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Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® II Chaos Rising

Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® II Chaos Rising

In Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising you will take command of the Blood Ravens and defend the sector against the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion. Purge the Chaos filth and hold the chapter together as traitorous forces work from within to try bring down the Blood Ravens.

Released Mar 11, 2010 Developer Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux) Publisher SEGA, Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux) Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux StrategyWarhammer 40KRTSSci-fiMultiplayer
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What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

90.7%positive3,560 reviews
Recommended · 109 found this helpful

“INTRODUCTION: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Chaos Rising, is the first expansion pack to the Dawn of War II RTS game by Relic Entertainment. Although it uses the basic principles laid out by Dawn of War II, it adds new and interesting mechanics to the formula which makes this…”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Recommended · 74 found this helpful

“I've beaten all 3 of the Dawn of War 2 games. They are some of the only RTS games I can enjoy, mostly due to the much lower number of units you are tasked to control. I can actually wrap my head around the tactics, whereas your StarCraft or any other just overwhelms me. The…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 36 found this helpful

“This is a lovely take on the RTS genre. Instead of maintaining a base of command, you simply control a troop of heroes of your choice. For each mission, you get to chose from the classes you've unlocked so far (your force commander will always be 1 of those 4), and you plan your…”

— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

1,185all-time peak
0 250 500 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period 330 avg · Jul 2012

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-21.

73achievements
3.2%median completion
0.8%rarest: Winning rush
20.1% of players 16.0% of players 14.9% of players 13.6% of players 13.0% of players 12.6% of players 12.5% of players 11.9% of players 11.8% of players 11.2% of players 10.7% of players 10.7% of players 9.8% of players 9.4% of players 9.1% of players 9.0% of players 9.0% of players 8.8% of players 8.4% of players 8.3% of players 7.9% of players 7.5% of players 6.7% of players 6.7% of players 6.5% of players 6.4% of players 6.4% of players 6.2% of players 5.6% of players 5.4% of players 5.3% of players 4.9% of players 4.6% of players 4.0% of players 3.6% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.1% of players 3.1% of players 3.0% of players 2.4% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 20.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
20.1%The Emperor's Justice — Defeat the Traitor Guardsmen on Aurelia in Chaos Rising.
16.0%The Enemy Exposed — Defeat the true enemy attacking Angel Forge in Chaos Rising.
14.9%Sweeping Advance — Kill an enemy who is retreating in Dawn of War II.
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%Winning rush — Earn a 5 game win streak during online ranked play in Dawn of War II.
0.8%Bringer of Change — Win a ranked game using only Tzeentch-themed units in Chaos Rising.
0.8%Plague Father — Win a ranked game using only Nurgle-themed units in Chaos Rising.

Price tracking

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Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 06, 2017
Dawn of War III Pre-Order Available Now!

PREPARE FOR BATTLE http://branding.relic.com/img/forums/pre-order-steam-announcement.png The wait is almost over! We're excited to announce that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III will be available on

Mar 06, 2017
Dawn of War III Pre-Order Available Now!

PREPARE FOR BATTLE http://branding.relic.com/img/forums/pre-order-steam-announcement.png The wait is almost over! We're excited to announce that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III will be available on

May 03, 2016
Dawn Of War III Announced!

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/285190/ss_d64adae592b8ab145ceaec15f51a4ee6b081e363.600x338.jpg?t=1462290401 After years of secrecy, we’re finally ready to confirm that the game you’ve bee

May 03, 2016
Dawn Of War III Announced!

http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/285190/ss_d64adae592b8ab145ceaec15f51a4ee6b081e363.600x338.jpg?t=1462290401 After years of secrecy, we’re finally ready to confirm that the game you’ve bee

Feb 15, 2016
It's Time to Make War Not Love!

http://promotion-assets.relic.com/MWNL3_FB_annoucement.png The Sega companies are at war. Worlds are at siege, chaos spreads, consumes us all. Here there will be war. This time our enemies are that of

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Facts & details

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GenresStrategy
Player tagsStrategy · Warhammer 40K · RTS · Sci-fi · Multiplayer · Games Workshop · Tactical · Co-op · Real-Time · RPG · Singleplayer · Gore (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain
Achievements73
Official sitehttp://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 Other Requirements: Online play requires log-in to Games For Windows - Live