- R.U.S.E. is Back With Re-Release on Steam! - 5 May 2026
R.U.S.E., the ultimate strategic experience, has returned to Steam (PC, Steam Deck) with its relaunch today. At Eugen Systems, we are thrilled to bring R.U.S.E. to a new generation of players and welcome back old veterans of our evergreen popular World War II RTS. To this day, it holds a unique position in the genre for favoring deception, strategy, and tactical wit. While we developed and launched R.U.S.E. in 2010, the game didn’t officially belong to us. Sidelined due to distribution constraints, we could do nothing in the subsequent years to help the players who contacted us for assistance or tried to obtain the game. Recently, we received the opportunity to return R.U.S.E. to our catalog. This allowed us to re-release this pillar of the RTS genre, with some added extras! Players who previously purchased R.U.S.E. on Steam before it was delisted will keep full access to the title, inc…
- v.168061: Patch notes - 15 October 2025
ARMY GENERAL (Dukla) replaced some German VALENTINE in Soviet decks with proper Soviet ones (Dukla) fixed a spelling error in "1st Ukrainian Front" (Dukla) objective PRESLOV's victory points decreased from 20.000 to 15.000 DATA FIXES fixed ENGENHEIROS's vet ratio on par with similar engineers fixed some missing penetration values on units' icon ingame fixed Slovak Fw-189 not dropping bombs fixed an issue with PPS-43's RoF & ammunitions displayed (display issue only) replaced HEIMAT. SLOWAKEI & POHG voice lines with Slovak ones standardized all Bf 109 G-6/BR 21 (with 210mm rockets)'s availability at 2/4/6 with same vet ratio standardized all M12 GMC 155mm's availability at 1/2/3 with same vet ratio standardized all STURMPIONIER's availability at 6/(12)/(18) with same vet ratio (some were forgotten last patch) standardized Hungarian S35 PK.'s availability at 3/-/- with same vet ratio as i…
- v.166508: Hot fix - 10 September 2025
ARMY GENERAL FIXESfixing the ubiquitous background photosfixing the ubiquitous names & coat-of-armsfixing Sturmartillerie-Gruppe's NATO symbolfixing German Füsilier Rgt. 202's name into the more proper Inf. Rgt. 202fixing some background photos & names/coat-of-arms issues on other campaigns as wellDATA FIXESfixed several bugs in AG where Füsilier Bn. had (way) too much squadsfixed various discrepancies between number of soldiers and number of weapons in infantry squads (dispaly issue only)fixed the JU-87 R-2's low 20mm loadoutfixed GORNO. MAKSIM & PARTIZANI MG-42's excessive opticsfixed GORNO. KOMROTI's cargo spacefixed MO. AVTO.'s low AT grenades loadoutgiven GORNO. SAPERI (ROKS) its missing Shock traitapplied the recent STURMPIONIER's availability buff to HG, SS & LSSAH variants which dodged itALLIESchanged IS-1's base availability from 3/6/- to 2/4/6(Bezu.) changed YAK-9K's base avai…
- Battle of Dukla Pass Out Now! - 8 September 2025
The wait is finally over, commanders. Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass is available now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3761870/Steel_Division_2__Battle_of_Dukla_Pass/ Get downloading. If you feel the need to pass the time, make sure to read all the juicy background info below! Battle of Dukla Pass Development Don’t forget that next to the launch of Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass, we’ve also released a major patch for all owners of Steel Division 2 with a host of improvements, bug fixes, and balance changes across the board. https://steamcommunity.com/games/919640/announcements/detail/501709427825442862 We’ve encountered multiple issues during the long gestation of Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass, including delays in certain voice dialogue deliveries and other elements. On behalf of the whole team, we sincerely apologize for the wait. We truly hope you are going…
- v165547: Patch notes - 8 September 2025
New units Those units were promised with "WAR RESERVE DLC but delayed. (3GMeK) replaced VALENTINE III with VALENTINE X (Bezug) added one card of 3/6/- YAK-9K (126LSK) added one card of 4// recon BT-5 Data Fixes fixed several instance of mispelling PANZERSCHRECK in units' name fixed some missing/unfitting unit traits' icons fixed KATADROMIS' stealth value fixed AB LEADER' stealth value fixed AB ENGINER LEADER' stealth value fixed (US) AB ARTILLERY CMD' stealth value fixed (UK) AB ARTILLERY CMD' stealth value fixed AB LEADER HOWARD' stealth value fixed SAPEURS MONT.'s unit category fixed CMDT FFO FUSILIER's unit category fixed le.FH 14/19, le.FH 16 & le.FH 18M's classification from Howitzer (Hvy) to Howitzer (Medium) fixed HETZER & JAGDPANZER IV's aim time from 3s to 4s, as other casemated gun fixed NATAL SCOUTS' cargo space fixed FOKKER X not dropping its bombs fixed TD-14 tractor not di…
