Baldur’s Gate 3 Replacement Arrives January 2027 And Already Has 1 Million Steam Wishlists

Published Nov 11, 2026, 9:00 PM EST

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Baldur's Gate 3 is widely seen as the definitive CRPG of this generation, and it's not hard to see why. Beyond sweeping the Game Awards and selling more copies than one could have fathomed at the time, Baldur's Gate 3 also successfully ushered in a whole new wave of CRPG fans, including those who'd never touched the genre before. Its coalescing of accessible mechanics and complex interwoven systems ensured that absolutely every type of player was successfully catered to, making it a remarkably tough act to follow.

Of course, numerous developers have tried, and we've ended up with an abundance of games like Baldur's Gate 3 that have enjoyed varying degrees of success. However, none have quite managed to surpass Larian's original efforts, at least until now. One title promises to be the Baldur's Gate 3 replacement we've all been hoping for, the title that could potentially match it in terms of quality and deliver yet another hugely successful CRPG that is beloved by all.

With Baldur's Gate 3's successor being branded a risk by executives and Larian swiftly moving on to its Divinity series with a brand-new entry, it seems unlikely that we'll get a new game within the Baldur's Gate universe, at least on the scale of BG3, any time soon. Fortunately, developer Owlcat Games has us covered. Alongside developing the upcoming The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, which promises to be a replacement for Mass Effect, Owlcat Games has also been working on a spiritual successor to one of the best CRPGs ever made, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader.

Titled Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy, it aims to be an expansive evolution of Owlcat's Rogue Trader by delivering a fresh new narrative within the 40K universe packed full of meaningful choices, interesting characters to meet, an improved combat system, and a plethora of other crucial quality-of-life improvements. Frankly, were there to be any game that could match Baldur's Gate 3 in terms of narrative, worldbuilding, character development, and choices, it would be Dark Heresy, if only because Rogue Trader came so close long before its release.

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy is set to be released on January 28, 2027, which is, rather miraculously, mere months before the aforementioned hugely ambitious RPG, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, is set to launch. This means fans won't have long to wait until they can get their hands on Owlcat's next attempt at delivering a massive new CRPG and to see whether or not it manages to live up to expectations and deliver an experience good enough to serve as a suitable replacement for Baldur's Gate 3.

The beta for Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy, which opened back in May 2026, will be closing on January 7, 2027, just a short while before the full release. Additionally, Dark Hersey won't be an Early Access title like Baldur's Gate 3 was; so, fans can expect to get the entire experience when it is released in late January. It's an exciting time to be a CRPG fan and a Warhammer 40K fan, so long as, of course, Dark Heresy lives up to its lofty expectations and delivers something even remotely close to the quality of Baldur's Gate 3.

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