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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 cover art

Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Fatshark · 2018-03-08

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft StoreGame Pass

ActionIndieRPG

Franchise: Warhammer · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 26, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Mar 08, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 18, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jul 11, 2018 (Xbox One)

The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is a 2018 Action, Indie and RPG game priced at $5.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (85% of 147690 reviews) sentiment.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1,691
playing now
85%
positive of 148k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
19
twitch viewers (latest)
9.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
81/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (155 ratings)
7
Nexus mods (5.0k downloads)
4.32★
PlayStation Store rating (4,936 ratings)
83/100
opencritic · strong · 92% recommend · from 69 critics
30h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 70h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$5.99
steam price (US)

1,691 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is a 2018 first-person action video game developed and published by Fatshark. It is the sequel to 2015's Warhammer: The End Times – Vermintide. Vermintide 2 was released for Windows on 8 March 2018, for Xbox One on 11 July 2018, for the PlayStation 4 on 18 December 2018, and for the Xbox Series X/S on 3 December 2020. A spiritual successor, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, was released in 2022.

Trailer

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 trailer thumbnail

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 - Launch Trailer

≈363,576 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 1,691 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,024 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~253/week).
  • · Review velocity down 58% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (10,658 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

Estimated sales: 3.7M–8.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 147,889 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.49-85%
GameBillet$4.61-85%
Fanatical$4.64-85%
WinGameStore$5.99-80%
GamersGate$6.00-80%
GreenManGaming$6.00-80%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2024-11-12) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 143 of 158 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.5k8.5k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 8,469 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2,189 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,218 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 674 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 342 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 693 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 469 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 230 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,970 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,383 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,263 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 917 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 762 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,821 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,406 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,167 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 190 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 892 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,064 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,172 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 929 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 939 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,382 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 808 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 938 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 782 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,478 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,024 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,583 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 265 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 833 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,333 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,829 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,698 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 257 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,710 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,297 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 649 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 786 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,116 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,115 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 856 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 553 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 804 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 749 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 639 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2,415 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 320 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 693 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 686 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 557 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 658 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 172 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 389 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 316 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,372 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 459 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,255 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 212 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 566 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,263 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 825 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.0k8102026-09-15 11:00 — 1,912 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 1,657 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,103 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 1,924 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 2,185 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,109 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1,180 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,875 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 1,039 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,831 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 2,307 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 810 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 1,516 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 2,587 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 1,657 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 1,295 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 2,465 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 1,362 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1,052 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 2,051 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 1,994 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,151 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,691 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
31k0Sep 2017Aug 2026Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 21Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Mar 2018 — avg 30,623 · peak 73,203Jun 2018 — avg 6,062 · peak 13,459Sep 2018 — avg 4,326 · peak 17,012Dec 2018 — avg 3,865 · peak 8,668Mar 2019 — avg 4,541 · peak 14,117Jun 2019 — avg 3,112 · peak 5,236Sep 2019 — avg 2,724 · peak 6,132Dec 2019 — avg 2,706 · peak 5,900Mar 2020 — avg 3,326 · peak 8,490Jun 2020 — avg 3,448 · peak 7,819Sep 2020 — avg 3,294 · peak 6,463Dec 2020 — avg 3,694 · peak 7,708Mar 2021 — avg 4,517 · peak 9,570Jun 2021 — avg 7,155 · peak 16,581Sep 2021 — avg 2,929 · peak 5,509Dec 2021 — avg 5,188 · peak 10,814Mar 2022 — avg 3,634 · peak 8,279Jun 2022 — avg 4,064 · peak 8,196Sep 2022 — avg 2,493 · peak 4,432Dec 2022 — avg 8,143 · peak 18,656Mar 2023 — avg 4,240 · peak 8,533Jun 2023 — avg 3,665 · peak 7,013Sep 2023 — avg 2,321 · peak 4,365Dec 2023 — avg 3,139 · peak 5,763Mar 2024 — avg 2,612 · peak 5,666Jun 2024 — avg 2,696 · peak 6,222Sep 2024 — avg 1,952 · peak 3,719Dec 2024 — avg 5,048 · peak 15,295Mar 2025 — avg 2,304 · peak 4,646Jun 2025 — avg 2,176 · peak 5,635Sep 2025 — avg 1,769 · peak 3,783Dec 2025 — avg 7,477 · peak 19,974Mar 2026 — avg 2,134 · peak 4,105Jun 2026 — avg 2,306 · peak 5,251Aug 2026 — avg 1,862 · peak 4,101
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
13132026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 1 new positive2026-09-21: 4 new negative2026-09-22: 8 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 4 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 4 new positive2026-09-26: 12 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 1 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 2 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 10 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-03: 12 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 9 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 8 new positive2026-10-06: 5 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-07: 11 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 6 new positive2026-10-09: 11 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new negative2026-10-10: 5 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new negative2026-10-11: 11 new positive2026-10-11: 3 new negative2026-10-12: 10 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 13 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$30.14$0.002017-10-182026-10-142017-10-18 — best price $26.992018-06-02 — best price $29.992018-10-05 — best price $19.792019-02-05 — best price $11.992019-06-22 — best price $11.992019-09-15 — best price $22.992019-12-18 — best price $5.852020-03-06 — best price $7.502020-06-10 — best price $25.082020-08-21 — best price $25.682020-10-26 — best price $7.502021-01-10 — best price $29.992021-03-26 — best price $5.972021-05-28 — best price $5.992021-08-26 — best price $7.492021-11-24 — best price $7.492022-03-02 — best price $26.692022-06-18 — best price $29.992022-09-30 — best price $6.002023-01-18 — best price $30.142023-05-23 — best price $29.992023-09-04 — best price $29.992023-12-04 — best price $5.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-09-16 — best price $4.792024-12-25 — best price $6.002025-03-28 — best price $4.682025-06-19 — best price $4.292025-09-22 — best price $4.732026-01-05 — best price $23.492026-04-23 — best price $4.902026-08-09 — best price $2.532026-10-11 — best price $6.002026-10-14 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

212862026-05-29 — 147 pageviews2026-06-02 — 212 pageviews2026-06-06 — 149 pageviews2026-06-10 — 126 pageviews2026-06-14 — 134 pageviews2026-06-18 — 132 pageviews2026-06-22 — 141 pageviews2026-06-26 — 182 pageviews2026-06-30 — 176 pageviews2026-07-04 — 162 pageviews2026-07-08 — 163 pageviews2026-07-12 — 124 pageviews2026-07-16 — 120 pageviews2026-07-20 — 151 pageviews2026-07-24 — 114 pageviews2026-07-28 — 154 pageviews2026-08-01 — 109 pageviews2026-08-05 — 120 pageviews2026-08-09 — 117 pageviews2026-08-13 — 124 pageviews2026-08-17 — 135 pageviews2026-08-21 — 92 pageviews2026-08-25 — 132 pageviews2026-08-29 — 130 pageviews2026-09-02 — 137 pageviews2026-09-06 — 103 pageviews2026-09-10 — 97 pageviews2026-09-14 — 121 pageviews2026-09-18 — 97 pageviews2026-09-22 — 114 pageviews2026-09-26 — 118 pageviews2026-09-30 — 134 pageviews2026-10-04 — 148 pageviews2026-10-07 — 136 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5.6k02026-09-30 21:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 75 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-07 23:12 — 5,185 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-08 16:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-09 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-09 19:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-10 04:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-10 22:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-11 07:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-12 01:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 19 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
73.6%
earned "My First Wargear"
18.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing21 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 21 DLC released, first 2018-03-08, latest 2025-11-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)122,7405%26
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)22,9610%130
PS4 (PlayStation)21,2030%96

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

ElfPvERPGGoreCo-opDwarfCombatFantasyRogue-liteMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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