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As an Inquisition Reject in Tertium, join a strike team to fight Chaos hordes with guns, blades, and class skills.
Released 30 Nov 2022
Cut Through Hordes
Fight With Guns and Blades
Build Class Loadouts
Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.
Developed by Fatshark · Published by Fatshark
You play a Reject serving the Inquisition in Tertium, a hive city threatened by corruption. Join other players on missions to push through its industrial districts and eliminate the forces gathering there.
Fight through enemy hordes using a mix of ranged weapons and melee attacks. Dodge, block, and reposition as you handle different enemy types, complete mission objectives, and help teammates who are downed or caught by disablers.
Choose a class and customize your character, then develop a build through talents and weapon choices. Higher difficulties and mission modifiers change the challenge, while staying near your strike team helps restore Toughness and supports survival.
Players who enjoy Darktide often point to its satisfying mix of melee and gun combat, distinct class builds, and tense co-op missions. Reviews also frequently praise the grim hive-city atmosphere and sound or music. Some describe the core loop as highly replayable, especially with friends or at higher difficulties, while others find the missions repetitive or report technical and progression frustrations.
Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series.
In the depths of the hive, the seeds of corruption threaten to turn into an overwhelming tide of darkness. A mysterious and sinister new force is seeking to take control of the entire city. It is up to you and your allies in the Inquisition to root out the enemy before the city succumbs to Chaos.
As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.
Built on the legacy of Vermintide 2’s best-in-class melee combat, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide introduces intense WH40K gunplay to the mix. Master the balance between ranged and melee combat as you fight through a slew of enemies. Feel the impact of each swipe, swing, and slice of a chainsword, or fry some flesh with a lasgun.
Darktide is a co-op game. Wandering too far, risks punishment by foes looking to immobilize or capture stray Rejects, such as the slavering Chaos Hound or the Moebian Trapper. Once you fall prey to such foes, only your teammates can save you! More than that, your innate toughness – your determination to press on through the pain – only recharges when you are in the proximity of your strike team.
Create your own, unique character and customize their physical appearance, voice, and origin. Choose your class to determine which unique traits and skill sets they will make use of in battle. Will you be a seasoned veteran of the Imperial army, a snarky outsider, or a fiery zealot? The choice is yours.
Step into the violent, dystopian world of Warhammer 40,000. From boiling hot industrial factories to the decaying water maintenance zone afflicted by constant acid rainfall - Tertium Hive is a hard and unforgiving place even at the best of times. Your role is to serve the zealous Inquisition by embarking on missions to exterminate the threats lurking in the depths of the hive city, or die trying.
Adapt to the erratic whims of Chaos with conditions- mutators that add a spontaneous challenge to your mission. Your team must learn to adjust, adopt new tactics and change up their loadouts to face these ruthless challenges.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 36 |
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| Players | 1–4 |
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| Multiplayer | Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is an online co-op PvE game built around 4-player squads. The store page explicitly lists Online Co-op and Cross-Platform Multiplayer, and multiple reviews describe missions as teams of four or "you and 3 others." Bots can fill empty slots or replace disconnected players, and some reviews state you can start a mission solo with bots, but there is no dedicated offline mode and no true solo mode confirmed in the provided text. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Reviews mention modding for QoL changes, private stat tracking, and added difficulties. No provided text confirms official multiplayer mod support, cross-player mod compatibility requirements, or that mods change core multiplayer rules. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 10 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
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