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The best Warhammer 40K games to play in 2025 are ones that embrace Games Workshops’ grimdark, far-future setting of the 41st millennium, in all its over-the-top glory. Thankfully, in our current third millennium (also known as the 21st century, for now), there’s no shortage of games to choose from. Warhammer 40K is more popular than ever before, with new games across a wide range of genres releasing every year.
A quick primer for the uninitiated: Warhammer 40K imagines humanity far in the future, and one where mankind’s interstellar empire is held together by duct-tape and sheer willpower, is ruled by a corpse emperor, and is besieged on all sides by terrifying aliens and ancient gods intent on destroying the universe. As the tabletop sourcebook from which Warhammer 40K derives declares, to be a human in this universe is to “live in the cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable.”
With that in mind, Warhammer 40K games are often steeped in blood and misery, though the setting is also known for its black humor and penchant for the absurd. The top Warhammer 40K games walk the line between both, relishing in the bloodshed and tragedy of it all, but also, if we’re being honest, the silliness of it all too.
Whether it’s stomping Tyranids as a super-soldier in games like Space Marine 2, commanding giant spaceships (that happen to look like churches) in Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2, or controlling armies in Dawn of War, there is a great Warhammer 40K game for every type of player, for those willing to take the plunge into one of the most lore-rich and fascinating sci-fi universes of all time. If playing some of these games piques your interest in the setting, check out our Warhammer 40K beginner’s guide for more.
