Games Workshop have buddied up with bygone re-release specialists SNEG to launch Warhammer Classics: nearly thirty games of varying oldness (but spanning both the original Fantasy and shooty 40K Warhams), “revived in their original state” on Steam.

For seven of these, it’s their first time on Valve’s store. 1996 RTS Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat, its 1998 followup Warhammer: Dark Omen, the turn-based, directly tabletop-inspired Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000, Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate (which got a belated sequel in 2022’s Daemonhunters), hexy strategiser Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War, also-an-RTS Warhammer: Mark of Chaos – Gold Edition, and one-time ‘Halo killer’ hopeful Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior have all had the Guilliman treatment and been reborn anew. If, uh, you don’t count how literally every one is already on GOG.

Anyhow, here’s a trailer:

…and here are the other 21 games now waving the Warhammer Classics banner:

• Space Hulk (2013)
• Space Hulk: Ascension
• Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon
• Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach
• Talisman: Horus Heresy
• Talisman: Digital Classic Edition (4th Edition)
• Talisman: Origins
• Man O’ War: Corsair – Warhammer Naval Battles
• Warhammer Quest 2: The End Times
• Legacy of Dorn: Herald of Oblivion
• Warhammer Underworlds – Shadespire Edition
• Dawn of War – Anniversary Edition
• Dawn of War 2 – Anniversary Edition
• Chainsaw Warrior
• Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of Night
• Dark Future: Blood Red States
• Space Hulk : Tactics
• Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
• Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition
• Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition

With Mechanicus II, Boltgun II, Total War: Warhammer 40,000, and Warhammer Survivors coming later this year, that brings the total of GW games releasing in 2026 to something like formillion biffilion. Though these Classics lot, it should be stressed, aren’t modernised remasters, and in some cases may just be a new sticker on an existing Steam release, like with the Anniversary Editions of Dawn of War I and II. Nonetheless, the way both Games Workshop and SNEG see it, the Warhammer Classics label is as much about preservation as it is about convenience.

“Warhammer Classics is more than a collection of re-releases. It’s a clear statement of intent: that Warhammer’s foundational games matter, and that they are worth preserving, celebrated, and reintroduced to a global PC audience,” SNEG director Oleg Klapovskiy writes in the press release. “With so many titles lost to time and outdated hardware, Warhammer Classics was created to safeguard this legacy for future generations. Warhammer has a long history on PC, and we’re committed to ensuring the platform remains central to its long-term stewardship, giving these games renewed life for years to come.”

Steam, mind you, is a funny choice for a preservation endeavour. As with most digital stores, Steam only sells you a digital license to play a game, not a full copy that you own yourself, so continuous access is only ever provided at the pleasure of Valve. Or at the whims of copyright enforcement. Or frightened payment operators. Or until a developer or publisher simply decides to take it down.

Still, it’s no bad thing for these games to potentially find new players – especially those that struggled back in their day, like notorious sales dud Dark Omen. In any event, one suspects that Games Workshop care not from whence the brand engagement flows; only that it flows.