Warhammer 40,000: Darktide on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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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.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a horror, team-based and combat game
developed and published by Fatshark.
Released on November 30th 2022 is available only on Windows
in 12 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 112,960 reviews of which 80,268 were positive and 32,692 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.0 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 (64 bit) / Windows 11 (64 bit)
- Processor: Intel i5-6600 (3.30GHz) OR AMD Ryzen 2400G (3.6 GHz)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 OR AMD Radeon RX 570
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 72 GB available space
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Best of the horde shooter genre imo, deep melee combat with a low skillfloor but a very high ceiling on the highest difficulty levels. Many improvements and additions since release; completely reworked skill trees for all the classes, many new weapons (+ crafting system) and maps. Very fun co-op game to play with your buddies. Dont expect an insane storyline but the worldbuilding and especially voice acting is top lvl, not to mention the godlike soundtrack by Jesper Kyd. Recommended for all 40k/Vermintide/Left4dead and Deeprock galactic fans!
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Great core game-loop, excellent setting and thematics, brilliant sound-track. Fatshark can frustrate with slow development and poor communication but this is a great game and well worth owning and playing.
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Weirdly relaxing game. You get into a sort of zen rhythm and just chill your way through it.
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I've been looking for a worthy successor to [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/550/Left_4_Dead_2/]Left 4 Dead 2 for a very long time. My friends and I have played a bunch of co-op shooters such as [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/49520/Borderlands_2/]Borderlands 1&2 , [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/552500/Warhammer_Vermintide_2/]Vermintide 1&2 , [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1250/Killing_Floor/]Killing Floor , [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/924970/Back_4_Blood/]Back 4 Blood , [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/Deep_Rock_Galactic/]Deep Rock Galactic , [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/312670/Strange_Brigade/]Strange Brigade , [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/218620/PAYDAY_2/]Payday 2 , [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/242760/The_Forest/]The Forest , [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1085660/Destiny_2/]Destiny 2 , [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2183900/Warhammer_40000_Space_Marine_2/]Space Marine 2 and more. It's a mixed bag, each title having its own strengths and weaknesses. But I feel like our quest has come to an end with Darktide as it raises the genre to a new level. The four keys of to great horde shooter are its gunplay, bestiary, level design and replay value. The devs of Darktide have made their homework and delivered above and beyond my expectations in all of these fields. First, the combat system is brilliant. Melee no longer feels like a last resort solution and can be embraced as a primary role. The combat pace is intense, especially on high difficulty levels, however the action remains readable at all times. There's an outstanding variety of weapons and playstyles, from shovels and riot shields to flamethrowers and the iconic boltgun. They pack a punch and sound great. Successful hits are rewarded with satisfying VFX: bodies are torn apart by chainswords and explosive ammo, heads and limbs fly off, torrents of maggots flow out of dismembered plague cultists… Talking about cultists, there's a decent roster of foes to be faced, each playing a different role in the field: disabler, area denier, damage dealer, armored tank, distractor… They'll put your target priorization, repositioning and dodging/parrying skills to the test. Each enemy type uses distinct barks and sound cues, and comes in two flavors for extra variety: Chaos Undivided and Nurgle. The world of Darktide looks gorgeous in its own grimdark way. It isn't the great colorful outdoors paraded by vainglorious Space Marines, but an ageing, sprawling hive city similar to [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1222370/Necromunda_Hired_Gun/]Necromunda . I wish there was a 'tourist mode' like [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/775430/Discovery_Tour_by_Assassins_Creed_Ancient_Egypt/]the discovery tour of Assassin's Creed so I could look around and enjoy the details, because missions require focusing full attention on combat. Level design is in the vein of Left 4 Dead: mostly linear and cleverly signed by lightning, though with more verticality. Mission completion typically requires between 20 and 40 minutes. There are currently 21 missions set on 8 maps, and after 120 hours of gameplay I start to wish there were more. Fortunately special conditions such as toxic fog or power outage can refresh the experience. Action on screen is supported by a soundtrack full of bangers