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

Relic Entertainment · 2009-02-18

Steam

Strategy

Franchise: Warhammer 40,000 · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 19, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 20, 2009 (Mac), Feb 20, 2009 (Linux)

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.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic) is a 2009 Strategy title priced at $49.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 13,878 reviews).

118
playing now
88%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (135 ratings)
54h
to beat · rushed 22h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

118 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is a real-time tactics and tactical role-playing video game based on Games Workshop's fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ for Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 118 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 459 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~57/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 561k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,028 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2017-02-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 53 of 89 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13413420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

284742026-09-15 11:00 — 147 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 233 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 101 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 198 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 284 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 129 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 114 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 205 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 119 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 140 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 176 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 108 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 74 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 165 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 190 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 108 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 154 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 183 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 88 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 182 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 270 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 126 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 118 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
712124Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 692 · peak 1,576Dec 2012 — avg 638 · peak 1,904May 2013 — avg 326 · peak 642Oct 2013 — avg 271 · peak 554Mar 2014 — avg 270 · peak 560Aug 2014 — avg 366 · peak 854Jan 2015 — avg 379 · peak 887Jun 2015 — avg 388 · peak 790Nov 2015 — avg 328 · peak 913Apr 2016 — avg 369 · peak 868Sep 2016 — avg 244 · peak 485Feb 2017 — avg 412 · peak 1,431Jul 2017 — avg 267 · peak 613Dec 2017 — avg 182 · peak 350May 2018 — avg 175 · peak 338Oct 2018 — avg 149 · peak 283Mar 2019 — avg 211 · peak 620Aug 2019 — avg 174 · peak 347Jan 2020 — avg 192 · peak 372Jun 2020 — avg 252 · peak 559Nov 2020 — avg 216 · peak 403Apr 2021 — avg 177 · peak 333Sep 2021 — avg 166 · peak 441Feb 2022 — avg 178 · peak 352Jul 2022 — avg 188 · peak 351Dec 2022 — avg 208 · peak 407May 2023 — avg 183 · peak 481Oct 2023 — avg 141 · peak 280Mar 2024 — avg 154 · peak 305Aug 2024 — avg 171 · peak 352Jan 2025 — avg 211 · peak 461Jun 2025 — avg 167 · peak 373Nov 2025 — avg 157 · peak 300Apr 2026 — avg 182 · peak 407Aug 2026 — avg 185 · peak 382
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$79.99$4.992015-01-012026-08-172015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-07-13 — best price $4.992015-12-01 — best price $19.992016-02-20 — best price $19.992016-11-01 — best price $19.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992018-03-30 — best price $19.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-10-21 — best price $19.992020-06-01 — best price $19.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992023-11-29 — best price $79.992024-02-22 — best price $79.992024-09-10 — best price $79.992024-10-14 — best price $49.992024-12-12 — best price $12.492025-04-12 — best price $9.992025-05-30 — best price $42.512025-07-25 — best price $7.252025-08-20 — best price $42.512025-10-14 — best price $8.492025-11-05 — best price $49.992025-12-04 — best price $39.992026-01-08 — best price $49.992026-02-19 — best price $42.512026-03-12 — best price $6.992026-04-05 — best price $44.492026-04-22 — best price $49.992026-05-21 — best price $7.312026-06-18 — best price $9.992026-07-24 — best price $9.992026-08-12 — best price $49.992026-08-17 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

180672026-05-29 — 129 pageviews2026-06-02 — 119 pageviews2026-06-06 — 122 pageviews2026-06-10 — 131 pageviews2026-06-14 — 122 pageviews2026-06-18 — 131 pageviews2026-06-22 — 109 pageviews2026-06-26 — 137 pageviews2026-06-30 — 123 pageviews2026-07-04 — 113 pageviews2026-07-08 — 151 pageviews2026-07-12 — 136 pageviews2026-07-16 — 105 pageviews2026-07-20 — 117 pageviews2026-07-24 — 119 pageviews2026-07-28 — 141 pageviews2026-08-01 — 120 pageviews2026-08-05 — 121 pageviews2026-08-09 — 132 pageviews2026-08-13 — 149 pageviews2026-08-17 — 118 pageviews2026-08-21 — 90 pageviews2026-08-25 — 139 pageviews2026-08-29 — 108 pageviews2026-09-02 — 105 pageviews2026-09-06 — 93 pageviews2026-09-10 — 86 pageviews2026-09-14 — 116 pageviews2026-09-18 — 94 pageviews2026-09-22 — 120 pageviews2026-09-26 — 100 pageviews2026-09-30 — 90 pageviews2026-10-04 — 103 pageviews2026-10-08 — 143 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
41.3%
earned "Sweeping Advance"
6.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGRTSGoreCo-opSci-fiStrategyTacticalReal-TimeFuturisticMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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