About Dark Heresy Guide

Dark Heresy Guide is an independent fan guide for Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy. Each page answers one question players actually get stuck on, starting with a short answer you can use right away.

Unofficial fan guide. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Games Workshop or Owlcat Games. Warhammer 40,000 and all associated marks are the property of Games Workshop.

Where our answers come from

• The Steam store page (app 3710600) — release date, platforms, supported languages, categories (single-player, online co-op), PC recommended requirements and official screenshots, pulled through the Steam appdetails API on November 11, 2026.
• Owlcat Games' official Steam announcements — the November 9, 2026 release-date post (January 28, 2027; beta closes January 7; Founder's Packs until early January), the October 2026 1-million-wishlist milestone recap, the Lord Captain Aspyce Chorda companion post, and the Ordos of the Inquisition post.
• Owlcat's official beta overview — the five tier-1 archetypes, four origins, three homeworlds, specializations, and the ten companions available in the closed beta.
• Hands-on previews from Escapist Magazine, Windows Central and GameWatcher — used for how the archetypes and specializations play, the combat systems and the confirmed companion roles.
• The community wiki (Fextralife) — used only as a cross-check for mechanics that also appear in official or hands-on material; anything that appears only in beta/wiki sources is labelled as beta-based and subject to change.

Confidence labels

• High confidence — confirmed by the developers or by two independent sources.
• Medium confidence — consistent community reports, not officially confirmed.
• Unverified — a single community source. Treat with care.

Found a mistake?

Patches change things. If an answer no longer matches your game, please tell us on the contact page — we fix errors quickly.