Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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 is a warhammer 40k, strategy and rts game developed and published by Relic Entertainment and Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux).
Released on February 18th 2009 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 5 languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 12,774 reviews of which 11,298 were positive and 1,476 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 44.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition into these genres:

Warhammer 40K Strategy RTS Sci-fi Multiplayer Games Workshop Tactical Singleplayer Co-op Gore Futuristic Online Co-Op RPG Co-op Campaign Real-Time Action Fantasy Great Soundtrack Atmospheric Violent

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista SP1
  • Processor: P4 3.2 GHz (single core) or any Dual Core processor
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM (XP), 1.5 GB RAM (Vista)
  • Graphics: A 128MB Video Card (Shader Model 3) - Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT / ATI X1600, or equivalent
  • Hard Drive: 6.5 GB of uncompressed Hard Drive space
  • REQUIRED FOR MULTIPLAYER: INTERNET: Cable modem, DSL modem, or 56.6kbps modem for online multiplayer play: Network: TCP/IP compliant network
MacOS
  • OS: 10.10.5
  • Processor: 2.0GHz Intel or greater
  • Memory: 4GB
  • Graphics: 512Mb AMD 4850, 512Mb Nvidia GT130, Intel HD4000 (See Notes for more details)
  • Storage: 8GB HD space
  • Additional Notes: The game is supported on the following Macs. To check your Mac model and when it was released, select About This Mac from the Apple menu on your menu bar.
  • * All MacBook Airs released since Mid 2012 (1)
  • * All 13” MacBook Pros released since Mid 2012 (1)
  • * All 15” & 17" MacBook Pros released since Mid 2010 with a 512Mb graphics card or better
  • * All Mac Minis released since Late 2012 (1)
  • * All iMacs released since Early 2009 with a 512Mb graphics card or better
  • * All Mac Pros released since Early 2009

  • (1) Models with an Intel HD4000 or HD5000 graphics card require at least 8GB of System Memory
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The following Macs are capable of running the game but do not consistently meet the standards required for official support.
  • * All MacBooks released since Early 2016
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Multiplayer is compatible between Mac and Linux versions only.

Please note for your computer to meet the minimum requirements it must match or better all elements of the listed spec. For more detailed specifications check the Feral website.
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 16.04 or Steam OS 2.0 (64 bit required)
  • Processor: 2GHz
  • Memory: 4GB Memory
  • Hard Drive: 8GB HD space
  • Graphics: The game requires a 1GB NVIDIA 6xx series graphics card or better, a 1GB AMD 6xxx series graphics card or better, or an Intel Iris Pro series card or better.*
  • Other Requirements: NVIDIA cards require driver version 367.35 (tested), AMD and Intel cards require MESA 11.2 (tested)

User reviews & Ratings

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Oct. 2025
Quite a great choice if you’ve always wanted to try RTS games but found most of them too overwhelming. The pace here is leagues slower than something like Starcraft. Since you only control a few squads with their abilities, it feels much more manageable - closer to Real Time Tactics than a pure RTS. The retreat mechanic is genuinely unique, haven’t really seen anything like it in other rts. The campaign also includes a system with loot accuisition reminiscent of Diablo, which adds a surprisingly enjoyable layer. Overall, there’s plenty of content for both singleplayer and multiplayer, with MP matches still managable to find. Would be great to see it get a definitive edition like the first game, but even now it’s fully playable and worth a try
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Aug. 2025
If you looked at this one because of the re-release of the first one then read on because there are changes in this game from the first. For starters, this game focuses more on hero units than a giant army. In a skirmish, you will most likely have much smaller armies than that of the first one. However, this game took pages from the Men at War game to include better tactics rather than just throw everything you have at the enemy. Base building has been gutted, for better or worse. Now, you just have an HQ where you can deploy your units. You get power and requisitions from strategic points. So the game rewards you for a more aggressive play rather than defensive. No turtling if that's how you like to play. There are only 6 playable factions compared to the first game, but in fairness, some of the races played to similarly in my opinion so for better or for worse, there's that. If you decide to buy the game, you will get the base game, and the two expansions. However, they all have their own launchers, which Dawn of War re-release put it all in one. For $10, no questions asked take my money for the Emperor. The regular price is too much of an ask. I do not care if that is heresy, it is my opinion.
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Aug. 2025
This Dawn of war is my Dawn of War. I know it didn't please the fans of the first one, but it was the game that introduced me to Warhammer as a whole and I loved playing it back wen it first came out. I recently started replaying it again, but I hit a hard block on progress after a few missions, and none of the solutions online have resolved it for me. I'm hoping the OG Dawn or War remaster will mean this one gets a remaster too. I'm voting up despite the version I have not working because I still love the game itself.
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May 2025
Even after the years I sit down and play this one hours on end. Too bad we never got a 3rd game, as that couldve been fantastic.
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Feb. 2025
I play the singleplayer campaign at least once a year. Together with the mod Ultimate Exterminatus, which I highly recommend, the campaign becomes a great experience (on top of what it already was) with great replayability.
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition is currently priced at 44.99€ on Steam.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 44.99€ on Steam.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition received 11,298 positive votes out of a total of 12,774 achieving a rating of 8.62.
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition was developed and published by Relic Entertainment and Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux).

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition is playable and fully supported on Linux.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition does not currently offer any DLC.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition does not support Steam Remote Play.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition
44.99€ Buy Now
Rating
8.6
11,298
1,476
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
180
Developer
Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux)
Publisher
Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux)
Release 18 Feb 2009
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