The wait for Dark Heresy (release date) is over! Owlcat Games has locked in a launch date for Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy. The studio's next cRPG arrives on January 28, 2027, on PC via Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store, as well as PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. A Nintendo Switch 2 version is also in the works, but Owlcat says details will come later.
What is Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy about?
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy is set in the Calixis Sector, under the shadow of the Tyrant Star. You start as a low-ranking acolyte of the Scintillan Inquisition, tasked with hunting down heretics, cultists, and servants of the Archenemy. Corruption has seeped into every level of society, so your investigations will take you from grimy slums to the spires of the Imperial elite.
You won't be doing this alone. Instead, you'll put together a war band of zealots and outcasts, and the roster Owlcat has revealed so far is quite a mix:
- Cogg, an abhuman
- Saro, a dangerous psyker
- Discordance, a Pariah
- Laarthyr, a mysterious Aeldari Corsair
- Ra'akhti, a flesh-eating Kroot
- Haymar, a Catachan fighter
- Chorda, a bored Rogue Trader
- Touma, a hard-to-read human ally
Every companion has their own reasons for joining the Inquisition, along with unique skills. Those abilities matter in the revamped tactical combat, and they also come into play during investigations, where your party members can chime in with advice.
Your choices, your consequences
If you've played Owlcat's Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader or its Pathfinder games, you know the studio loves giving players room to make tough calls. Dark Heresy follows the same path. You can chase the truth at any cost, or sacrifice innocent lives to get ahead. Either way, each decision you make will have consequences, and not always the ones you expected.
Owlcat also dropped a release date trailer alongside the announcement, so check it out below.
