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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition

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App ID 15620
App Type Game
Developer ,
Publisher Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux)
Franchise Warhammer
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Essence_Engine Engine
Last Changenumber 31262086
Last Record Update 23 September 2025 – 11:40:07 UTC ()
Release Date 18 February 2009 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
😎 85.90%
13k reviews
96
In-Game
🔨 Warhammer 40K 💡 Strategy 🌐 RTS 🚀 Sci-fi 🤔 Tactical

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.

Additional Information

Developer Relic Entertainment
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gamedir Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II
metacritic_name Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
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metacritic_score 85
NoServers Yes
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GameManualURL http://store.steampowered.com/manual/15620/
developer_url http://www.relic.com/
community_visible_stats Yes
InstallScript installscript.vdf
LegacyKeyRegistrationMethod registry
LegacyKeyRegistryLocation HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Valve\TestApp15620\SteamKey
ShowCDKeyOnLaunch Yes [view your cd keys in client]
SupportsCDKeyCopyToClipboard No [view your cd keys in client]
g4w_Type 2
g4w_GDF dow2.exe
RetailAutoStart Yes
suppressims Yes
Publisher Relic Entertainment
Store Release Date 18 February 2009 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 18 February 2009 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 26 June 2025 – 14:35:32 UTC () (1750948532)
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review_score 8
review_percentage 88
Detected Technologies (?) Essence_Engine Engine, CEF SDK, FMOD SDK, Lua SDK, cURL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game displays compatibility warnings when running on Steam Deck, but runs fine
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 14 June 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 3346774
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke1
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs1
    small_text1
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimenative
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    requires_voice_files0
    gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported0
    hdr_support0
Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 16 March 2013 – 18:01:52 UTC (), in changelist #194836
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

9 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes
Russian Yes
Polish Yes
Czech Yes

Tags

🔨 Warhammer 40K 💡 Strategy 🌐 RTS 🚀 Sci-fi 🕹️ Multiplayer 🤔 Tactical ⚒️ Games Workshop 👤 Singleplayer 🤝 Co-op 😖 Gore 👥 Online Co-Op 🌆 Futuristic 🎲 RPG 🤝 Co-op Campaign 💥 Action ▶️ Real-Time 🎭 Fantasy 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🌫 Atmospheric 👊 Violent

Categories

Single-player Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing Multi-player Co-op

Assets

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timestamp26 June 2025 – 14:35:41 UTC

Trailer 38968 ↴

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timestamp 13 November 2015 – 01:09:58 UTC

User File System

Key Value
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1 ↴
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2 ↴
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Save File Locations

Based on the configuration above, this is where we think the save files are located.

Read more about cloud saves in Steamworks documentation.

Platform Path Pattern
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/My Games/Dawn of War 2/Saved Games *.sav
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/My Games/Dawn of War 2/Saved Games *.sv
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/My Games/Dawn of War 2/Screenshots relic*.jpg
[All OSes] %USERPROFILE%/My Documents/My Games/Dawn of War 2/Playback *.rec
MacOS (Override) ~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Dawn of War II/VFS/User/AppData/RoamingMy Games/Dawn of War 2/Saved Games
~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Dawn of War II/VFS/User/AppData/RoamingMy Games/Dawn of War 2/Saved Games
~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Dawn of War II/VFS/User/AppData/RoamingMy Games/Dawn of War 2/Screenshots
~/Library/Application Support/Feral Interactive/Dawn of War II/VFS/User/AppData/RoamingMy Games/Dawn of War 2/Playback
Linux (Override) $XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Dawn of War II/VFS/User/AppData/RoamingMy Games/Dawn of War 2/Saved Games
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$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/Dawn of War II/VFS/User/AppData/RoamingMy Games/Dawn of War 2/Playback
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