composed by Jesper Kyd. The resulting combo of ultraviolent gameplay and electro beats reminds me of [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/219150/Hotline_Miami/]Hotline Miami . Replay value is provided by progression through the talent trees of each of the four classes, mastery of the arsenal of weapons, and the penance system which provides challenges and rewards. Exploring builds for my favorite class, the Veteran, has kept me busy since January. Now a multiplayer game is only as good as its community. When my friends are unavailable for a private game I turn to the matchmaking system and play with randoms. So far I haven't had any bad experience. It's a Warhammer game but surprisingly there's none of the far-right nuts that unfortunately tend to hang around this community. People play the mission, help out each other (you have to if you want to succeed) and use the excellent pinging system and audio bindings to communicate. From time to time there's someone with an open mic urging the team to "get to the choppa" or whatever, but most runs are quiet, and voice chat can be disabled. It's worth noting that crossplay between Steam, PC Game Pass and Xbox is implemented. Darktide has only a handful of weaknesses. Don't be misled by the character creation options: this isn't a RPG like [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/2186680/Warhammer_40000_Rogue_Trader/]Rogue Trader but a pure action game with storytelling added as an afterthought. New content arrives at a rather slow pace: maybe two to three major updates per year. This doesn't stop Darktide from being a really solid shooter which I'm always happy to get back to when new maps or weapons become available. edit: I nominate this game for the Labor of Love award 2024.
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In September of 2024, the Unlocked & Loaded patch dropped for Darktide. This patch brought with it the long long awaited itemization and crafting rework. It included features such as a mastery system to unlock weapon blessings and the removal of locks when crafting weapons. All of which, were fantastic additions to the game. Having pre-ordered Darktide over 2 years ago in November of 2022, I have had the opportunity to experience how far the game has come. Unfortunately, this comes with the nagging realization of "Why did it take 2 years of development to get the game to a place that's worthwhile?" Many of the features that have since been added over the years, have been incessantly clamoured for by the community. Sometimes, modders would take matters into their own hands and create those very same quality of life features that are now a part of the core game. For instance, the now obsolete Contracts Overlay mod, released on 2023-04-27, would allow you to pull up your contract progress mid-mission. It only took Fatshark an entire year to include a similar functionality with the Path of Redemption update (2024-04-16). Something as simple as wanting to track the live progress of a grind during a mission, seems like a functionality that should have been included on release. In what scenario, would someone not want to know that they've performed enough Scab melee kills and can now focus on Dreg ranged kills? Perhaps there's someone out there who enjoys inefficiently exceeding targets for no additional rewards /s. Ultimately, there's a theme of basic quality of life features, that should've existed on release, being incorporated years later. Although some features, like NumericUI, are still awaiting an official Fatshark implementation (maybe in another 2 years?). It's all very disappointing and if it wasn't for modders, I would say that the gameplay experience would have been far worse off. If someone were to ask me, whether I would recommend vanilla Darktide. I would say "No." for most of the game's lifespan. Only now with the Unlocked & Loaded update and the recent closing of the [url=https://old.reddit.com/r/DarkTide/comments/1gjq0v5/the_book_of_grudges_is_closed/]Book of Grudges , do I feel like the game is worth recommending. But I can't lie, it's both a reluctant recommendation and a cautionary tale of the classic Fatshark development curse (it looks like the Vermintide veterans were right all along).
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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is currently priced at 39.99€ on Steam.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 39.99€ on Steam.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide received 80,268 positive votes out of a total of 112,960 achieving a rating of 7.04.
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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide was developed and published by Fatshark.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is not playable on MacOS.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is not playable on Linux.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a multi-player game.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
There are 4 DLCs available for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. Explore additional content available for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide on Steam.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide does not support Steam Remote Play.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Release
30 Nov 2022
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