Warhammer: Vermintide 2/ 40K Darktide 

The Warhammer games have been around forever, but it does feel like they’ve been enjoying a bit of a renaissance of late. A lot of folks are looking forward to the upcoming release of Space Marine 2, which looks great, but if you’re looking for a different speed of game to enjoy with friends, perhaps consider Vermintide 2 and/or Darktide. These cooperative first-person shooters are similar in style to Deep Rock Galactic and Left 4 Dead, though they hew closer to the latter thanks to their mission-based gameplay. Vermintide 2 is a perennial favorite, having been supported for a number of years with free and paid DLC that added new missions and character classes to the dark-fantasy game. If Warhammer’s traditional sci-fi trappings are more your speed like they are mine, Darktide, which released just about two years ago, should be up your alley. Though it started out in a rough spot, Darktide is doing better these days, and the developer behind both has shifted the bulk of its resources to supporting Darktide well into the future. You can pick up Darktide’s imperial edition for $24 and the ultimate edition of Vermintide 2 (packing some hefty paid expansions) for $11.