Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Relic Entertainment and released in 2006. 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 - Dark Crusade is the 13th of 136 entries we hold in the Warhammer 40,000 series. It arrived 9 months after Warhammer 40,000: Space Hulk. The next entry was Dawn of War: Anthology in 2006. Its critic score of 84 is 13 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 - Dark Crusade holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 19 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 93 votes.

The main story runs about 32 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 43 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade launched on 9 October 2006, within three weeks of Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent.

We have tested and published 5 cheat entries for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade — 4 console commands and 1 tip. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.

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