Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
Worth it · Strategy · 2007
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $14.99. Typically $9.89 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.
- Cost per hourA
- $1.17/hr
- ReviewsS
- 95% of 11,982
- Critics
- 86 players 9 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Strategy
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $14.61 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 12.8h
Price and sales
- Sales
- 68 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $2.59 February 2017
- Sale every
- 42d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 64 now
- Cheaper than
- 16% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 68 discounts in the 13 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 4 days ago.
Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Impossible Creatures Steam Edition ($9.99, scores 91) beats it on value, while it beats Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III ($39.99, scores 2).
More about Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
Critics scored it 86. Players sit 9 points higher at 95 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
This site sampled 617 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 10 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 81 percent of the 962 reviews written there were positive, against 95 percent overall, and those are 11 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 4 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
greetings to all who are reading this, just for all to know, the game is great. one of the best, even. but i came here to critique not the game, nor the story, but the EULA of this game, and i recommend you, the reader, to read said EULA, because it may seem ordinary, but i found it really distateful coming from relic. from the time i played these games, i have only but the most profound respect for the amazing...
1 more review, not recommended
Sadly I don't see the point of spending what I spend on this release. I was hoping for 1080p as in option. I find it frustrating how its not included. The Graphics are not that improved in my opinion. Coming from someone who loves the WH40k universe its sad to see no support for 1080p . We shouldn't depend on modders to address this. Dev can easily patch this in. yet refuse to.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
All of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War in one glorious package. Play the genre-defining classic real time strategy game in all its blood-soaked glory, including four complete campaigns and nine full-fledged factions.
Minimum specs
Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic) scores 84/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/4570/warhammer-40-000-dawn-of-war-anniversary-edition-classicReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.