Strategy
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 41% of owners
Steam reviews 88% positive of 14,033
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (42%); after 20h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Welcome to Calderis” and “Rant All You Will” (Complete "The True Enemy" in Dawn of War II): from 99% to 73% of starters.
- Only 41% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 14,077 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 22h for positive, 4.6h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (41.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Welcome to Calderis Complete "Stand With Your Brothers" and "Retake the Hamlet" in Dawn of War II. 99% −1
- Rant All You Will Complete "The True Enemy" in Dawn of War II. Most players quit here 73% −26
- The Cleansing Begins Complete "The Defense of Argus Gate" in Dawn of War II. 62% −11
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (73)
story milestone ending side
- Sweeping Advance Kill an enemy who is retreating in Dawn of War II. 100%
- Welcome to Calderis Complete "Stand With Your Brothers" and "Retake the Hamlet" in Dawn of War II. 99%
- Purge the Xenos Earn a 5 star Fury rating in Dawn of War II. 83%
- There Is Only War Terminate 500 enemy targets in Dawn of War II. 81%
- Feel No Pain Earn a 5 star Resilience rating in Dawn of War II. 76%
- Rant All You Will Complete "The True Enemy" in Dawn of War II. 73%
- Not one inch Defend a province without losing a single generator in Dawn of War II. 66%
- Fast Attack Gain a second deployment in a single day in Dawn of War II. 66%
- The Cleansing Begins Complete "The Defense of Argus Gate" in Dawn of War II. 62%
- Massacre Complete 10 missions in a row without failing in Dawn of War II. 61%
- Fleet of Foot Earn a 5 star Speed rating in Dawn of War II. 54%
- Death from Above Kill 20 enemies using Assault Jump in Dawn of War II. 52%
- Tireless warrior Gain a third deployment in a single day in Dawn of War II. 45%
- Elite Max out a Combat Discipline on a squad in Dawn of War II. Not applicable to guests. 43%
- Even In Death I Still Serve Complete "Into the Hive" in Dawn of War II. 41%
- Heroes of Angel Gate Complete "Secrets of Angel Forge" in Dawn of War II. 40%
- Astronomical Recover the data from the Astronomic Array in Dawn of War II. 38%
- Hero of the Imperium Attain a campaign score of over 30,000 points in Dawn of War II. Not applicable to guests. 37%
- The Book of Honor Get 15 stars on one mission in Dawn of War II. 35%
- Fight to Survive Complete campaign on Recruit difficulty in Dawn of War II. 33%
- Dug In Successfully defend 5 Strategic Assets in Dawn of War II. 32%
- Heavy Support Reach level 20 with one of your squads in Dawn of War II. Not applicable to guests. 31%
- The Emperor's Justice Defeat the Traitor Guardsmen on Aurelia in Chaos Rising. 29%
- The Warboss Complete "Raid Against the Warboss" in Dawn of War II. 29%
- Hold back the Xenos Complete campaign on Sergeant difficulty in Dawn of War II. 27%
- The Avatar of Khaine Complete "The Wailing Doom" in Dawn of War II. 25%
- Lightning Assassin Kill a boss in less than one minute in Dawn of War II. 24%
- That's Close Enough Complete a mission with only ranged weapons in Dawn of War II. 21%
- The Enemy Exposed Defeat the true enemy attacking Angel Forge in Chaos Rising. 21%
- Allies to the Cause Complete a mission in co-op mode in Dawn of War II. 19%
- Relentless Reach level 30 with any campaign squad in Chaos Rising. Not available to guests. 17%
- The Challenge Answered Answer the enemy commander's challenge on Aurelia in Chaos Rising. 16%
