Last updated July 30, 2026. By Andrew M. Tan.
Warhammer+ has been around long enough for the shine of a new subscription service to wear off. I first signed up at launch in 2021, drawn by the promise of official animations, painting shows, old White Dwarf issues, and an exclusive miniature. It felt like Games Workshop had gathered several loose parts of the hobby and stuffed them into one digital box.
Five years later, that box is bigger. The question now is how often you will open it and use what is inside.
So, is Warhammer+ worth it? I think the annual subscription makes sense for active players and miniature collectors who will use several benefits. I would subscribe for one month if the shows are your main interest. The current library has a solid core that held my interest for months, and a month gives you enough time to see what matters to you.
Games Workshop has also announced a larger annual package in 2026. Subscribers will receive both annual miniatures and a new Warhammer Yearbook. That may improve the physical side of the subscription, although you should check the final price on the official Warhammer+ page before joining.
What Do You Get With Warhammer+?
Quite a bit. Warhammer+ is Games Workshop’s official subscription bundle. You get digital products along with physical subscription-only miniatures. More specifically, Warhammer+ includes original animations, hobby and gaming programs, premium app features, digital publications, subscriber offers, and annual physical collectibles.
At the time of this update, the official US page lists Warhammer+ at $6.99 per month or $59.99 per year. The annual option gives you 12 months for the price of nine. A new subscription year begins August 25, 2026, so check the official page for any price change before paying.
Here is what the current package includes:
- Warhammer TV animations set across Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar
- Citadel Colour Masterclass, Battle Report, Loremasters, and other studio programs
- Premium features in the Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar apps
- Unlimited army lists through Battle Forge and Storm Forge
- Hundreds of White Dwarf issues and older supplements in the Warhammer Vault
- A monthly 15% Warhammer merchandise discount
- Subscriber competitions and occasional partner offers
- Annual subscriber miniatures
Beginning August 25, 2026, Games Workshop says the annual package will include two miniatures—Wrath of Macragge and The Plague Knight’s Burden—plus a hardcover-style Warhammer Yearbook celebrating the year’s models and artwork.
That physical package changes the value calculation for me. The miniatures give me something I can build, paint, and keep after the subscription year ends.
The subscription works best as a collection of hobby tools and small pleasures. You should be able to name the ones you will actually use. If you can’t, try the subscription for a single month and get a sense of what you enjoy first.
The package reaches across gaming, painting, collecting, lore, and animation. Each part makes more sense for a different kind of Warhammer fan.
I have used enough of those pieces to know where the value landed for me—and where it did not.
Let’s take a closer look at the current package, including the Grimdark shows, hobby tools, archives, and miniatures that may pull you in.
Is Warhammer+ Worth It?
My original answer was an enthusiastic yes. I had just signed up, Warhammer TV was new, and the whole thing carried that “new” energy of opening a box before anyone knew exactly what was inside.
My answer now is measured. It’s been a long time. I canceled a while back because a busy work schedule left me without enough time to use it, although I kept up with the updates. I’m now considering re-subscribing, and here’s why.
Warhammer+ earns its value when two or three parts of the service already fit the way you enjoy the Warhammer world.
Maybe you build army lists every week and want the annual miniatures. Maybe you paint more than you play and enjoy working through Masterclass videos. Maybe your idea of a quiet evening is scrolling through an old White Dwarf from 2006 and wondering where the last hour went. This is where the subscription feels good to have.
If you are more like me, and your single point of interest is mostly the animations and videos, you may find less promise in an annual subscription. For many, that subscription is only $60-ish USD. A serious viewer could probably watch almost all of the core shows in less than a year. The apps have useful premium features, although faction rules still require the relevant codex or battletome codes you’ll have to purchase separately. The Vault is deep, with an interface that may test how badly you want to find a particular piece of lore. If you also pay for Amazon Prime for movies and TV or another streaming service, the subscriptions begin to add up.
Who Gets the Best Value From Warhammer+?
Miniature Collectors
Collectors have the clearest reason to consider the annual plan. Games Workshop has announced that subscriptions beginning August 25, 2026, will include both new subscriber miniatures. Earlier subscription years provided one included model with the option to purchase the second.
I joined during the first year and chose the Vindicare Assassin—no xenos for me! That miniature gave the subscription a physical reason to have. That drew me in. After months of digital access, a strange little assassin eventually arrived at the door.
The new two-miniature offer makes that part of the subscription much stronger. Of course, two models still have value only when you want to build, paint, display, convert, or sell them. Plastic waiting in a box is familiar territory for many of you. I will say no more.
For those of you who hate the hobby-painting part of Warhammer, the models may carry less value. Collectors and converters will see the offer differently.
The annual plan is easiest to justify when the subscriber miniatures already belong on your build-and-paint list.
Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar Players
Regular players may use the apps more consistently than any other benefit. Warhammer+ unlocks unlimited army lists in Battle Forge and Storm Forge, along with other premium features. That convenience matters when you are adjusting lists, checking units, and preparing for games.
Warhammer+ gives players the app tools, including unlimited army lists. Faction-specific rules still come from the codes inside the corresponding codexes and battletomes, so those books remain part of the cost. For historical context, Goonhammer reviewed the Warhammer 40,000 app during its earlier development.
Players who build and revise lists every week are more likely to feel that convenience than someone who opens the app twice a year.
Lore Readers
The Warhammer Vault may be the best reason to have a Warhammer+ subscription. This is a GIANT archive of “stuff.” It contains hundreds of White Dwarf issues reaching back more than 20 years, along with material from older publications such as Imperial Armour, Psychic Awakening, and The Realmgate Wars.
