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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade

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App ID 4580
App Type Game
Store Name Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Dark Crusade
Developer
Publisher SEGA
Franchise Warhammer
Supported Systems
Technologies Essence_Engine Engine
Last Changenumber 30138620
Last Record Update 18 July 2025 – 20:12:37 UTC ()
Release Date 7 August 2007 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
😍 93.45%
9k reviews
340
In-Game

Deep under the central desert of Kronus, a vast honeycomb of skull-lined tunnels and funeral chambers house the awakening Necron menace. Eons ago, these were the boulevards and squares of a great necropolis built to house the bones of the races who had fallen to the Necrons, and ultimately were where the Necrons themselves retire to...

Additional Information

Developer Relic Entertainment
metacritic_url pc/warhammer40000dawnofwardarkcrusade
gamedir Dawn of War Dark Crusade
metacritic_name Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
icon steam/games/icon_Dawn of War Dark Crusade
metacritic_score 87
NoServers Yes
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/warhammer-40000-dawn-of-war---dark-crusade?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
primarycache 4581
state eStateAvailable
serverbrowsername empty string
GameManualURL http://storefront.steampowered.com/Manuals/4580/index.php
developer_url http://www.relic.com
InstallScript instscript.vdf
ShowCDKeyInMenu Yes [view your cd keys in client]
Publisher SEGA
Store Release Date 9 October 2006 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 7 August 2007 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
Original Release Date 9 October 2006 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1160377200)
Store Asset Modification Time 12 October 2020 – 13:49:38 UTC () (1602510578)
library_assets
library_capsuleen
library_heroen
library_logoen
logo_position ↴
pinned_positionBottomLeft
width_pct50
height_pct61.11111111111111
review_score 9
review_percentage 96
Detected Technologies (?) Essence_Engine Engine, Lua 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
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • 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: 19 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 1349608
  • configuration:
    supported_inputother
    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke1
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
    primary_player_is_controller_slot_00
    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
    requires_internet_for_singleplayer0
    recommended_runtimeproton-7.0-1
    requires_h2640
    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 – 17:58:46 UTC (), in changelist #194831
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

5 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes
French Yes
German Yes
Italian Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 🔨 Warhammer 40K 🌐 RTS 🏠 Base Building 🚀 Sci-fi 🕹️ Multiplayer 👤 Singleplayer ⚒️ Games Workshop ▶️ Real-Time 🕒 Classic ⚔️ War 😖 Gore 💥 Action 🤔 Tactical 🌫 Atmospheric 🤝 Co-op 🎭 Fantasy 🌠 Space 👊 Violent 🗺️ Adventure

Categories

Single-player Steam Cloud Family Sharing Multi-player

Assets

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clienttga 1bbbe8f55428b52a95a5f5dc15c236812fd92c7b
icon 584fcb6284ffd2fcf378fb3c199a9275a0a01b2d
logo ed04f5f4ca5bd374fa09da62f583a7dbbf1d8558
logo_small 3dc853139dcc9e44aca27f2ba50458abfd858f0b
small_capsule
englishcapsule_231x87.jpg
header_image
englishheader.jpg
library_assets_full
library_capsule ↴
image/englishlibrary_600x900.jpg
image2x/englishlibrary_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/englishlibrary_hero.jpg
image2x/englishlibrary_hero_2x.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/englishlogo.png
image2x/englishlogo_2x.png
logo_position/pinned_positionBottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct50
logo_position/height_pct61.11111111111111
Assets
main_capsulecapsule_616x353.jpg
small_capsulecapsule_231x87.jpg
headerheader.jpg
library_capsulelibrary_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2xlibrary_600x900_2x.jpg
library_herolibrary_hero.jpg
library_hero_2xlibrary_hero_2x.jpg
community_icon584fcb6284ffd2fcf378fb3c199a9275a0a01b2d.jpg
page_background_pathapp/4580
timestamp19 September 2024 – 19:47:02 UTC

User File System

Key Value
quota 1.00 GiB (1073741824)
maxnumfiles 1000
savefiles
1 ↴
rootgameinstall
path/Profiles
patternplayercfg.lua
recursive1
platforms/1all
2 ↴
rootgameinstall
path/Profiles
patternname.dat
recursive1
platforms/1all
3 ↴
rootgameinstall
path/Profiles
patterntestStats.lua
recursive1
platforms/1all
4 ↴
rootgameinstall
path/Profiles
pattern*.teamcolour
recursive1
platforms/1all
5 ↴
rootgameinstall
path/Profiles
patternsavegame*.sav
recursive1
platforms/1all
6 ↴
rootgameinstall
path/Profiles
patterncampaignstate.lua
recursive1
platforms/1all
7 ↴
rootgameinstall
path/ScreenShots
patternrelic*.jpg
platforms/1all
8 ↴
rootgameinstall
path/Playback
pattern*.rec
platforms/1all

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] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/Dawn of War Dark Crusade//Profiles playercfg.lua
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/Dawn of War Dark Crusade//Profiles name.dat
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/Dawn of War Dark Crusade//Profiles testStats.lua
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/Dawn of War Dark Crusade//Profiles *.teamcolour
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/Dawn of War Dark Crusade//Profiles savegame*.sav
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/Dawn of War Dark Crusade//Profiles campaignstate.lua
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/Dawn of War Dark Crusade//ScreenShots relic*.jpg
[All OSes] [Steam Library]/steamapps/common/Dawn of War Dark Crusade//Playback *.rec
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