- Battle of Dukla Pass Coming Soon! - 5 September 2025
Get ready to deploy for combat, commanders. Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass will officially launch this coming Monday, 8th of September, just in time to celebrate the Battle of Dukla Pass’ 81st anniversary. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3761870/Steel_Division_2__Battle_of_Dukla_Pass/ Battle of Dukla Pass Development Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass has been in the works for quite some time. As the Eugen team is just a small, indie dev studio, with numerous projects happening at the same time (such as WARNO or fixing big bugs), some gigs might take a little bit longer than forecast. The Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass was always envisioned as the expansion that would not only contain an Army General campaign - always popular - and new divisions, but also visit a particularly intriguing and oft-overlooked battleground on the Eastern Front: the Battle of Dukla Pass…
- Upcoming Balance Changes - 18 July 2025
Hello commanders, Apologies for the radio silence! We know it’s been a while since our last DevBlog, but we have run into some last-minute blocking issues regarding Steel Division 2’s new expansion Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass. Read on! Battle of Dukla Pass’ Slight Delay We have detected a problem with the Slovak acknowledgment and dialogue lines, which forced us to postpone the release to a later date. We are working our darndest to get this fixed as soon as possible. When we do, we’ll return with a new release date. What we can share with you in today’s DevBlog is some of the major balance changes coming to Steel Division 2 at the expansion’s launch. A patch, available to all owners of Steel Division 2, will be made available at release. What are some of the things you can expect? New New Valentine X, BT-5 and Yak-9K models for a series of existing Allied Soviet divisions, f…
- Battle of Dukla Pass Progress Update - 13 June 2025
Hello commanders, We return with another update on Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass’s progress. Quite a few things to show off, so let’s dive in. Getting Close to the Finish Line The Eugen team is putting the finishing touches on the next Steel Division 2 expansion. One of the big-ticket items recently finished are the 3D models. Check some of them out below. We’ve also put some hard work into re-skinning existing models. All are now done. See for yourself. What remains are the infantry units’ portraits, and the final tweaks and adjustments to the Army General’s campaign. Beyond the art, we are also happy to report that we now have an official 10vs10 server playing the Dukla Pass map (the last Steel Division 2 battlefield released)! Battle of Dukla Pass Intro Video And last, but not least, let us share with you the official Battle of Dukla Pass intro video. Drumroll please, maestr…
- Battle of Dukla Pass Final Stretch - 23 May 2025
Hello commanders, We’ve arrived at the final stretch of production for the upcoming Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass expansion. We’re getting closer and closer to release! As the Eugen team is hard at work, it does mean that today’s DevBlog will be a short one. What we are working on Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass has had its fair time gestating, but we are putting the finishing touches on our latest Army General-focused expansion. Such as? We are translating and recording the latest batch of acknowledgments (for instance, the various Ukrainian SS units). i.e. 18. SS should sound like a Tower of Babel as below, with German, French, Hungarian and new Ukrainian acknows: At the same time, we are editing the intro videos and briefings, plus implementing the voice-acting of these videos. We are polishing the last units in order to do a “photoshoot” of all the new units’ cards.…
- Battle of Dukla Pass Army General Preview - 16 May 2025
