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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
Step into a brutal battle between three warring factions In Dawn of War III you will have no choice but to face your foes when a catastrophic weapon is found on the mysterious world of Acheron.
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
18 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“This game is honestly so much fun with the graphics and mechanics, I don't get the hate for this game! I love it!”
“As a bright-eyed newbie going into the Dawn of War 40K franchise, and choosing this to be my first title to get me into them before new launch of the next instalment, I set off at a sprint and soon found myself…”
“extremely fun I wasn't really expecting Titan class units but it was a really nice surprise”
7 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“The units are pretty cool in design, but the campaign is the same thing over and over again, with 3 different factions, usingg the same units. The maps are stale AF. The music is very meh. It could have been so much…”
“This game is honestly so much fun with the graphics and mechanics, I don't get the hate for this game! I love it!”
“Dawn of War III looks gorgeous and sounds spectacular, but beneath that not-quite-fresh coat of grimdark paint is a mechanical and narrative tyre fire. Story? Difficult to say as it's confusing by way of cycling between…”
3 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Graphics aside (initial shock) the game has a great story worth playing.”
“Good Graphics and detail to units, buildings, map etc. Story was also good, just wish they added more variety to the factions and units plus keep the old factions.”
33 of the 101 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Ugly trash game that, ever so wisely, decided to follow the "MOBA" route of RTS design that was popular, even though it was never successful. Graphically? Look at the dude from all the artwork and that'll tell you…”
“Must have come out during MOBA craze, terrible and i hope they don't use this game as a template for DoW 4 at all.”
“Compared to DOW 1 & 2 this game is terrible experience. Lot of bug, weird and uninteresting gameplay.”
15 of the 101 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Compared to DOW 1 & 2 this game is terrible experience. Lot of bug, weird and uninteresting gameplay.”
“Cant finish campaign, it keeps crashing on mission 10. No fixes found on forums or google so far, also the campaign design is dumb... just let me play one faction at a time. :/”
“I really wanted to like this game but the fact that my heroes can not level after completing missions and now the recent bug which is crashing my game every time i want to progress in mission 11 is no way i give it a…”
11 of the 101 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“The units are pretty cool in design, but the campaign is the same thing over and over again, with 3 different factions, usingg the same units. The maps are stale AF. The music is very meh. It could have been so much…”
“requested a refund, game just doesnt hold up to the second, not even worth the 8$ imo”
“WARNING! 10 year old game and it still has "DENUVO" ACTIVE! Thought I would give it a chance and download it again but it still has "DENUVO" so NOPE! Wish I could get a refunds for it, no way I'm installing "DENUVO" on…”
7 of the 101 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“this game is genuinely garbage. love warhmmer, love rts's thought this would be a combination of some of my favorite things. nah this is ass. and now i played for over 2 hours so probably wont get my refund cause steam…”
“Dawn of War I and Dawn of War II were two different games but both were enjoyable in their own ways. This game doesn't feel like it belongs and has none of the enjoyable qualities the first two had. Not an enjoyable…”
“good except, the last mission is so hard for no reason, it made me feel annoying rather than enjoying the game”
6 of the 101 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Cant finish campaign, it keeps crashing on mission 10. No fixes found on forums or google so far, also the campaign design is dumb... just let me play one faction at a time. :/”
“Dawn of War III looks gorgeous and sounds spectacular, but beneath that not-quite-fresh coat of grimdark paint is a mechanical and narrative tyre fire. Story? Difficult to say as it's confusing by way of cycling between…”
“Not worth the price. Needs more factions and individual campaigns not this weird mashed campaign. Get it on sale.”
Counted across 101 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 48.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I would prefer independant campaigns for each faction, so you can play through the story from each point of view instead of a staggered play by play as events unfold. That being said, it is an enjoyable addition to the DoW franchise.”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Absolute garbage. This peak heresy for an RTS , and for the love of Emperor don't buy this auto-clicker-simulator that pretends to be an actual RTS. Somebody call the Inquisition on Relic for ever releasing this after the previous titles.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“I originally played DoW3 as my first game of the franchise and went back to play 1 & 2 so I can honestly say this one was the most boring play through. The war gear and upgrade systems from the previous titles were awesome and should've been implemented here. This game just…”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:10 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
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Warhammer 40K · Strategy · RTS · Sci-fi · Multiplayer · Action · Games Workshop · MOBA · Base-Building · Singleplayer · Gore · War (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, Czech, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * |
| Achievements | 84 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.dawnofwar.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7 with latest updates Processor: 3GHz i3 quad logical core or equivalent Memory: 4 GB of RAM, 1 GB of VRAM MB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 460 or AMD Radeon 6950 or equivalent DirectX 11-card DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 50 GB available space Additional Notes: Quad physical core i5 or equivalent recommended for 3vs3 multiplayer. Game requires Internet connection for play and progression.