Yes, it’s worth $7.99 — if you like Warhammer, or if you already burned a hundred hours in Vampire Survivors and want the same loop in a new skin with two full campaigns. It’s free on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, $7.19 until November 17, and a standalone game, not DLC.
That’s the verdict up front, because the question behind every search for this game is the same one: is Warhammer Survivors just Vampire Survivors with a Warhammer skin? The honest answer is mostly yes — and that’s not the insult it sounds like. Auroch Digital built it with poncle, the studio behind Vampire Survivors, on the same engine. Wargamer’s review put it bluntly, calling the game “a reheated clone, but I’m still playing the $#!% out of it.” The clone part is real. The playing-it-anyway part is the story.
What follows is the full comparison: the price math, the Game Pass situation, every platform, what’s actually different under the hood, and who should buy it, skip it, or just download it free. As of November 12, 2026.
How Much Does Warhammer Survivors Cost?
Warhammer Survivors costs $7.99 in the US, £6.39 in the UK, and €7.49 in Europe. That’s the standard price on every store — Steam, GOG, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, iOS, and Android. A 10% launch discount runs through the first week, which drops Steam to $7.19 until November 17.
Three dollars. That’s the gap between this game and the one it copies. Vampire Survivors costs $4.99 on Steam right now — it launched in early access at $2.99 in December 2021 and went to $4.99 when it hit full release in October 2022. So the new game costs $3 more than the original, and the launch discount narrows that gap to $2.20 for one week.
| Option | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Warhammer Survivors (standard) | $7.99 | The full game, all platforms |
| Warhammer Survivors (launch discount) | $7.19 | Same game — 10% off until November 17 |
| Vampire Survivors (Steam) | $4.99 | The original, full release since October 2022 |
| Both games (Steam bundle) | $10.96 | Warhammer Survivors + Vampire Survivors together |
| Game Pass Ultimate / PC Game Pass | $0 extra | Warhammer Survivors included from day one |
Do the bundle math before you buy either game alone. Bought separately, the two games cost $12.98. The Steam bundle sells both for $10.96, which saves $2.02 — basically a free coffee for owning the pair. And if you subscribe to Game Pass Ultimate or PC Game Pass, the question disappears entirely: Warhammer Survivors costs you nothing extra to download today.
One price warning, though. The $7.19 launch price ends November 17. After that, it’s $7.99 everywhere, and there’s no reason to expect a deeper discount soon — a two-day-old game doesn’t go on sale twice in its first month.
What Is Warhammer Survivors?
Warhammer Survivors is a bullet-heaven survival game — the genre Vampire Survivors created — set in two Warhammer universes at once: the grimdark 41st millennium of Warhammer 40,000 and the fantasy Mortal Realms of Warhammer Age of Sigmar. You pick a champion, walk around a map, and your weapons fire automatically while endless hordes close in. Kill things, grab gems, level up, pick new weapons and passives, and try to survive the run. That’s the loop. It’s the same loop that made Vampire Survivors a phenomenon.
The developer is Auroch Digital, the Bristol studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, the 2023 shooter that played like a lost ’90s Doom game. This time Auroch built the game in partnership with Games Workshop and with poncle, the London studio that made Vampire Survivors. Poncle didn’t just consult — Warhammer Survivors runs on the Vampire Survivors engine, and poncle now calls this whole family of games “survivatons.”
More than 40 playable champions and more than 75 weapons shipped at launch, split across the two universes. On the 40,000 side you get Space Marines like Malum Caedo — the hero of Boltgun — fighting Tyranids and Orks. On the Age of Sigmar side you get Stormcast Eternals like Neave Blacktalon fighting Skaven and worse. The game launched November 10, 2026, on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, iOS, and Android, and it’s Steam Deck Verified. InvenGlobal’s launch report has the full platform and price list, and it confirms the November 10 date across all eight storefronts.
It is single-player only. No co-op, no multiplayer, no shared screen — just you against the horde, which is exactly how Vampire Survivors works too. The game is rated ESRB Everyone 10+ for fantasy violence and mild blood.
