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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
All of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II in one package. Play the award-winning real-time strategy game in all its glory, including three full campaigns, six multiplayer factions, and a full co-op Last Stand mode with eight unique heroes.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
73 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It's a masterpiece of an era that loved games as much as we do. writing 10/10 Gameplay: 9/10 Orcs: GET OFF MY SHIP SPACE MARINE/10 Extra: ♥♥♥♥ the eldar/10”
“This game is incredible. I hope the fourth installment is similar... because we don't talk about the third one.”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“It's a masterpiece of an era that loved games as much as we do. writing 10/10 Gameplay: 9/10 Orcs: GET OFF MY SHIP SPACE MARINE/10 Extra: ♥♥♥♥ the eldar/10”
“Great game for its age. Story is top notch. RPG elements make you wanna try different combinations and tactics.”
“Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Anniversary Edition is a really fun strategy game, especially if you like action and the Warhammer setting. Instead of building bases, you control a small group of strong units and…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“You run around wiv big armored humies from da Blood Ravens, smashin bugs, pointy ears, and most importantly… ORKS! Which is good, because Orks love a fight even when we lose. Da battles are loud, messy, and full of…”
“This game is great. I love this game a lot. Sound track is good. Gameplay is great. Memories. Do they make'em like this anymore? Likely not. It's hard to play any other Warhammer game after playing these classics. I…”
“Dawn of War II is a strong squad-based RTS that holds up well and still looks good. I didn't run into any bugs or pathing issues as I did in the first Dawn of War games. There may be no base building, but the RPG-lite…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Anniversary Edition is a really fun strategy game, especially if you like action and the Warhammer setting. Instead of building bases, you control a small group of strong units and…”
“Missions done well and a story to go with it , good details to the warhammer franchise . units can customized and boosted and two coop campains”
“Dawn of War II is a strong squad-based RTS that holds up well and still looks good. I didn't run into any bugs or pathing issues as I did in the first Dawn of War games. There may be no base building, but the RPG-lite…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Dawn of War II is a strong squad-based RTS that holds up well and still looks good. I didn't run into any bugs or pathing issues as I did in the first Dawn of War games. There may be no base building, but the RPG-lite…”
“Brilliant small-scale RTS, from back when W40k wasn't ♥♥♥♥. Made with soul and passion. Also makes you realize that Starcraft is about as original as every new EA Sports game.”
“the game is great but it is very different from the first dawn of war. they replace base building with company of heroes style capture points to be able to upgrade your troops and create more. the game focuses more on…”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Just buy DOW 1 unless you are partial to more hero and squad oriented RTS games. I came into this game with expectations of DOW 1 which did effect my enjoyment of the game even as I tried to adjust expectations, since…”
“[h1][i]“There is a curse. They say: May you live in interesting times.”[/i] ~Sir Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times[/h1] Dawn of War was dope. OK? I mean, it wasn't, like, a perfect thing or something. It wasn't even…”
“The campaign starts off ridiculously easy, to the point where it feels almost mindless. Then suddenly it swings the other way and becomes frustratingly hard, with no smooth difficulty curve in between. It just doesn’t…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Purchased Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic) but it does not start. Throws up a crash report. Very sad they released a game which does not run!”
“Doesnt lunch at all on Windows 11”
“This was a absolutely brilliant game till the update, and then they broke it !!!! now it does not work !!!”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“The campaign starts off ridiculously easy, to the point where it feels almost mindless. Then suddenly it swings the other way and becomes frustratingly hard, with no smooth difficulty curve in between. It just doesn’t…”
“Initially sorta fun 40k squad-based RTS. By the end the balance, even on normal difficulty, completely flys out of the window. Massively inflated health pools and one shot boss fights. I'm talking a standard orc squad…”
“My first real introduction to the WH40K universe was DoW, the first game. I know the Blood Ravens get a lot of hate, being called "Blood Harpies", thieves, and hoarders, and "Loyalist-Traitors" (for possible origin from…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Initially sorta fun 40k squad-based RTS. By the end the balance, even on normal difficulty, completely flys out of the window. Massively inflated health pools and one shot boss fights. I'm talking a standard orc squad…”
“Seventeen years later, I finally finished Dawn of War II. How long will the Chaos Rising Campaign take? We shall see, but the first mission was fun. As a starcraft II guru, the units are painfully slow and the pathing…”
“I really wanted to like this game, but I just can't, and it's entirely because of the pathfinding. The units just will not go where I tell them to, refuse to stay in cover, and will "retreat" in the completely wrong…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This was a absolutely brilliant game till the update, and then they broke it !!!! now it does not work !!!”
“It was one of my favorite games, but it's unplayable on modern systems. It won't even run without downloading a fixed profile script from github, and even then there are missions that flat out don't work - the game just…”
“While the game is very fun there is currently no supported or official way to play the game. The game will not launch and you will have to Task Manager end the game. I've attempted multiple fixes and at this point the…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I don't normally weigh in, but seeing the mixed reviews on this game is prompting me to jump in. DoW II is such a breath of fresh air, if you're expecting a standard 4x type rts you're going to be disappointed. If you come in expecting an rpg flavored squad based (like company…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played“Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, takes a bold turn away from base building and focused on small-scale, squad based tactics. At first it feels strange compared to the orginal, but once it clics, it´s incredibly fun and intense. Pros: (+) Strong tactical gameplay with focus on…”
— a player, Steam review · 131 hrs played“Be warned, Dawn of War 2 is incompatible with some modern modern hardware. On my i9-14900KF and RTS 4080 SUPER the game won't launch at all. I've tried setting the game on administrator mode and various other system tweaks to no avail. The best I've gotten in a black screen.…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:43 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Warhammer 40K · Strategy · RTS · Sci-fi · Multiplayer · Games Workshop · Tactical · Singleplayer · Co-op · Gore · Futuristic · Online Co-Op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain * |
| Achievements | 73 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.dawnofwar.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1 Processor: P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB RAM (Vista) Graphics: A 128MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600, or equivalent Hard Drive: 6.5 GB of uncompressed Hard Drive space REQUIRED FOR MULTIPLAYER: INTERNET: Cable modem, DSL modem, or 56.6kbps modem for online multiplayer play: Network: TCP/IP compliant network