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Metal: Hellsinger vs Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Metal: Hellsinger is an FPS game from The Outsiders (2022) while Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is an action-adventure FPS game from Fatshark (2022).

Metal: Hellsinger

2022 · The Outsiders

8.0GamingPickz Score

$29.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

2022 · Fatshark

6.9GamingPickz Score

$9.99

Steam: Mostly Positive

What each one is

Steam files Metal: Hellsinger under FPS. In contrast, it files Warhammer 40,000: Darktide under Action-Adventure and FPS.

Metal: Hellsinger

Slay to the rhythm of metal and vengeance on an infernal journey through the eight Hells. Make them fear the beat. Metal: Hellsinger is a rhythm FPS bursting with demons, badass weapons, and heavy metal music.

Description from its Steam store page

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

Take back the city of Tertium from hordes of bloodthirsty foes in this intense and brutal action shooter. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is the new co-op focused experience from the award-winning team behind the Vermintide series. As Tertium falls, Rejects Will Rise.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Metal: HellsingerWarhammer 40,000: Darktide
GamingPickz Score8.0/106.9/10
Steam ratingOverwhelmingly Positive (96%, 16,995)Mostly Positive (72%, 138,182)
Critic aggregateNo aggregateNo aggregate
Price$29.99$9.99
Install size12 GB72 GB
Steam Deckplayableplayable
Released20222022
DeveloperThe OutsidersFatshark

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Metal: Hellsinger vs Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Metal: HellsingerFPS game
    Warhammer 40,000: DarktideAction-adventure FPS game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Metal: HellsingerRhythm, FPS, Atmospheric
    Warhammer 40,000: DarktideHorror, Team-Based, Combat

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    Metal: HellsingerScore 8.0 · 96% on Steam
    Warhammer 40,000: DarktideScore 6.9 · 72% on Steam

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    Metal: Hellsinger16,995 reviews · 3 add-ons · 12 GB
    Warhammer 40,000: Darktide138,182 reviews · 10 add-ons · 72 GB

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    Metal: Hellsinger$29.99
    Warhammer 40,000: Darktide$9.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Metal: HellsingerPlayable
    Warhammer 40,000: DarktidePlayable

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.

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Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Metal: Hellsinger (GamingPickz Score 8.0)
  • The cheaper right now: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide ($9.99)
  • Lighter on storage: Metal: Hellsinger (12 GB)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (138,182 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

FPSAtmosphericShooterActionFirst-PersonCombatDark FantasyDark

Where they differ

Metal: Hellsinger is also

RhythmSingleplayerMusicDemonsFemale ProtagonistAdventure

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is also

HorrorTeam-BasedClass-BasedHack and SlashZombiesPvE

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Metal: Hellsinger is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

Metal: HellsingerWarhammer 40,000: Darktide
Minimum GPUNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon™ RX 550NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Minimum CPUIntel® Core™ i5-3450 / AMD equivalentIntel i5-6600 (3.30GHz)
Minimum RAM8 GB8 GB
Install size12 GB72 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Metal: Hellsinger · Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Metal: Hellsinger and 1 for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Metal: Hellsinger and Warhammer 40,000: Darktide in scope?

Metal: Hellsinger has drawn 16,995 Steam reviews, ships 3 add-ons and installs in 12 GB. Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has drawn 138,182 Steam reviews, ships 10 add-ons and installs in 72 GB.

Is Metal: Hellsinger or Warhammer 40,000: Darktide better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Metal: Hellsinger rates higher (8.0 to 6.9). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, Metal: Hellsinger or Warhammer 40,000: Darktide?

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is cheaper right now at $9.99, against $29.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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