When does Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III get good?

Give it 7 hours. In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (84%); after 20h it's 1 in 3 (39%). Fully opens up by hour 20.

How many players finish Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III?

19% of players who start reach the ending.

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III

Apr 27, 2017 Steam: Mixed

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

Reach the ending 19% of players who started

Started playing 68% of owners

Steam reviews 48% positive of 23,950

What the data shows

In the first 2 hours most reviews are negative (84%); after 20h it's 1 in 3 (39%).
Fully opens up by hour 20.
The opening is criticised more than in 99% of games we track.
19% of players who start reach the ending.
The biggest drop-off is between “The Defense Of Varlock Keep - Casual Difficulty” (Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty) and “Destined For Greater Fings - Casual Difficulty” (Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty): from 100% to 79% of starters.
Only 68% 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 24,068 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 16.6h for positive, 11.8h 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 (67.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Started playing 100%
The Defense Of Varlock Keep - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 100%
Destined For Greater Fings - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty Most players quit here 79% −21
Beware False Profits - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 64% −16
In Defence of Loyalty - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 55% −9
The Social Climber - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 46% −8
A Dangerous Proposal - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 42% −4
The Dark Arrival - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 38% −4
None Left Behind - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 37% −1
The Seer, The Trickster And The Brute - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 32% −4
Cunning And Wiles - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 31% −2
The Bloody Gambit - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 29% −2
Chasing Beauty - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 28% −1
Waking Giants - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 26% −2
In The Company Of Friends - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 25% −1
A Clash Of Leviathans - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 24% −1
The Storm Prince - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 22% −2
The Wayfarers - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 20% −2
Ready for Bigger Challenges Great job! You completed the entire campaign on Casual difficulty. 19% −1

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (84)

story milestone ending side

The Defense Of Varlock Keep - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 100%
Destined For Greater Fings - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 79%
The Defense Of Varlock Keep - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 72%
Beware False Profits - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 64%
Destined For Greater Fings - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 57%
In Defence of Loyalty - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 55%
The Social Climber - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 46%
Beware False Profits - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 46%
A Dangerous Proposal - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 42%
In Defence of Loyalty - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 40%
The Dark Arrival - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 38%
None Left Behind - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 37%
The Social Climber - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 33%
The Seer, The Trickster And The Brute - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 32%
Cunning And Wiles - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 31%
A Dangerous Proposal - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 30%
The Bloody Gambit - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 29%
Chasing Beauty - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 28%
The Dark Arrival - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 27%
None Left Behind - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 26%
Waking Giants - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 26%
In The Company Of Friends - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 25%
A Clash Of Leviathans - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 24%
The Seer, The Trickster And The Brute - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 23%
The Storm Prince - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 22%
Cunning And Wiles - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 22%
The Bloody Gambit - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 20%
The Wayfarers - Casual Difficulty Complete the mission on Casual Difficulty 20%
Chasing Beauty - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 19%
Ready for Bigger Challenges Great job! You completed the entire campaign on Casual difficulty. 19%
In The Company Of Friends - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 17%
Waking Giants - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 17%
A Clash Of Leviathans - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 16%
The Storm Prince - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 15%
The Wayfarers - Normal Difficulty Complete the mission on Normal Difficulty 13%
Proven Leader You've put your knowledge into practice and conquered the campaign on Normal difficulty. Congratulations! 11%
The Defense Of Varlock Keep - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 11%
Destined For Greater Fings - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 9.6%
Beware False Profits - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 8.3%
In Defence of Loyalty - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 7.8%
The Social Climber - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 6.6%
A Dangerous Proposal - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 6.5%
The Dark Arrival - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 6.0%
None Left Behind - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 6.0%
The Seer, The Trickster And The Brute - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 5.5%
Cunning And Wiles - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 5.2%
The Bloody Gambit - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 4.9%
Chasing Beauty - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 4.9%
In The Company Of Friends - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 4.7%
Imperial Knight Solaria Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 4.7%
Waking Giants - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 4.4%
A Clash Of Leviathans - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 4.4%
The Storm Prince - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 4.3%
Gabriel Angelos Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 3.5%
Imperial Knight Paladin Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 3.5%
Terminators Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 3.2%
The Wayfarers - Hard Difficulty Complete the mission on Hard Difficulty 2.9%
Venerable Dreadnought Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 2.8%
Chaplain Diomedes Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 2.7%
Commander of Worlds You've conquered our strongest challenge and completed the Campaign in Hard difficulty. Great job! 2.4%
Kill Team Ironmaw Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 2.2%
Librarian Jonah Orion Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 1.9%
Wraithknight Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 1.9%
Ranger Ronahn Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 1.8%
Assault Terminators Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 1.6%
Wraithknight Taldeer Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 1.3%
Beauty Da Morkanaut Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 1.2%
Gorkanaut Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 1.2%
Ironclad Dreadnought Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 1.2%
Da Kommando Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 1.2%
Farseer Macha Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 1.2%
Warboss Gorgutz Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 1.0%
Wraithlord Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 1.0%
Big Mek Wazzmakka Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 0.9%
Weirdboy Zappnoggin Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 0.9%
Jain Zar Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 0.7%
Autarch Kyre Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 0.7%
Mad Dread Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 0.7%
Meganobz Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 0.7%
Striking Scorpions Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 0.7%
Warp Spiders Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 0.7%
Wraithseer Kayduin Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 0.7%
Stormboyz Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 0.6%
Lifta-Droppa Wagon Mastery Level-up Elite to the max. Great job! 0.4%

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