Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy, The Follow-Up To Rogue Trader, Gets Early 2027 Release Date

Warhammer: 40,000: Dark Heresy developer Owlcat Games has confirmed that the CRPG will officially launch on January 28, 2027, for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. A follow-up to the studio’s previous—and lengthy—game, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, Dark Heresy will put players in the boots of an Inquisitor, one of the chosen few who work in the shadows to hunt down heretics and purge worlds of dark influences.

Set in the Calixis sector, players will start as lowly acolytes, forming a band of outcasts as they embark on their crusade to root out all evil. Owlcat Games says you can recruit colorful characters to your gang, including abhumans like Cogg, dangerous Psykers like Saro, Pariahs like Discordance, and, for a touch of extra heresy, even xenos like the mysterious Aeldari Corsair Laarthyr or the flesh-eating Kroot Ra’akhti.

Each companion brings unique skills to the battlefield, as well as advice for the various crimes that you’ll investigate. Owlcat Games added that Inquisitors can choose how to handle the task, but each decision will have consequences that’ll affect your journey. The game is also coming to Switch 2 eventually, and Owlcat Games says it’ll share more details about that version later. If you’d like to dress up your PC in a grimdark aesthetic, you can browse this collection of high-resolution Dark Heresy wallpapers for your rig.

January is usually a dry period on the gaming calendar as people recover from December gaming binges, but the month is starting to heat up with new releases. Stranger Than Heaven, Forza Horizon 6 for PS5, and Witchbrook are some of the biggest upcoming games, and for more, check out GameSpot’s 2027 games release schedule to see everything else on the way.