30 November 2022. It also was released for Xbox Series X/S on 4 October 2023, and for PlayStation 5 on 3 December 2024.

Trailer

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide trailer thumbnail

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Official Launch Trailer

≈586,874 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 7,831 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11,007 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,376/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8M–6.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 137,885 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
lowest across shops (ITAD)$32.09-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.04 at GameBillet (2025-12-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 119 of 143 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18k18k20222026Week of 2022-11-01: 18,005 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5,503 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11,099 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12,714 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,304 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4,943 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 956 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,281 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,009 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 562 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 657 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 581 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 628 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 709 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 400 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 546 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 353 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3,396 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 833 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6,026 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 568 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,025 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 439 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,254 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 642 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 381 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 565 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 436 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 319 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 791 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,693 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 333 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,670 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,547 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 456 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 775 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 242 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,468 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 778 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,167 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 463 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 941 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 377 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,839 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 847 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,026 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 431 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 669 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 469 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 633 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 288 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,179 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 432 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,499 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 465 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 120 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

11k4.0k2026-08-06 21:00 — 8,767 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 6,333 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 7,813 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 9,743 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 7,828 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 8,855 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 11,085 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 8,262 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 9,363 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 10,409 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 6,161 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 7,617 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 7,801 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 5,771 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 7,521 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 7,009 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 5,267 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 7,108 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 9,544 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 5,567 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 4,266 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 8,196 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 8,009 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 6,045 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 7,051 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 6,540 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 4,239 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 7,610 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 7,831 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002022-06-012026-08-262022-06-01 — best price $39.992023-01-20 — best price $37.192023-04-17 — best price $31.992023-05-24 — best price $27.992023-06-26 — best price $39.992023-08-06 — best price $35.892023-09-18 — best price $27.992023-10-17 — best price $23.292023-11-11 — best price $25.952023-12-07 — best price $39.992024-01-03 — best price $39.992024-02-05 — best price $25.992024-02-28 — best price $25.872024-03-27 — best price $25.992024-05-01 — best price $23.992024-06-04 — best price $23.992024-07-08 — best price $21.992024-08-05 — best price $21.992024-08-29 — best price $21.682024-10-08 — best price $31.492024-11-24 — best price $18.842024-12-13 — best price $39.992025-01-03 — best price $18.472025-02-22 — best price $17.742025-03-10 — best price $19.992025-04-08 — best price $39.992025-05-19 — best price $19.992025-06-16 — best price $11.492025-07-14 — best price $16.002025-08-14 — best price $15.992025-09-14 — best price $39.992025-10-27 — best price $39.992025-11-26 — best price $16.002026-01-06 — best price $31.492026-02-05 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $9.992026-04-27 — best price $10.002026-06-06 — best price $32.092026-07-11 — best price $33.892026-08-26 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.7k2182026-05-26 — 2,672 pageviews2026-05-29 — 551 pageviews2026-06-01 — 713 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1,088 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,022 pageviews2026-06-10 — 758 pageviews2026-06-13 — 668 pageviews2026-06-16 — 520 pageviews2026-06-19 — 485 pageviews2026-06-22 — 639 pageviews2026-06-25 — 978 pageviews2026-06-28 — 881 pageviews2026-07-01 — 763 pageviews2026-07-04 — 669 pageviews2026-07-07 — 583 pageviews2026-07-10 — 510 pageviews2026-07-13 — 472 pageviews2026-07-16 — 442 pageviews2026-07-19 — 431 pageviews2026-07-22 — 329 pageviews2026-07-25 — 399 pageviews2026-07-28 — 319 pageviews2026-07-31 — 313 pageviews2026-08-03 — 274 pageviews2026-08-06 — 276 pageviews2026-08-09 — 295 pageviews2026-08-12 — 303 pageviews2026-08-15 — 242 pageviews2026-08-18 — 277 pageviews2026-08-21 — 238 pageviews2026-08-23 — 264 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

961462026-08-26 19:15 — 175 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 246 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 292 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 430 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 239 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 178 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 164 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 241 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 159 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 332 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 243 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 219 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 154 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 274 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 171 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 304 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 365 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 655 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 819 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 205 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 610 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 203 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 119 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 247 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 368 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 294 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 234 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 220 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 203 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 228 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 275 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
97.1%
earned "Don't Let Me Down, Criminal"
18.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableIn-App PurchasesPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing10 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)48,4752%36
Windows (Xbox)35,2271%36
PS5 (PlayStation)13,4672%37

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSPvEDarkCo-opCombatHorrorShooterZombiesTeam-BasedClass-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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