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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 · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III is a $39.99 Action, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2017, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Mixed (48% of 23883 reviews).

76
playing now
48%
positive of 24k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (35 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (50 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

76 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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
  • · 76 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 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 597k–1.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,883 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 58 of 83 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

212532026-09-15 12:00 — 126 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 137 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 92 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 157 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 212 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 78 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 89 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 112 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 62 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 120 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 98 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 59 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 61 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 110 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 117 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 82 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 133 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 95 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 87 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 154 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 165 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 66 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 76 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.6k0May 2016Aug 2026May 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 9Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 19May 2017 — avg 3,553 · peak 15,872Sep 2017 — avg 404 · peak 1,093Jan 2018 — avg 495 · peak 1,184May 2018 — avg 176 · peak 361Sep 2018 — avg 227 · peak 1,124Jan 2019 — avg 196 · peak 441May 2019 — avg 131 · peak 336Sep 2019 — avg 109 · peak 234Jan 2020 — avg 163 · peak 366May 2020 — avg 181 · peak 480Sep 2020 — avg 120 · peak 230Jan 2021 — avg 153 · peak 297May 2021 — avg 115 · peak 230Sep 2021 — avg 140 · peak 577Jan 2022 — avg 124 · peak 279May 2022 — avg 88 · peak 195Sep 2022 — avg 77 · peak 173Jan 2023 — avg 162 · peak 362May 2023 — avg 108 · peak 311Sep 2023 — avg 86 · peak 200Jan 2024 — avg 108 · peak 248May 2024 — avg 89 · peak 269Sep 2024 — avg 209 · peak 625Jan 2025 — avg 154 · peak 356May 2025 — avg 109 · peak 335Sep 2025 — avg 133 · peak 338Jan 2026 — avg 188 · peak 384May 2026 — avg 116 · peak 333Aug 2026 — avg 120 · peak 257
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$1.002016-11-152026-09-132016-11-15 — best price $59.992017-06-15 — best price $59.992017-09-21 — best price $40.192017-11-24 — best price $26.612018-01-31 — best price $17.592018-03-30 — best price $39.992018-07-11 — best price $9.192018-12-01 — best price $39.992019-04-04 — best price $9.552019-07-22 — best price $9.192019-11-18 — best price $32.952020-01-30 — best price $36.792020-04-23 — best price $39.992020-06-21 — best price $33.892020-08-31 — best price $9.192020-10-21 — best price $39.992020-12-05 — best price $33.892021-01-24 — best price $33.892021-03-06 — best price $39.992021-04-14 — best price $33.892021-05-23 — best price $39.992021-08-23 — best price $33.992022-02-05 — best price $33.892022-10-15 — best price $33.892023-02-14 — best price $32.112023-08-25 — best price $35.892024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-08-18 — best price $7.992025-05-23 — best price $7.992025-10-29 — best price $34.002026-03-04 — best price $33.592026-06-06 — best price $35.892026-09-12 — best price $7.992026-09-13 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

192722026-05-31 — 119 pageviews2026-06-04 — 123 pageviews2026-06-08 — 192 pageviews2026-06-12 — 103 pageviews2026-06-16 — 97 pageviews2026-06-20 — 72 pageviews2026-06-24 — 81 pageviews2026-06-28 — 113 pageviews2026-07-02 — 131 pageviews2026-07-06 — 106 pageviews2026-07-10 — 119 pageviews2026-07-14 — 90 pageviews2026-07-18 — 111 pageviews2026-07-22 — 119 pageviews2026-07-26 — 133 pageviews2026-07-30 — 108 pageviews2026-08-03 — 133 pageviews2026-08-07 — 100 pageviews2026-08-11 — 110 pageviews2026-08-15 — 100 pageviews2026-08-19 — 85 pageviews2026-08-23 — 106 pageviews2026-08-27 — 92 pageviews2026-08-31 — 97 pageviews2026-09-04 — 84 pageviews2026-09-08 — 93 pageviews2026-09-12 — 93 pageviews2026-09-16 — 100 pageviews2026-09-20 — 103 pageviews2026-09-24 — 76 pageviews2026-09-28 — 82 pageviews2026-10-02 — 98 pageviews2026-10-06 — 85 pageviews2026-10-10 — 106 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.

Where its players are

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

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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