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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III cover art

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III

Relic Entertainment · 2017-04-27

Steam

ActionSimulationStrategy

Franchise: Warhammer 40,000 · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Apr 27, 2017 (Linux), Apr 27, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 27, 2017 (Mac)

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.

80
playing now
48%
positive of 24k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

80 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III is a 2017 real-time strategy game with multiplayer online battle arena influences, developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Sega. It is the third mainline entry in the Dawn of War series, and the first new release in the series since Dawn of War II: Retribution in 2011. It was released for Windows on April 27, 2017. Feral Interactive released macOS and Linux versions on June 8 the same year. A successor, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV, developed by King Art Games, is set to be released in 2026.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 80 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 650 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~81/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 596k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,842 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$7.15-82%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.15-82%
GreenManGaming$7.20-82%
Gamesplanet$7.31-82%
WinGameStore$7.79-81%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at AllYouPlay (2020-03-17) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 54 of 80 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27227220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 272 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

224572026-08-06 21:00 — 155 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 85 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 137 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 168 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 103 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 160 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 177 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 96 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 205 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 157 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 82 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 153 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 117 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 57 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 133 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 101 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 67 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 158 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 157 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 69 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 89 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 134 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 97 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 147 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 148 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 71 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 88 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 135 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 80 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$3.992016-11-152026-08-252016-11-15 — best price $59.992017-06-14 — best price $50.992017-09-16 — best price $53.992017-11-21 — best price $20.002018-01-09 — best price $34.462018-03-19 — best price $39.992018-06-12 — best price $15.402018-11-05 — best price $39.992019-02-25 — best price $9.992019-07-02 — best price $39.992019-09-24 — best price $7.912020-01-13 — best price $37.862020-02-25 — best price $39.992020-05-25 — best price $39.992020-07-20 — best price $31.912020-09-12 — best price $31.912020-11-06 — best price $8.972020-12-17 — best price $33.892021-02-06 — best price $39.992021-03-17 — best price $39.992021-04-22 — best price $39.992021-05-29 — best price $39.992021-09-23 — best price $3.992022-03-02 — best price $37.822022-10-16 — best price $32.112023-02-14 — best price $32.112023-08-24 — best price $34.132024-02-15 — best price $9.992024-08-10 — best price $36.792025-05-15 — best price $39.992025-10-16 — best price $6.442026-02-18 — best price $6.492026-05-07 — best price $33.592026-08-22 — best price $7.152026-08-25 — best price $7.15
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

192702026-05-31 — 119 pageviews2026-06-03 — 128 pageviews2026-06-06 — 129 pageviews2026-06-09 — 133 pageviews2026-06-12 — 103 pageviews2026-06-15 — 111 pageviews2026-06-18 — 111 pageviews2026-06-21 — 84 pageviews2026-06-24 — 81 pageviews2026-06-27 — 108 pageviews2026-06-30 — 115 pageviews2026-07-03 — 130 pageviews2026-07-06 — 106 pageviews2026-07-09 — 132 pageviews2026-07-12 — 92 pageviews2026-07-15 — 125 pageviews2026-07-18 — 111 pageviews2026-07-21 — 153 pageviews2026-07-24 — 112 pageviews2026-07-27 — 106 pageviews2026-07-30 — 108 pageviews2026-08-02 — 183 pageviews2026-08-05 — 109 pageviews2026-08-08 — 88 pageviews2026-08-11 — 110 pageviews2026-08-14 — 92 pageviews2026-08-17 — 126 pageviews2026-08-20 — 97 pageviews2026-08-23 — 106 pageviews2026-08-26 — 108 pageviews2026-08-28 — 88 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
67.8%
earned "The Defense Of Varlock Keep - Casual Difficulty"
11.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudStatsIncludes level editor

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, Czech, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,9891%84

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RTSWarGoreMOBACo-opActionSci-fiStrategyTacticalAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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