Warhammer Survivors vs Vampire Survivors: The Full Comparison
Here’s the head-to-head. Same foundation, different everything else.
| Vampire Survivors | Warhammer Survivors | |
|---|---|---|
| Price (Steam) | $4.99 | $7.99 ($7.19 until Nov 17) |
| Release | October 20, 2022 (full) | November 10, 2026 |
| Developer | poncle | Auroch Digital, with poncle |
| Setting | Original gothic horror | Warhammer 40,000 + Age of Sigmar |
| Playable characters | Dozens (plus 8 DLCs) | 40+ at launch |
| Weapons | Dozens (plus DLC) | 75+ at launch |
| Campaigns | One connected structure | Two separate campaigns |
| Co-op | Online + local (Switch) | None — single-player only |
| Game Pass | In the catalog | Day one (Ultimate + PC) |
| Platforms | PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, mobile | PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2, iOS, Android |
The table hides the real story, which is the setting. Vampire Survivors built its own gothic-comedy universe from scratch. Warhammer Survivors borrows two of the biggest settings in gaming — and that borrowing is the whole point of the game. The weapons aren’t generic magic wands; they’re Boltstorm Pistols and Grandblades. The enemies aren’t skeletons; they’re Tyranids, Skaven, Orks, and the Gloomspite Gitz, the fungus-festooned goblin faction Auroch spotlighted at launch. The jokes aren’t generic either. Some of the weapons are literal tabletop hobby tools: a pot of Nuln Oil paint that damages everything around you, a handful of D6 dice that deal random damage, a tape measure that extends your range.
That last detail matters more than it sounds. Vampire Survivors has jokes, but they’re the developer’s jokes. Warhammer Survivors has Warhammer players’ jokes — the kind you only get if you’ve ever painted a miniature at 2 a.m. and knocked a pot of Nuln Oil across the table. If that sentence means nothing to you, the license is worth less to you than the $3 price gap. If it made you smile, you already know why this game exists.
What’s Actually Different Under the Hood?
Four things separate Warhammer Survivors from its parent — and they’re the difference between a reskin and a real game.
Two campaigns, not one. Warhammer Survivors is two games in one box. The Warhammer 40,000 campaign and the Age of Sigmar campaign each have their own roster of champions, their own levels, their own enemies, their own weapons, and their own achievements. They’re mechanically identical — same loop, same rules — but nothing carries over between them except the gold you earn and the global stat boosts you buy with it. Each campaign is built for its own universe, with its own weapon pool and its own enemy roster, and Wargamer’s review notes that jumping to the other campaign is the pressure valve when one of them starts frustrating you.
Followers. Here’s the one mechanical idea Vampire Survivors doesn’t have. Not every weapon fits every champion — a Space Marine doesn’t throw electrified hatchets. But the weapon stays in the item pool anyway. Pick it up, and a companion hero joins your run to wield it for you: a Space Marine, a Sister of Battle, a Stormcast Eternal, whoever fits. The follower fights beside you, which widens your reach without making you more vulnerable. It also nudges you to unlock those companions as playable champions themselves, which is the game’s quiet way of getting you to try the whole roster.
Bosses with phases. Vampire Survivors has elite enemies and stage-ending threats. Warhammer Survivors has Extremis bosses — screen-filling monsters with real attack patterns, telegraphed danger zones, and phases. Some bosses are even invulnerable unless you’ve equipped the single specific weapon that can kill them, which turns loadout choice into a boss strategy instead of a damage race. It’s a small change on paper and a big one in practice: the end of a run feels like a fight now, not a timer expiring.
A harsher economy. This one cuts both ways. In Vampire Survivors, dumping your gold into passive experience gain was a reliable way to level faster and snowball. Warhammer Survivors doesn’t reward that the same way — invest in the wrong passives and the horde overwhelms you fast. Niche Gamer’s preview flagged it directly: the game is a lot less forgiving about where you put your passive stats, and if you aren’t doing enough damage to keep your distance, the run ends quickly. Veterans will adapt in an evening. New players should expect their first few runs to end ugly.
Everything else is the foundation you already know: move, survive, level, build synergies, evolve weapons, chase secrets, unlock more. The DNA is identical on purpose — poncle is a partner on this game, not a victim of it.
Is Warhammer Survivors on Game Pass?
Yes. Warhammer Survivors joined Xbox Game Pass on launch day, November 10, 2026 — but only on two tiers: Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Microsoft announced it in the November 3 Game Pass wave, and the game is listed for cloud, Xbox Series X|S, handheld, and PC. Game Pass Premium and Essential subscribers don’t get it in this wave, so check your tier before you go looking for it.
That makes Game Pass the cheapest way in for anyone curious. If you already subscribe to Ultimate or PC Game Pass, Warhammer Survivors costs nothing extra, and the download is the whole game — no trial version, no locked content. It’s also an Xbox Play Anywhere title, so one purchase covers Xbox and PC together with shared saves.
The Game Pass timing matters because November 10 was a stacked day for the service. Football Manager 27 launched the same morning as a day-one Game Pass title too — our Football Manager 27 launch guide breaks down its $59.99 price against the same free-on-Game-Pass math. Two very different games, one subscription, zero extra dollars. If you’re choosing what to download tonight, the question isn’t which one costs more — it’s which one you’ll actually play.
What Platforms Is Warhammer Survivors On?
