Warhammer Survivors finally has a release date. Auroch Digital’s bullet heaven, from the studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, arrives on 10 November for £6.39. It borrows the Vampire Survivors formula of ever-growing hordes and weapons that fire on their own, then fills the roster with more than 40 champions from Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar. A new demo is out now with two champions you haven’t seen before. Pre-orders are already open on PS5, with the other consoles following before the end of the month.
At a glance
Warhammer Survivors launches on 10 November on PC, consoles and mobile, priced at £6.39.
The new demo adds two champions, the Legend of Catachan and Lyssa Ravenya, and progress doesn’t carry over.
Pre-orders are live on PS5, open on Switch from 6 October in some regions, and arrive on Xbox on 27 October.
Warhammer Survivors costs £6.39 from 10 November
Auroch Digital confirmed the date in an announcement posted on 6 October to the Warhammer Survivors Steam page: the game launches on 10 November 2026 for £6.39, $7.99 or €7.49, with small variations depending on platform and region. Warhammer Survivors releases on Steam, consoles and mobile on the same day.
On consoles, pre-orders come with a discount on selected platforms. They’re live on PS5 now, they opened on Switch and Switch 2 on 6 October in some territories, and they go up on Xbox on 27 October. If you’d rather wait, the studio has you covered as well: Steam players get 10% off during the first week after launch.
A fresh demo with two new champions
To tide you over, Auroch Digital has released a new Warhammer Survivors demo. It lets you play two champions who weren’t in the previous one, the Legend of Catachan and Lyssa Ravenya, along with new weapons, new abilities and a raft of improvements. Be warned: progress from the old demo doesn’t transfer, and nothing from this one will carry into the full game.
The featured enemies this time are the Gloomspite Gitz, the fungus-addled grots of Age of Sigmar. They turn up in their legions and bring their monsters with them, from ravenous Squigs to towering Troggoths. The studio pitches the demo as a taste of the full game, which brings both settings together in the same run.
A Warhammer bullet heaven from the makers of Boltgun
The genre has an odd name, bullet heaven. You steer your character, it fires automatically, and the screen fills up with enemies and projectiles as your weapons evolve. Vampire Survivors made it popular, and the family resemblance is obvious. PC Gamer argues the opposite case in its piece calling Warhammer Survivors more than a spin-off, published on 6 October. Smaller teams are having a go as well, such as Geometry Rift: Apocalypse, made by a father and his son, which pairs the formula with the neon shooting of Geometry Wars.
According to its Steam page, this is the official Warhammer take on the genre, which sets it apart from the many lookalikes. More than 40 champions are promised, drawn from Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar, Games Workshop’s two big settings. Each one brings weapons to collect and upgrade as the run goes on.
Auroch Digital already knows its way around a licence. The studio made Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, a retro shooter in the spirit of nineties FPS games, and its sequel, Boltgun 2, launches on 14 October. If old-school shooters are your thing, October also brings Cop Bastard, a retro shooter set against the yakuza, from an independent studio.
What the full game brings
One line on the Steam page puts the project in a different light: Warhammer Survivors is made in partnership with poncle, the studio behind Vampire Survivors itself. The game promises more than 75 weapons, from the boltgun and the chainsword to a pot of Nuln Oil paint thrown in as a joke. Playable champions include Commissar Sebastian Yarrick, Neave Blacktalon and Malum Caedo, the hero of Boltgun.
Every stage pits you against its own faction, from Skaven to the Tyranid swarm, across settings that run from the ashen plains of Aqshy to the cramped corridors of an abandoned Space Hulk. Last long enough and screen-filling bosses such as Ghazghkull Thraka or the Great Unclean One show up. Gold collected during a run makes the next one stronger, and paint pots found on the battlefield unlock new character forms.
Warhammer Survivors is a month away, then, at a low price and with a demo to try in the meantime.
To keep track of what is coming next, check the release calendar.