Owlcat Games has given Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy a release date of January 28, 2027, announced on November 9 with a new trailer. The turn-based, party-based cRPG comes to PC through Steam, GOG and the Epic Games Store, and to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. RPG Site reports that a Nintendo Switch 2 version is also planned, with details to come later. There is no price yet.
Until now Dark Heresy has been an open case. Owlcat has filed evidence for months: a trailer for its detective system and six companion trailers, one each for Aspyce Chorda, Saro, Laarthyr, Haymar Devos, Epione Spes and Cogg. The one thing missing from the file was a date, and now the case has its court date.
From Rogue Trader to the Inquisition’s lowest rung
Owlcat was founded in 2016. It made its name on Pathfinder: Kingmaker in 2018 and Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous in 2021, two long adaptations of a tabletop system. Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader followed in December 2023, the studio’s first game in the setting. Dark Heresy is the second, and its title has a tabletop history of its own. It shares a name with the 2008 tabletop RPG in which players are acolytes working for an Inquisitor.
That is also where the video game starts you. You begin as a lowly acolyte of the Inquisition in the Calixis Sector, rooting out heresy with a warband that includes a veteran Guardsman from Catachan and a Kroot mercenary. Every companion has fully voiced dialogue. Owlcat's store page describes an investigation system for interrogating suspects and piecing conspiracies together. Combat is turn-based, and you aim for enemy weak points while managing each party member's morale. An acolyte is a small office in a very large building, and probably a dangerous one.
The Tyrant Star and the Noctis Aeterna both appear in the store's description. I will leave what they mean for the story to the game.
Founders can get in before then. The Founders beta is open to everyone who bought a Founder's Pack, and it closes on January 7, 2027, so Owlcat can prepare for launch. The packs stay on sale on the official site until early January.
Everyone else can wishlist Dark Heresy on Steam, where the case opens on January 28.
