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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4 launches on Dec 3, 2026Date announced, hour not: KING Art and Deep Silver have given no launch hour as of Oct 31, 2026, so this counts to the start of the day in UTC. Commander Edition from Nov 30, 2026.

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Four Campaigns

Dawn of War 4 has four faction campaigns with more than 70 missions in total, playable solo or with a friend, and no single run sees every mission. Only the Ork campaign has a published count, 18 missions with 14 or 15 per run; campaign length in hours is not known as of Oct 31, 2026.

Dawn of War 4 has four campaigns and more than 70 missions in total, per KING Art, one campaign each for the Space Marines, Orks, Necrons and Adeptus Mechanicus, playable solo or with a friend. Choices on a world map decide which missions you fight, so one run does not see them all: the Ork campaign has 18 missions, of which a run sees 14 or 15, Jan Theysen told IGN. KING Art has given no campaign length in hours as of Oct 31, 2026. All of this comes from maker statements and pre-release builds; the game is out Dec 3, 2026, and this page will be updated with what ships. The clip is the Oct 2026 Game Overview Trailer.

Quick facts

Campaigns 4: Space Marines, Orks, Necrons, Adeptus Mechanicus
Missions in total 70+
Ork campaign 18 missions, 14 or 15 per run
Other three campaigns Mission counts not published
Length in hours Not published
Co-op Solo or with one friend
Opening Astra Militarum and Space Marine prologues
Cutscenes A CGI opening per campaign, plus in-engine scenes
In the Oct 2026 preview build Prologues, full Ork and Adeptus Mechanicus campaigns

Sources: KING Art, Oct 23, 2026; KING Art, Aug 5, 2026; GamingBolt, from IGN, Oct 7, 2026; KING Art, Dec 12, 2025.

The four campaigns

Each campaign has its own storyline, and all four feed one overall story. KING Art wanted each to feel like its own faction, and two of them split around a choice of leader.

Campaign Start Main choice In the Oct 2026 preview build
Space Marine Campaign Blood Ravens stranded on Kronus, Dark Angels answer a call for aid Blood Ravens or Dark Angels Prologue only
Ork Campaign Gorgutz crash-lands where Guzcutta rules Back Gorgutz or Guzcutta Yes, in full
Necron Campaign A signal from Kronus wakes Thothmek's forces Not published No
Adeptus Mechanicus Campaign An expedition breaches a Necron tomb Marshal Sek-Ix-23 or Potentia Delta-9 Yes, in full

Sources: KING Art, Dec 12, 2025; KING Art, Jul 29, 2026; KING Art, May 7, 2026; IGN via Yahoo, Jan 29, 2026; KING Art, Oct 23, 2026.

The world they share is on Story and Setting.

A golden, dusty plain with shallow water; a Blood Ravens squad and a large walker advance, with tanks behind under a hazy sky.
A red-armored Space Marine strides through a flooded desert ahead of a Dreadnought, tanks and a line of infantry in an official Steam store screenshot of Dawn of War 4 KING Art Games and Deep Silver

How many missions

The figures from KING Art and Theysen fit together once you separate total missions from missions in one run:

Figure What it counts Source
70+ All campaign missions KING Art, Aug 5, 2026
30+ The Ork and Adeptus Mechanicus campaigns together, across branches KING Art, Oct 23, 2026
18 The Ork campaign in full GamingBolt, from IGN, Oct 7, 2026
14 or 15 One run of the Ork campaign GamingBolt, from IGN, Oct 7, 2026
About 12 to 15 One run of a campaign, as Theysen put it in 2025 GamesRadar+ via Yahoo, Aug 20, 2025

If 70 were split evenly, each campaign would have about 18 missions, matching the Ork count, but that is arithmetic and not a figure from KING Art. Theysen also said each campaign is bigger than the whole campaign of the first Dawn of War, and that some missions are optional.

Theysen claims more single-player content than any other RTS at launch, allowing that someone may find a bigger one from the 1990s. That is the studio's claim, and it cannot be tested until the game is out.

How long the campaigns are

KING Art has not published a length in hours for any campaign, and as of Oct 31, 2026 no preview gives a figure for a whole campaign. Any number found elsewhere is an estimate. This page will add measured times after launch.

The world map and branching choices

Between missions you work from a world map of Kronus. Missions appear across its territories and you may have to pick which to tackle, and KING Art's example has consequences: defend a Manufactorum Complex rather than the Hive City, and one may survive at the cost of the other. While you choose, story figures talk to each other and explain what your decision means. IGN says these world map dialogues come from Dawn of War 2.

You cannot play every mission in one run, and Theysen hinted that decisions in one campaign can affect later campaigns. KING Art has not said how far that carries, or whether progress in one campaign carries into another. The clip is IGN's Jan 2026 hands-on.

