Warhammer Survivors is out now on Xbox Series X|S, and it’s in Xbox Game Pass from day one. Auroch Digital’s bullet-heaven spin-off launched on 10 November 2026 with Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, and if you’d rather own it outright, it’s £5.75 on the Xbox Store until 18 November, down from £6.39.
The pedigree is hard to argue with. Auroch Digital is the Bristol studio behind Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, and it made this one in partnership with Warhammer and poncle, the team behind Vampire Survivors. So yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like: you walk, your weapons fire themselves, and the screen fills up with things that want you dead.
40-plus champions from two Warhammer universes
Warhammer Survivors mixes the grim darkness of Warhammer 40,000’s 41st Millennium with the Mortal Realms of Warhammer: Age of Sigmar. Auroch says there are more than 40 playable characters across both settings, including Boltgun’s very own Malum Caedo, so the Sternguard Veteran gets to swap boomer-shooter corridors for a pixel-art swarm.
The arsenal runs to more than 75 weapons, from the Boltgun and Astartes Chainsword to Whirlwind Axes, plus the odd easter egg such as a pot of Nuln Oil. As with the rest of the genre, you collect and combine weapons and power-ups on each run, evolve them into stronger forms, and unlock more characters, weapons and relics between runs.
There are multiple modes and stages spread across both settings, with enemy factions including the Tyranids, Orks, Death Guard, Skaven, Blades of Khorne and Gloomspite Gitz. Then there are the Extremis bosses, which Auroch says will test even Survivors-like veterans. The headline monster is the bloated Great Unclean One, which is about as pleasant as it sounds.
Game Pass from day one, or a cheap launch-week buy
Xbox Wire lists Warhammer Survivors for Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, playable on Xbox Series X|S, PC, handheld and cloud. It isn’t listed for Game Pass Premium. It’s now showing in the Game Pass console and PC catalogues.
The Xbox Store listing has it at £6.39, with a 10% launch discount taking it to £5.75 until 18 November. It’s also an Xbox Play Anywhere title, so one purchase covers Xbox Series X|S and Windows PC. It’s single player and rated PEGI 7.
If you’re working through November’s Game Pass line-up, poncle’s own Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors joined the service earlier this month too.
What Xbox players need to know about Warhammer Survivors
- Release date: out now (10 November 2026)
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S (Optimised), PC via Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Cloud Gaming
- Game Pass: Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, day one
- Price: £6.39, or £5.75 until 18 November
- Xbox Play Anywhere: yes
- Content: 40+ characters, 75+ weapons, multiple modes and stages, Extremis bosses
- Players: single player
- Developer / publisher: Auroch Digital, in partnership with Warhammer and poncle
- Rating: PEGI 7
- Store: Warhammer Survivors on the Xbox Store
For the full rundown of characters and factions, see our Warhammer Survivors everything we know guide, and everything else lives on our Warhammer Survivors hub. It’s also part of our Xbox Game Pass November 2026 line-up.
Source: Auroch Digital press release (10 November 2026); Xbox Wire; Auroch Digital; Xbox Store.
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