Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Class-based co-op shooter mixing melee and gunplay against hordes

Fatshark · Released Nov 30, 2022

Reviews: Mostly Positive; 72% of 139K
Recent reviews: Mixed; 69% of 1,065 in 30 days
Playing now: 2,944; peak 24h 4,811
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 1 week ago; Sep 15, 2026

What is Warhammer 40,000: Darktide?

A first-person, class-based co-op shooter set in the industrial hive city of Tertium. You customize a character and run online missions, using melee weapons and guns against enemy hordes as agents of the Inquisition try to stop Chaos from taking the city.

For you if...

+you want co-op horde combat blending guns and melee
+you enjoy class builds and multiple difficulty options
+you like violent horror in industrial Warhammer locations

Not for you if...

−you want a solo mode with bot support
−you prefer varied missions over repeated co-op runs
−you dislike staying close to teammates for survival

What players say

72% of 139,203 reviews are positive · 69% of 1,065 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the weighty melee and gunplay, soundtrack, and Warhammer setting, especially when playing with friends. Common complaints focus on repetitive or limited mission content, expensive cosmetics, and unstable performance, crashes, or disconnects; several players report particularly poor results on AMD hardware.

Screenshots and trailer

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 (64 bit) / Windows 11 (64 bit)
Processor: Intel i5-6600 (3.30GHz) OR AMD Ryzen 2400G (3.6 GHz)
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 OR AMD Radeon RX 570
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 72 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12

OS: Windows 10 (64 bit) / Windows 11 (64 bit)
Processor: Intel i7-9700K (3.70GHz) OR AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (4.2GHz)
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 / RTX 2060 OR AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 72 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12
Notes: An SSD storage device is highly recommended

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 36
Steam features: Family Sharing, In-app purchases

Steam Deck: Playable

The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default configuration is not performant
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese.