Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
- Developer
- Relic Entertainment
- Publisher
- Sega of America
- Released
- 27 April 2017
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £34.99
Platforms: Linux, PC, macOS
Genres: real time strategy rts , simulator , strategy
In Dawn of War III you will have no choice but to face your foes when a catastrophic weapon is found on the mysterious world of Acheron. With war raging and the planet under siege by the armies of greedy Ork warlord Gorgutz, ambitious Eldar seer Macha, and mighty Space Marine commander Gabriel Angelos, supremacy must ultimately be suspended for survival.
Best gaming PC for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
£7991080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
£1,2991440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
£1,7991440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
£3,4994K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Sega of America on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 64-bit Windows 7 with latest updates | 64-bit Windows 10 with latest updates |
| CPU | 3GHz i3 quad logical core or equivalent | 3GHz i5 quad core or equivalent |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce 460 or AMD Radeon 6950 or equivalent DirectX 11-card | NVIDIA GeForce 770 or AMD Radeon 7970 or equivalent DirectX 11 card |
| Storage | 50 GB | 50 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 18 May 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to 3GHz i5 quad core and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce 770, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.
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