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Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® – Winter Assault
This expansion adds all-new units and strategies to the exciting gameplay offered by Dawn of War. The Imperial Guard brings new weaponry, including heavy armor, new troop units as well as defensive and ranged tactics overwhelming numbers. Coupled with new abilities, this fighting force is as lethal
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“FOR THE EMPEROR!!!!!!! Enjoyed playing this game. I finished the two campaigns and got all 4 endings, my only issue was the glitch in the fourth mission in the disorder campaign playing as the Orks, thank the Emperor I looked up a youtube tutorial and found out how to get around…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“The actual difficulty isn't that bad, but the game does a horrible job at explaining how the missions work, the worst being trying to the get Ork final mission, or trying to survive the final guard mission based on other reviews.”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played“Game is incredibly difficult on normal would not recommend if you arent willing to get infuriated”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:41 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Dawn of War III Pre-Order Available Now!
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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
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
Dawn Of War III Announced!
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It's Time to Take a Stand!
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Warhammer 40K · RTS · Games Workshop · Base-Building · Sci-fi · Multiplayer · Singleplayer · Real-Time · Tactical · Futuristic · Gore (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.dawnofwar.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Windows 2000/XP, 1.8 Ghz Intel Pentium III or equivalent AMD Athlon XP, 256 MB RAM, 4.5 GB free hard drive space, 32 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible AGP video card with Hardware Transformation and Lighting, 16-bit DirectX 9.0b compatible sound card, Mouse, Keyboard Recommended: 2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent, 512 MB system RAM (required for 8-player multiplayer games), nVidia GeForce 3 or ATI Radeon 8500 or equivalent with 64 MB of Video RAM Required for Multiplayer: Internet: Cable modem, DSL modem, or 56.6 kbps modem for online multiplayer play; Network: TCP/IP compliant network