Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
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. With war raging and the planet under siege by the armies of greedy Ork…
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Relic Entertainment, released 27 April 2017 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III is
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Relic Entertainment and released in 2017. It was published by Sega of America. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Essence Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
"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. With war raging and the planet under siege by the armies of greedy Ork warlord Gorgutz, ambitious Eldar seer Macha, and mighty Space Marine commander Gabriel Angelos, supremacy must ultimately be suspended for survival."
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 84 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Warhammer 40,000 series
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III is the 60th of 136 entries we hold in the Warhammer 40,000 series. The next entry was Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach - Legacy of the Weirdboy in 2017. Its critic score of 77 is 6 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - Void Shadows at 100.
How it was received
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 57% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 6 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 3GHz i3 quad logical core or equivalent, 4 GB of RAM, 1 GB of VRAM MB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 460 or AMD Radeon 6950 or equivalent DirectX 11-card. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 50GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III launched on 27 April 2017, within three weeks of Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and What Remains of Edith Finch. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Prey, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, What Remains of Edith Finch.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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