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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)

Relic Entertainment · 2007-08-07

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Aug 07, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

All of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War in one glorious package. Play the genre-defining classic real time strategy game in all its blood-soaked glory, including four complete campaigns and nine full-fledged factions.

77
playing now
95%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

77 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed by Relic Entertainment and based on Games Workshop's miniature wargame Warhammer 40,000. It was released by THQ on September 20, 2004, in North America and on September 24 in Europe.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 77 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 330 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~41/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 5,909 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 477k–954k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,929 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.59 at Steam (2017-02-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $31.38 · on sale 106 of 109 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20620620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102252026-08-06 21:00 — 80 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 48 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 57 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 79 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 68 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 80 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 47 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 87 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 81 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 57 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 62 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 30 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 52 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 51 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 31 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 67 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 102 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 33 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 47 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 79 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 32 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 44 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 65 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 25 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 34 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 66 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 52 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 77 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$37.99$2.992015-01-012026-08-252015-01-01 — best price $6.492015-07-06 — best price $4.992016-01-04 — best price $12.992016-03-14 — best price $12.992016-11-29 — best price $12.992017-07-24 — best price $12.992018-07-05 — best price $12.992019-03-03 — best price $12.992019-12-03 — best price $12.992020-10-19 — best price $12.992023-06-01 — best price $37.992024-01-05 — best price $37.992024-04-04 — best price $37.992024-09-20 — best price $34.992024-11-05 — best price $6.992025-01-02 — best price $34.992025-05-13 — best price $30.992025-07-10 — best price $34.992025-08-07 — best price $6.992025-09-15 — best price $2.992025-10-09 — best price $14.992025-10-28 — best price $13.492025-11-20 — best price $7.102025-12-19 — best price $8.302026-01-23 — best price $9.892026-02-25 — best price $8.842026-03-13 — best price $9.892026-04-08 — best price $13.392026-04-23 — best price $2.992026-05-22 — best price $9.592026-06-25 — best price $7.232026-07-30 — best price $14.992026-08-17 — best price $14.992026-08-25 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4552312026-05-28 — 337 pageviews2026-05-31 — 360 pageviews2026-06-03 — 378 pageviews2026-06-06 — 362 pageviews2026-06-09 — 359 pageviews2026-06-12 — 302 pageviews2026-06-15 — 330 pageviews2026-06-18 — 297 pageviews2026-06-21 — 378 pageviews2026-06-24 — 329 pageviews2026-06-27 — 250 pageviews2026-06-30 — 293 pageviews2026-07-03 — 310 pageviews2026-07-06 — 273 pageviews2026-07-09 — 337 pageviews2026-07-12 — 294 pageviews2026-07-15 — 315 pageviews2026-07-18 — 283 pageviews2026-07-21 — 356 pageviews2026-07-24 — 332 pageviews2026-07-27 — 345 pageviews2026-07-30 — 378 pageviews2026-08-02 — 455 pageviews2026-08-05 — 286 pageviews2026-08-08 — 268 pageviews2026-08-11 — 295 pageviews2026-08-14 — 307 pageviews2026-08-17 — 303 pageviews2026-08-20 — 272 pageviews2026-08-23 — 274 pageviews2026-08-25 — 234 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Korean, Polish, Russian

Player tags

RTSWarEpicGoreActionSci-fiClassicStrategyTacticalReal-Time

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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