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2004PCSteam Deck playable94 % positive13.99 €

A punchy real-time strategy game in the grim Warhammer 40K universe that favors squad-based units, territory control and brutal melee sync-kills over heavy economy management. Space Marines, Orks, Eldar and Chaos each play distinctly, especially in multiplayer.

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  • Competing against other players
  • Tactical depth
  • Sci-fi setting
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The closest matches for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War are StarCraft, Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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StarCraft

94 %Match

1998PC

Brings what grabs you about Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: competing against other players, tactical depth and a sci-fi setting.

The landmark real-time strategy classic with three wildly different yet finely balanced factions and a gripping sci-fi campaign full of betrayal and intrigue. Its multiplayer shaped competitive esports like few games ever have.

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Total Annihilation

Tactical depth

A landmark real-time strategy game where the Arm and Core factions clash in massive robot wars. Flowing resource management and true 3D units and terrain set a high bar for the genre.

Supreme Commander

Competing against other players

A colossal real-time strategy game with huge maps, seamless strategic zoom, and hundreds of land, sea and air units, capped by game-changing experimental superweapons. Three warring human factions battle for the galaxy in the Infinite War.

Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

Competing against other players

A classic real-time strategy game where GDI and the Brotherhood of Nod fight over a world ravaged by Tiberium. Base building, resource harvesting and live-action cutscenes define its bleak campaign.

Ground Control

A party of several characters

A tactical real-time strategy game set in the 25th century with no base building: you command a limited squad dropped into 3D battles where terrain, cover and elevation decide the outcome.

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Competing against other players

Blizzard's landmark RTS pairs a varied Terran campaign following Jim Raynor, where nearly every mission introduces a fresh twist, with a razor-sharp competitive multiplayer that defined esports for a decade.

Natural Selection 2

Co-op or multiplayer

An asymmetric multiplayer shooter pitting marines against aliens, with a commander on each side running the match like an RTS from above. Teamwork, map control and sharp aim or agile alien movement decide every round.

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