But, if you own DC and lets say Dawn of War 1 the original, you'll be able to play as all the races in the original Dawn of War 1 and the two in DC. If you own only DC, you will be only able to play as those two races online. For instance, Dawn of War Dark Crusade (abbv. But you will only be able to play the races exclusive to that game. You can own only one of the stand-alone packs and still play the game normally online. The first Dawn of War series includes some stand-alone packs which may cause confusion for some people. This is a complete list of all the Dawn of War games on Steam.
There are also such 'fantasy' races like Orks, green pig-like brutes, Eldar, BIONICLE-looking magical elf people, and Necrons, dark and silent machines who detest the living. Many races include human kind as either the numerous Imperial Guard, the gun-ho Space Marines, or the corrupted sadistic forces of Chaos which are Space Marines tainted by evil warp influences. It is based on the Warhammer 40,000 series and includes several races fighting for control of planets or galaxies within the universe.
Dawn of War is a series of Real-Time Strategy games developed by Relic Entertainment.