Games like Warhammer 40k
Closest overall match: Men of War: Assault Squad 2 (★ 4.0). Highest rated: Total War: WARHAMMER II at ★ 4.3. Quickest to finish: ArmA II at about 1 hours.
Looking for something like Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III? Our model ranked 25 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are Steam Workshop, RTS and War.
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64%
1. Men of War: Assault Squad 2
Shares RTS, War, Steam Workshop, Includes level editor and Tactical and 6 more tags; rated 0.9 higher.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 51%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10, 14
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64%
2. Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
Shares War, cooperative, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer; rated 1.0 higher; about 5h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10, 14
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63%
3. Call to Arms
Shares RTS, War, Steam Workshop, Includes level editor and Tactical and 7 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10, 14
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63%
4. Forts
Shares Base Building, RTS, Steam Workshop, Includes level editor and stats and 4 more tags; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.3
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 35%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10
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62%
5. Domina
Shares Violent, Great Soundtrack, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.4 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 47%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10, 14
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59%
6. Rising Storm 2: VIETNAM
Shares War, Steam Workshop, Includes level editor, Tactical and stats and 5 more tags; rated 0.7 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 27%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10, 14
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59%
7. Company of Heroes 2
Shares Base Building, RTS, War, Steam Workshop and Tactical and 7 more tags; same developer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.1
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 40%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
58%
8. Total War: WARHAMMER
Shares Warhammer 40K, Games Workshop, RTS, War and Steam Workshop and 5 more tags; same developer; rated 1.0 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 9h
- Finish rate
- 60%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
58%
9. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Shares office, interactive, Warhammer 40K, Games Workshop and battle and 8 more tags; same developer; rated 0.9 higher.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 72%
- Shared genres
- 10
-
58%
10. Total War: WARHAMMER II
Shares Warhammer 40K, Games Workshop, RTS, War and cooperative and 2 more tags; rated 1.3 higher; about 9h longer; same release year.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 14h
- Finish rate
- 58%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10
-
57%
11. Crazy Machines 3
Shares Steam Workshop, Includes level editor, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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57%
12. ArmA II
Shares War, Includes level editor, Tactical, cooperative and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10, 14
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57%
13. Nuclear Dawn
Shares RTS, Steam Workshop, Includes level editor, Tactical and stats and 4 more tags.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 71
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 29%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10
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57%
14. Hearts of Iron IV
Shares RTS, War, Steam Workshop, Tactical and cooperative and 5 more tags; rated 1.0 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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56%
15. Stronghold Crusader 2
Shares RTS, Steam Workshop, Includes level editor, Tactical and cooperative and 4 more tags; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 41%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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56%
16. ARMA: Gold Edition
Shares Tactical, cooperative and Singleplayer; rated 0.3 lower.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 2.7
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 28%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10, 14
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55%
17. Offworld Trading Company
Shares Base Building, RTS, Steam Workshop, stats and Online multiplayer and 6 more tags; rated 0.3 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 19%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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55%
18. Total Tank Simulator
Shares War, Steam Workshop, Online multiplayer and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2020
- Rating
- ★ 3.2
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 4, 10, 14
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55%
19. MechWarrior Online
Shares War, Tactical, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 13%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10, 14
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55%
20. Arma 3
Shares War, Steam Workshop, Includes level editor, Tactical and cooperative and 3 more tags; rated 0.8 higher; about 11h longer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 16h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10, 14
-
55%
21. Iron Sky: Invasion
Shares Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 1.1 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 1.9
- Playtime
- 5h
- Shared genres
- 4, 10, 14
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55%
22. Barotrauma
Shares Steam Workshop, Includes level editor, Violent, Online multiplayer and cooperative and 2 more tags; rated 0.7 higher.
- Year
- 2023
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 20%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10, 14
-
54%
23. Stronghold 3 Gold
Shares Base Building, RTS, Includes level editor, cooperative and steam-trading-cards and 1 more tags.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- 10, 14
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54%
24. War for the Overworld
Shares Base Building, RTS, Steam Workshop, Includes level editor and Online multiplayer and 4 more tags; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 42%
- Shared genres
- 4, 10
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54%
25. Men of War: Condemned Heroes
Shares RTS, War, Includes level editor, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 57
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- 4, 10
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III?
On our similarity model, Men of War: Assault Squad 2 is the closest match to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III — shares RTS, War, Steam Workshop, Includes level editor and Tactical and 6 more tags; rated 0.9 higher.
Which game like Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III is rated highest?
Total War: WARHAMMER II holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.3/5 from 252 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.