As somebody who has sunk far too many hours into Vermintide 2, to the purpose the place it is pretty embarrassing, Warhammer 40k: Darktide is a completely sensible non secular successor. Developed by Fatshark, which created each Vermintide video games, Darktide’s brutal sci-fi motion is thrilling and fascinating, even after I’ve spent greater than fifty hours enjoying. In case you’re but to provide it a go, now’s the right time to take action, because the chaotic looter shooter has hit its lowest value to rejoice Warhammer Day 2025.
Very similar to Vermintide, Warhammer 40k: Darktide presents a brutalist sci-fi twist on one of the best FPS video games method with a concentrate on co-op motion and hordes of enemies to defeat. Admittedly, it wasn’t at all times this manner – the sport launched with efficiency woes and stability points that made it exhausting to suggest. However now, effectively… it is a completely different story.
Trying again at our 7/10 Warhammer 40k: Darktide evaluate is a testomony to how a lot has modified, with Ian saying that “all of Darktide’s implausible worldbuilding and dynamic, teamplay-based violence typically will get sidelined by the host of technical points nonetheless storming round like a rogue plague ogryn.” That core excellence continues to be there, however now it is really playable, which is at all times good.
It helps that it is also among the finest co-op video games for continuous horde-slaying motion, feeling just like video games like Left 4 Useless. You play as certainly one of 4 lessons: Veteran, Zealot, Psyker, and Ogryn (there’s the fifth Arbites class, nevertheless it’s paywalled), which fall into completely different roles in your squad. Ogryn is the usual tank-style colossus that hits as exhausting as he seems to be, whereas the comparatively frail Psyker dishes out harm with the Warp, utilizing melee weapons to strike exhausting whereas casting spells with staves.
I may go on and on about how good the motion is, with every degree completion filling up your loot library, making subsequent (and more difficult) runs simpler. Nonetheless, it is all within the really feel, and Fatshark makes use of Vermintide 2’s stable loop to make Darktide’s melee and ranged fight extraordinarily satisfying.
After loads of updates, Warhammer 40k: Darktide is best than ever, and you may seize it for simply $15.99 / £13.19 at Fanatical, its lowest value but. Alternatively, the Imperial Version – which incorporates some skins, class outfits, and premium forex – is simply $20.99 / £17.49, making it an equally tempting supply.
Nonetheless, you may have to be fast, as this deal ends on October 30, 2025, at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET / 6 pm GMT.
In case you’re searching for one thing just like Darktide that is set in the identical brutal universe, it is best to try our checklist of one of the best Warhammer 40k video games. Alternatively, you possibly can check out the extra fantasy-focused vibes of the Vermintide duology, in addition to different entries in our greatest Warhammer video games checklist.
