Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
- Developer
- Fatshark
- Publisher
- Fatshark
- Released
- 30 November 2022
- Age rating
- PEGI N/A
- UK price
- £32.99
Platforms: PC
Genres: shooter , role playing rpg , adventure , indie
From the developers of the best-selling and award-winning franchise Vermintide, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a visceral 4-player co-op action game set in the hive city of Tertium. Fight together with your friends against hordes of enemies in this new Warhammer 40,000 experience.
Best gaming PC for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Fatshark on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 (64 bit) / Windows 11 (64 bit) | Windows 10 (64 bit) / Windows 11 (64 bit) |
| CPU | Intel i5-6600 (3.30GHz) OR AMD Ryzen 2400G (3.6 GHz) | Intel i7-9700K (3.70GHz) OR AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (4.2GHz) |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 OR AMD Radeon RX 570 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 / RTX 2060 OR AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT |
| Storage | 72 GB | 72 GB |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Warhammer 40,000: Darktide?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to Intel i7-9700K (3.70GHz) and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 / RTX 2060, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.
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