Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Relic Entertainment and released in 2004. It was published by THQ. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is the tenth of 136 entries we hold in the Warhammer 40,000 series. It arrived 12 months after Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior. The next entry was Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault in 2005. Its critic score of 86 is 15 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - Void Shadows at 100.

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 16 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 216 votes.

The main story runs about 18 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 38 hrs, roughly 2.1 times the length of the critical path.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War launched on 20 September 2004, within three weeks of Counter-Strike: Source, Rome: Total War, Fable and Burnout 3: Takedown. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Counter-Strike: Source, Rome: Total War, Fable, Burnout 3: Takedown.

We have tested and published 4 cheat entries for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War — 4 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.

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