Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a PlayStation 5 adventure game developed by Fatshark. It centers on combat encounters, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression, with controls and information arranged around the DualSense twin sticks, triggers, directional pad, and face buttons, with touchpad, motion input, adaptive triggers, and detailed haptics where the game uses them.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.1 / 10
About this game
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a PlayStation 5 adventure game centered on combat encounters, character and object interaction, and objective or clue progression. Locations, objectives, and clues gradually open the main chapters, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Theme, character expression, and environmental clues need to support exploration together, while SSD streaming, 4K and HDR output, 3D audio, performance or quality modes, and high-density interfaces need to preserve feedback and information clarity together. The genre-specific limitation is that guidance, objective triggers, camera behavior, or dense text can create search and comprehension costs. Platform conditions also include install size, SSD space, patch version, DualSense battery life, visual mode and frame rate, online dependencies, PS VR2 requirements, and cross-generation version differences affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Warhammer games bring Games Workshop’s fantasy and science-fiction worlds into strategy, role-playing and action. Some put you in command of armies, while others take you into close combat alongside a small team, so the experience depends strongly on the branch you choose.
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AI review
AI reviews are subjective assessments, not player ratings. See each review for its evidence and limitations.Published date:
Powerful cooperative combat carries repetitive and uneven edges.
Darktide makes cooperation a matter of formation and rescue. Staying together provides benefits, while disabling specialists demand prompt intervention, connecting melee crowd control with ranged pressure. Industrial gothic spaces and electronic music give those encounters a forceful identity. Repeated routes, elaborate equipment management and a modest story are less compelling between fights. The cited PS5 review also records combat frame-rate problems, which matter when reactions and threat recognition are essential. It suits groups willing to practise and coordinate through repeatable missions. This assessment covers the December 2024 base PS5 experience. The official September 2026 update supports continued maintenance, not a review of new classes, modes or present-day performance.
Strengths
- Meaningful formation and rescue.
- Strong audiovisual combat atmosphere.
Weaknesses
- Repeated routes.
- Uneven tested combat performance.
Who it is for: Cooperative-action players willing to coordinate and repeat missions.
Play notes: Online required; historical PS5 review is not a current performance benchmark.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Strong combat density is offset by repeated routes and elaborate management. | Reviewed | 7.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Formation, rescue and roles make cooperation integral to combat. | Reviewed | 8.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Industrial gothic spaces and music carry the atmosphere more than characters or plot. | Reviewed | 8.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Combat frame-rate problems interrupt timely reactions despite impressive scenes. | Reviewed | 6.5 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Fatshark
- Publisher
- Fatshark
- Release date
- Dec 3, 2024
- Platforms
- PlayStation 5
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Shooter · Primary genre
- Tags
- Real-time CombatSlow BurnStory-drivenLinear LevelsExplorationSolo-friendlyThird PersonWarInvestigationLocal Co-op3D GraphicsMain Story 10–20 Hours
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single playerCo-opMultiplayer
- Perspectives
- First person
Release editions
- PlayStation 5WorldwideDec 3, 2024
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