Cutscenes and storytelling

Each campaign opens with a CGI cutscene, backed by in-engine cutscenes and dialogue inside missions. PCGamesN reported more than 40 minutes of cinematic cutscenes in Aug 2025. Who appears in them is on Characters and Voice Cast. The clip is the Dec 2025 Story Trailer, marked as a mix of in-engine and CGI cutscenes.

Difficulty

The campaign opens with two tutorial missions, then builds difficulty and tech trees gradually, Theysen told IGN. In the Oct 2026 preview build, ComicBook found campaign missions more forgiving than Skirmish, whose AI it found almost unfairly hard on medium. Heroes revive near your troops after dying in the campaign, per Gameswelt's preview build. KING Art has not published a list of campaign difficulty levels.

Campaign balance is also its own thing: KING Art balances campaign and multiplayer separately, so a unit can be very strong in the story and weaker online. The Army Painter does not apply here either; it works everywhere except the campaign (Army Painter).

The Astra Militarum prologue

The game does not open with a faction campaign. KING Art's preview build had Astra Militarum and Space Marine prologues, which Press Start describes as two missions before the Ork and Adeptus Mechanicus campaigns open. IGN called it a brief tutorial with the Space Marines and Imperial Guard, coming before the Ork campaign in story order. Governor Augusta Vorn is a named character, but no source says what part she plays in it.

This is not the paid Blood Ravens Story Prologue, which is a separate DLC on Aurelia. The Astra Militarum are not a playable faction outside these missions as far as KING Art has announced: its four factions do not include them.

Which campaign to play first

In the preview build the Ork and Adeptus Mechanicus campaigns could be played in either order, and Press Start suggests Prologue, then Orks, then Adeptus Mechanicus. KING Art has not published a recommended order for all four. Advice by faction is on Which Faction to Play.

Co-op and the Lion

Every mission is planned to support full co-op at launch, per Press Start's preview, and the campaign is for two (Co-op). The Lion, billed as the first playable Primarch in any video game, has a small role: Gamepressure reports Theysen saying two cutscenes and one mission. More is on Dark Angels. The clip shows the Lion in the same trailer.

After launch

The roadmap adds Aftermath, a paid expansion that continues the campaign story, and Crusade Mode, a free replayable campaign mode in 2027 and not part of the four story campaigns. See Year One Roadmap.

Frequently asked questions

How many missions does Dawn of War 4 have? Dawn of War 4 has more than 70 campaign missions across its four campaigns, per KING Art, but no single run plays them all.

How long is the Dawn of War 4 campaign? KING Art has not published a length in hours for Dawn of War 4's campaigns as of Oct 31, 2026.

How many campaigns does Dawn of War 4 have? Dawn of War 4 has four campaigns: Space Marines, Orks, Necrons and Adeptus Mechanicus, whose storylines feed one overall story.

Does Dawn of War 4 have branching choices? Yes. Dawn of War 4 makes you pick missions on a world map, with consequences, and the Space Marine, Ork and Adeptus Mechanicus campaigns each have a choice of leader or Chapter.

Can you play the Dawn of War 4 campaign in co-op? Yes. KING Art says the Dawn of War 4 campaign can be played solo or with a friend, so two players.

Is there a tutorial in Dawn of War 4? Yes. Theysen told IGN that the Dawn of War 4 campaign opens with two tutorial missions; previews describe them as Astra Militarum and Space Marine prologues.

Can you play all Dawn of War 4 campaigns in any order? Only the Ork and Adeptus Mechanicus campaigns are confirmed as playable in either order, in the Oct 2026 preview build. KING Art has not said how all four are ordered at launch.

Sources

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV - Official Game Overview Trailer

Dawn of War IV

  1. Dawn of War 4 has four campaigns and more than 70 missions in total, per KING Art, one campaign each for the Space…
  2. Between missions you work from a world map of Kronus. Missions appear across its territories and you may have to pick…
  3. Every mission is planned to support full co-op at launch, per Press Start's preview, and the campaign is for two…

Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 4 - Hands-On with the Ork Campaign | IGN First

IGN

  1. You cannot play every mission in one run, and Theysen hinted that decisions in one campaign can affect later…
  2. The game does not open with a faction campaign. KING Art's preview build had Astra Militarum and Space Marine…

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV Story Trailer | Warhammer

Warhammer

  1. Each campaign opens with a CGI cutscene, backed by in-engine cutscenes and dialogue inside missions. PCGamesN reported…

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A golden, dusty plain with shallow water; a Blood Ravens squad and a large walker advance, with tanks behind under a hazy sky.

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Last updated Oct 30, 2026 by the Vi.ki team. Page text CC BY-SA 4.0.

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