- Enemy of Chaos Complete campaign on Recruit difficulty or harder in Chaos Rising. 14%
- Red Ones Go Fastah! Create a customized look for any race in the Army Painter in Dawn of War II. 14%
- Rush 'em Complete a mission under five minutes in Dawn of War II. 12%
- Conqueror of Chaos Complete campaign on Sergeant difficulty or harder in Chaos Rising. 12%
- In the name of the Emperor Own all Strategic Assets in a campaign in Dawn of War II. Not applicable to guests. 11%
- Forbidden Knowledge Unlock the dark secrets of "The Fate of Galan" in Chaos Rising. 11%
- Allies to the Chapter Complete 15 missions in co-op in Dawn of War II. 8.7%
- Win the War Complete campaign on Captain difficulty in Dawn of War II. 8.0%
- Battle Brothers Complete the campaign in co-op in Dawn of War II. 6.0%
- Common Foe Complete 1 Chaos Rising mission in co-op. 4.8%
- Bane of Chaos Complete campaign on Captain difficulty or harder in Chaos Rising. 4.3%
- Crush the Enemy Complete campaign on Primarch difficulty in Dawn of War II. 3.9%
- Legend Attain a campaign score of over 90,000 points in Dawn of War II. Not applicable to guests. 3.4%
- Emperor's Champion Kill a boss using only your Force Commander in Dawn of War II. 3.4%
- Bad Example Get any squad to maximum Corruption in Chaos Rising. Not available to guests. 3.1%
- Purist Complete a mission on the Space Hulk with 4 Terminators in Chaos Rising. 3.1%
- End of Chaos Complete campaign on Primarch difficulty in Chaos Rising. 2.4%
- Duty is its own Reward Complete 6 Chaos Rising missions as a GUEST in Co-Op. 2.4%
- Manipulator Score 500,000 in The Last Stand with the Hive Tyrant or Sorcerer in Chaos Rising. 1.9%
- Wisdom of the Ancients View a recorded game in Dawn of War II. 1.7%
- Domination Hold 5+ victory points at once in an online Free for All in Chaos Rising. 1.4%
- Flawless victory Achieve an online ranked victory with 500 victory points remaining in Dawn of War II. 1.4%
- Overlord Reach level 20 in The Last Stand with the Hive Tyrant or Sorcerer in Chaos Rising. 1.2%
- Usurper Beat wave 20 in The Last Stand with the Hive Tyrant or Sorcerer in Chaos Rising. 1.2%
- Elite Strike Force Create a 3 player party and play a ranked multiplayer game together in Dawn of War II. 1.2%
- Hail the Champion Earn Champion rating 20 times during online ranked play in Dawn of War II. 1.2%
- Chaos Lord Play 20 ranked games using Chaos in Chaos Rising. 1.2%
- Aspect Warrior 20 online ranked games completed with Eldar in Dawn of War II. 1.2%
- King of the Hill Win 10 online Free for All matches in Chaos Rising. 1.2%
- A proper Waaagh! 20 online ranked games completed with Orks in Dawn of War II. 1.2%
- Veteran Victor 100 ranked wins in Dawn of War II. 1.2%
- Angel of Death 20 online ranked games played with Space Marines in Dawn of War II. 1.2%
- Great Devourer 20 online ranked games completed with Tyranids in Dawn of War II. 1.2%
- Gladiator Play 10 ranked multiplayer games in Dawn of War II. 1.2%
- Master of the Apothecarion Revive your teammates 50 times during online ranked play in Dawn of War II. 1.2%
- Taint Your Wagon Destroy a Wartrukk with a Noxious Cloud during a ranked game in Chaos Rising. 1.2%
- Chaos Undivided Win a ranked Team Battle with each Chaos hero on the team in Chaos Rising. 1.2%
- Blood God Win a ranked game using only Khorne-themed units in Chaos Rising. 1.2%
- Plague Father Win a ranked game using only Nurgle-themed units in Chaos Rising. 1.2%
- Bringer of Change Win a ranked game using only Tzeentch-themed units in Chaos Rising. 1.2%
- Winning rush Earn a 5 game win streak during online ranked play in Dawn of War II. 1.2%
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