Warhammer Survivors is heading to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 1 and 2, and Steam later this year, with Auroch Digital confirming the platform line-up alongside a fresh trailer at the Triple-i Showcase.
The fast-paced roguelite survivors game is not exactly aiming small, either. As per the press release, the latest reveal packs in new playable heroes from the Warhammer 40,000 universe, a stack of nasty new weapons, and a fresh Ork faction that looks more than happy to turn every run into absolute chaos.
New Warhammer 40,000 characters join the fight
Auroch Digital has shown off a bigger roster of playable characters for Warhammer Survivors, including a few names Warhammer fans will clock immediately.
Previously announced hero Malum Caedo from Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is back in the spotlight, but he is not alone. Joining him are:
- Chaplain Fo’Baran of the Salamanders Space Marine Chapter
- Knight-Commander Pask, described as the biggest Warhammer Survivors character so far, rolling into battle in a Leman Russ Tank
- The Legend of Catachan, a one-man army from the Catachan Jungle Fighters
- Marneus Calgar, Chapter Master of the Ultramarines, armed with the Gauntlets of Ultramar
- Commissar Sebastian Yarrick, the old man of Armageddon and a proper menace to Orks
It is a pretty chunky line-up already, and it gives the game a stronger dose of Warhammer 40,000 flavour as it barrels towards launch.
New weapons and an Ork Stronghold full of trouble
Of course, extra heroes mean very little without something suitably over-the-top to flatten enemies with. Thankfully, Warhammer Survivors has that covered too.
The newly revealed weapons include the D6 Dice, which explodes for damage based on the number rolled, and the Power Fist, a giant swinging attack that batters anything too close. Then things get even sillier in the best possible way with evolved weapons like the Gauntlets of Ultramar, which fire off bolter rounds with every swipe, Orbital Bombardment, which calls in a brutal voidship barrage, and Emperor’s Wrath, a burning aura that cooks nearby enemies where they stand.
And because this all clearly needed even more yelling and dakka, the game is also adding the Orks as a new enemy faction.
The new Ork Stronghold stage throws players against grots, Ork Boyz, Warbikers, Bomb Squigs, Lootas, and a Big Mek with Shokk Attack Gun. So yes, there is plenty to worry about before the really bad news arrives.
That bad news is Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka, who enters the game as Warhammer Survivors’ first Extremis Boss. As per the press release, he brings his own attack patterns and can summon hordes of Orks to back him up, which sounds less like a boss fight and more like a full-scale problem.
Warhammer Survivors launches later this year on Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 1 and 2. If this mix of survivors-style chaos and Warhammer 40,000 excess sounds like your sort of thing, there is now a Steam wishlist page ready and waiting.
A game called Warhammer Survivors was never going to do things quietly, to be fair.