All of them. Warhammer Survivors launched November 10 on PC through Steam and GOG, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, iOS, and Android. The Microsoft Store version is there too. That’s eight storefronts on day one, which is rare for a $7.99 indie game — most games this size launch on two or three platforms and expand later.
Two platform notes worth knowing. First, the US App Store listed the game for November 11, a day after everywhere else — iPhone and iPad players got it a day late, not a day early. Second, the game is Steam Deck Verified, so handheld PC players get a clean experience without fiddling with settings.
The game runs on anything. It’s pixel art — a phone from three years ago handles it, and a ten-year-old laptop handles it. What matters more than the hardware is the screen: when hundreds of enemies and dozens of weapon effects fill the frame at once, a big, sharp display keeps the chaos readable instead of muddy. Our best gaming monitors 2026 guide ranks the displays that keep a crowded, fast-moving screen readable.
Is There a Demo?
Yes — and it’s worth playing before you spend anything. A free demo is live on Steam and Xbox for PC, with two playable champions and a slice of the full game. More than 190,000 players tried the October demo during Steam Next Fest, according to Auroch’s own Steam post — which is a big number for a demo of a $7.99 game, and a decent signal that the interest is real.
One catch: demo progress does not transfer to the full game. Whatever you unlock in the demo stays in the demo, and you start fresh when you buy it. That’s annoying, but it’s also honest — the demo is a taster, not a head start. If you like the loop after twenty minutes with the demo, you’ll like the full game. If the demo bores you, the full game won’t fix that.
Who Should Play It — and Who Should Skip It?
Play it if you love Warhammer. This is the game’s real audience. The license isn’t decoration — it’s the reason to play. Two universes, 40+ champions from both, enemies and weapons pulled straight from the tabletop, and jokes that only make sense if you’ve ever painted a miniature. At $7.99, or free on Game Pass, it’s the cheapest Warhammer game that actually feels like Warhammer.
Play it if Vampire Survivors ate your weekends. You already know the loop, and this is the same loop with new maps, new characters, new weapons, and two campaigns instead of one. The Followers mechanic and the phased bosses give veterans something new to learn, and the harsher economy means your old habits won’t carry you — you’ll have to think again, which is the point.
Play it if you have Game Pass. There is no decision to make. Download it, play a run, delete it if it doesn’t click. The only cost is the download time.
Skip it if Vampire Survivors bored you. Nothing here changes the core loop. If auto-attacking hordes and watching numbers go up felt empty after an hour, Warhammer paint won’t fill that hole. Buy something else.
Skip it if you want co-op. Vampire Survivors has online and local co-op. Warhammer Survivors is single-player only, and there’s no sign of multiplayer coming. If your bullet-heaven nights are a two-player thing, this isn’t your game.
The bottom line is simple. Warhammer Survivors is Vampire Survivors with a Warhammer paint job — and the paint job is the product. For $7.99, or free on Game Pass, that’s a fair deal for the audience it was made for. Just don’t buy it expecting a new genre. Buy it expecting the genre you already love, wearing power armour.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Warhammer Survivors the same as Vampire Survivors?
No — it’s a standalone game, not DLC and not a reskin, but it runs on the Vampire Survivors engine and shares the same core loop. Auroch Digital built it in partnership with poncle, the studio behind Vampire Survivors. The differences are the Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar settings, two separate campaigns, and the Followers mechanic.
How much does Warhammer Survivors cost?
Warhammer Survivors costs $7.99 in the US, £6.39 in the UK, and €7.49 in Europe. A 10% launch discount drops Steam to $7.19 until November 17, 2026. A Steam bundle with Vampire Survivors costs $10.96 for both games together. Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass subscribers get it at no extra cost.
Is Warhammer Survivors on Game Pass?
Yes, from launch day — November 10, 2026 — on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass only. Game Pass Premium and Essential subscribers don’t get it in this wave. It’s also an Xbox Play Anywhere title, so one purchase covers Xbox and PC with shared saves.
What platforms is Warhammer Survivors on?
Warhammer Survivors is on PC (Steam, GOG, Microsoft Store), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, iOS, and Android. It’s Steam Deck Verified. The US App Store listed it for November 11, a day after the other platforms.
Is there a Warhammer Survivors demo?
Yes. A free demo is available on Steam and Xbox for PC, with two playable champions. More than 190,000 players tried the October demo during Steam Next Fest. Demo progress does not transfer to the full game — you start fresh when you buy it.
Is Warhammer Survivors multiplayer?
No. Warhammer Survivors is single-player only. Vampire Survivors has online and local co-op, but Warhammer Survivors shipped without any multiplayer, and Auroch hasn’t announced any. If you play bullet-heaven games with a friend beside you, this one won’t work for that.
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