Ever wander through a bookstore and peruse the magazine rack? There’s an uncertain pleasure in browsing content that may or may not interest you. Hard to name, but you know what I mean.
This is it, but nearly endless. The Warhammer Vault provides that sensory perk of flipping through old hobby magazines. You begin by looking for one painting article and end up reading a battle report involving an army you have never collected: “Oh, that’s cool—I wonder if I should…” (And you probably shouldn’t, for money’s sake). This site you’re reading was built to catalogue some of these discoveries.
For me, this kind of wandering has always been part of the hobby. Readers who enjoy old lore may find enough material to justify several months of access. If you prefer listening, my list of Warhammer and Horus Heresy audiobooks offers another route into those worlds.
Hobby Painters
Citadel Colour Masterclass is one of the more useful parts of Warhammer TV for painters. The videos cover advanced techniques with clean production, close camera work, and access to painters working within Games Workshop’s visual style.
YouTube already holds an absurd amount of excellent miniature-painting instruction. I know because I have contributed my own small portion to that bottomless pile. Masterclass remains useful when you want the official studio approach to a particular surface, model, or effect.
Here’s my sense of it: The value here depends on practice. A tutorial watched once is only entertainment. At some point, you’ll need to do the thing you just watched to get the most out of these videos.
Animation Viewers
A monthly subscription is the safer choice when animation is your main interest. Watch the exclusive series that brought you there, explore the archive, and see whether the release schedule gives you a reason to stay.
Games Workshop has announced four new animated series and more than 100 new hobby, gaming, and lore episodes for the subscription year beginning August 25, 2026. Astartes II is currently scheduled for December—this is an amazing series, and a sparkly reason I’m probably signing up again soon. These are future releases, and their finished quality remains an open question. My review of the first episode of Angels of Death shows what drew me into Warhammer TV at launch. Warning: there are spoilers.
Warhammer animation has a special appeal when you have spent years handling these miniatures. A Space Marine suddenly has weight. Bolter fire has sound. Figures that normally wait in foam trays and display cases begin stomping around and causing expensive trouble. I understand the attraction.
The announced arrival of Astartes II gives returning subscribers a strong reason to look again. I will judge the new season by what finally arrives on screen.
Is Warhammer TV Worth It by Itself?
For most viewers, I would begin with a single month.
Warhammer TV has a special appeal when you have spent years handling these miniatures. A Space Marine suddenly has weight. Bolter fire has sound. Figures that normally wait in foam trays and display cases begin stomping around and causing expensive trouble. I understand the attraction.
The lasting value is harder to judge. Free creators produce excellent painting videos, lore discussions, and battle reports every day. Warhammer TV brings official access, strong production, and exclusive animation. Its smaller release schedule makes continued viewing more dependent on your particular interests.
A month is enough to explore the shows. An annual subscription begins to make sense when you also use the apps, Vault, hobby programs, or miniatures.
Should You Choose Monthly or Annual Warhammer+?
Choose monthly when you mainly want to watch the animations or explore the service. One month gives you enough time to sample Warhammer TV, browse the Vault, and decide whether the apps matter to you.
Choose annual when you want the subscriber miniatures and expect to use the apps, Vault, or hobby programs throughout the year. Games Workshop currently describes the annual option as 12 months for the price of nine. Annual subscribers also qualify for their physical benefits sooner than subscribers paying month by month.
Check the current eligibility rules before subscribing. The miniature cycle changes on August 25, and the timing of your subscription determines which annual models you can claim.
Warhammer+ Pros and Cons
Pros
- Premium army-building features for both major Warhammer apps
- A substantial archive of White Dwarf issues and older lore
- Exclusive Warhammer animations
- Well-produced painting, gaming, and lore programs
- Subscriber-only physical miniatures
- Two miniatures and a Warhammer Yearbook announced for the new subscription year
- Monthly merchandise discounts
- A less expensive annual option for people who want the complete package
Cons
- Warhammer TV has a smaller library and slower animation schedule than mainstream streaming services
- Free painting videos, lore channels, and battle reports cover many of the same subjects
- Premium app access leaves codex- and battletome-specific rules locked behind book codes
- The Vault can be awkward to browse
- Monthly subscribers wait longer for annual physical benefits
- The bundle becomes poor value when most of its features go unused
- The August 2026 additions are announced benefits that still need to be delivered
My Warhammer+ Verdict
Warhammer+ is worth considering when your hobby moves between the gaming table, the painting desk, and the fictional worlds behind the miniatures. The separate pieces reinforce one another. You can build a list, read the lore behind it, watch someone paint a related model, and eventually add an exclusive miniature to your own collection.
The annual plan looks strongest for active players and collectors, especially with two miniatures and the Yearbook announced for the subscription year beginning August 25, 2026. Viewers should begin with one month. Casual fans can wait for a particular show, model, or archive that gives them a clear reason to subscribe.
Here is the question I would ask before paying: what will bring you back after the first weekend?
If you already know the answer, Warhammer+ may have a place in your hobby. If nothing comes to mind, save the money for paint. Somehow, we always need more paint.
Take a look at my other Warhammer 40K articles. For more about painting miniatures, browse these miniature-painting tips and tutorials for model building and painting across tabletop games, board games, and RPGs.
Are you currently subscribed to Warhammer+? Which part do you actually use—the apps, Vault, shows, painting classes, or miniatures? I would like to hear how the value looks from your side of the hobby desk.
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By Andrew M. Tan, PhD
Andrew is a commissioned miniature painter with more than 15 years of experience painting tabletop miniatures, photographing models, and testing hobby tools in real-world use. Read his full bio.