Warhammer: Vermintide 2
Four-player dark fantasy co-op with bloody first-person melee combat
Fatshark · Released Mar 8, 2018
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 85% of 148K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 84% of 243 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 1,198
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 3 weeks ago
- Sep 1, 2026
Metacritic: 82/100 (critic reviews)
What is Warhammer: Vermintide 2?
A first-person co-op action game set in the Warhammer Fantasy Battles world. Up to four players fight through levels against Chaos and Skaven hordes, choosing among five heroes, branching careers, varied weapons and rising difficulty settings.
For you if...
- +you want weighty melee combat built around teamwork
- +you enjoy replaying levels across rising difficulty settings
- +you prefer dark fantasy hordes and varied character builds
Not for you if...
- −you want a primarily solo action game
- −you dislike gore or repeated fights against enemy hordes
What players say
85% of 147,695 reviews are positive · 84% of 243 in the last 30 days
Players most often praise the weighty melee combat, varied careers and replayable co-op, especially with friends. Common complaints focus on unreliable bot behavior, connection drops and anti-cheat errors or long loading when joining matches.
Screenshots and trailer
Warhammer: Vermintide 2 system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-2300 @ 2.80 GHz / AMD FX-4350 @ 4.2 GHz
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD 5870
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM
- Storage
- 60 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i7- 3770 @ 3.5 GHz or AMD FX-8350 @ 4 GHz
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970/1060 or ATI Radeon R9 series
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 60 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 26
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Unsupported on Steam Deck because of its anti-cheat
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- Co-op
- Dark Fantasy
- Hack and Slash
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op
- Dwarves
- Gore
- PvE
- First-Person
- Fantasy
- RPG
- Elves
- Roguelite
- Combat
- Action RPG
- Action
Recent updates
- Sep 1, 2026 · Hotfix 6.12.1 patch notes
- Aug 25, 2026 · The Feast of Grimnir returns! Patch 6.12.0 patch notes
- Jun 2, 2026 · Hotfix 6.11.2 + 6.11.3 - 2nd of June
- May 25, 2026 · Hotfix 6.11.1 - 25th of May
- May 19, 2026 · Weapon balance update! Patch 6.11.0 patch notes
21 DLC available.
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