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Warhammer: Vermintide 2 cover art

Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Fatshark · 2018-03-08

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPG

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

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!

1,640
playing now
85%
positive of 147k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
11
twitch viewers (latest)
81/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (155 ratings)
30h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 70h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

1,640 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 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

Healthy
  • · 1,640 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,083 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~385/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (10,658 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.7M–8.8M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 147,390 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$4.19-86%
Fanatical$4.64-85%
Steam$5.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.99-80%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2024-11-12) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 140 of 155 observed days · $4.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.5k8.5k20182026Week of 2018-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek 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: 143 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.1k1.1k2026-08-06 21:00 — 1,499 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,245 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 2,614 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,718 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,578 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 2,859 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,902 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,763 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 3,129 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,822 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,253 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 2,906 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 1,441 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1,286 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 2,685 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,308 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1,057 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 2,532 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 2,077 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,149 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,690 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,887 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,454 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,732 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,945 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 1,465 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 1,737 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 2,741 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 1,640 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$30.14$0.002017-10-182026-08-302017-10-18 — best price $26.992018-05-14 — best price $29.992018-08-12 — best price $19.142018-11-29 — best price $14.992019-03-29 — best price $29.992019-07-06 — best price $8.192019-09-15 — best price $22.992019-11-27 — best price $7.492020-02-10 — best price $26.192020-04-28 — best price $24.982020-07-06 — best price $29.992020-09-04 — best price $6.002020-10-26 — best price $7.502020-12-28 — best price $29.992021-02-26 — best price $7.492021-04-30 — best price $5.992021-06-28 — best price $7.492021-09-20 — best price $7.492021-11-24 — best price $7.492022-02-08 — best price $23.392022-05-06 — best price $7.492022-08-07 — best price $9.992022-11-04 — best price $12.992023-02-07 — best price $29.992023-05-23 — best price $29.992023-08-14 — best price $29.992023-10-31 — best price $5.992024-02-07 — best price $4.622024-04-16 — best price $4.642024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-09-16 — best price $4.792024-12-09 — best price $29.992025-02-27 — best price $4.422025-05-01 — best price $23.392025-07-17 — best price $4.602025-10-04 — best price $2.682026-01-05 — best price $23.492026-04-06 — best price $29.992026-07-06 — best price $29.992026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

212922026-05-29 — 147 pageviews2026-06-01 — 190 pageviews2026-06-04 — 177 pageviews2026-06-07 — 184 pageviews2026-06-10 — 126 pageviews2026-06-13 — 129 pageviews2026-06-16 — 121 pageviews2026-06-19 — 112 pageviews2026-06-22 — 141 pageviews2026-06-25 — 163 pageviews2026-06-28 — 188 pageviews2026-07-01 — 196 pageviews2026-07-04 — 162 pageviews2026-07-07 — 147 pageviews2026-07-10 — 132 pageviews2026-07-13 — 150 pageviews2026-07-16 — 120 pageviews2026-07-19 — 174 pageviews2026-07-22 — 129 pageviews2026-07-25 — 135 pageviews2026-07-28 — 154 pageviews2026-07-31 — 108 pageviews2026-08-03 — 117 pageviews2026-08-06 — 123 pageviews2026-08-09 — 117 pageviews2026-08-12 — 113 pageviews2026-08-15 — 131 pageviews2026-08-18 — 111 pageviews2026-08-21 — 92 pageviews2026-08-24 — 118 pageviews2026-08-26 — 132 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

13242026-08-27 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 123 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 86 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 47 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 64 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 67 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 22 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 64 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 87 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 61 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 64 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 77 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 31 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 72 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 54 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 11 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

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.

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