Hello all! In today’s DevBlog, we’ll take another look at the new Army General campaign to be featured in the upcoming Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass. Let’s dive in! Battle of Dukla Pass History So, we have already taken multiple opportunities to preview the historical context around the Battle of Dukla Pass. We’ll briefly sum it up, but some additional historical reading can be done here (in the very first Nemesis offering detailing the Slovak National Uprising, our first preview DevBlog, or our recap DevBlog here). In brief, the Battle of Dukla Pass focuses on a heavily contested series of Eastern Front battles in September and October 1944, which saw the attacking Red Army force its way through a narrow valley in the Carpathian mountains. Their goal was to reach the rebelling Slovak Army, or the Slovak National Uprising, encircled and slowly being crushed by numerous Axis for…
- A Short Break - 9 May 2025
Hello commanders, We hope you are well. Today’s post will be a quick one: due to the upcoming long bank holiday weekend, this week’s Steel Division 2: Dukla Pass preview is now scheduled for next week! This doesn’t mean that the rest of the team is not hard at work at getting the Steel Division 2: Dukla Pass expansion into your hands. In case you’ve missed one of our previews, check out the detailed division overviews below. Battle of Dukla Pass Expansion If you are wondering what you can expect from the Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass, check out our detailed previews below. The expansion features 1 massive Army General campaign centered on the Battle of Dukla Pass. Plus 6 new Divisions, playable in both single-player and multiplayer. These include the Allied 1. Československý Armádní Sbor, the Soviet 242-ya Gornostrelkovaya, and Slovak National Uprising, while the Axis deploy th…
- Battle of Dukla Pass #6 - Axis 18. SS-PzGrenadier-Division - 2 May 2025
Hello! We return with the very last Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass division preview. In today’s DevBlog, we shine a light on the Axis 18. SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division "Horst Wessel". Let’s go! The 18. SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division’s History The German 18. SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division "Horst Wessel" was created in January 1944 from a cadre of the 1. SS-Infanteriebrigade. This particular formation was formed in 1941 by grouping concentration camp guards from the infamous SS-Totenkopfverbände. The brigade had been used since the start of the invasion of the Soviet Union to secure the rear of advancing troops. In this role, they took active part in the Holocaust, leaving a trail of war crimes in their wake. There was some direct combat versus the Red Army in late 1941, and then again in September 1943, when the brigade filled in the gaps left by a…
- Battle of Dukla Pass #5 - Allied Slovak National Uprising - 25 April 2025
Good day, commanders! We return with another riveting Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass preview. And in today’s post, a long-gestating division that will finally see the light in Steel Division 2: the Allied Slovak National Uprising battlegroup. Onwards! The Allied Slovak National Uprising’s History Veterans of Steel Division 2 and the community-voted Nemesis DLCs, might recall the Slovak National Uprising being part of the second Nemesis vote, all the way back in 2020. This battlegroup option didn’t make it in the end, but its opposing Axis division - Panzerdivision Tatra - did as part of the free Reinforcement Pack #13 - Lucky 13. The Slovak National Uprising is a special battlegroup with a unique set of different Allied units, from local, once-Axis-now-rebelling Slovak Army, to partisans, airlifted reinforcements including Soviet-aligned Czechoslovakian paratroopers and Western…
- Battle of Dukla Pass #4 - Hungarian 13. Gyaloghadosztály - 18 April 2025
Hello, hello! We are back with another Steel Division 2: Battle for Dukla Pass division preview. Today we’ll look at the Axis Hungarian 13. Gyaloghadosztály or the 13th Infantry Division. Go, go, go! The Axis Hungarian 13. Gyaloghadosztály’s History The 13. Gyaloghadosztály saw first light in the Hungarian Army in 1939, as the 13th Infantry Brigade, a cadre unit with only peacetime garrison duties. It was redesignated the 13th Light Division and officially activated as a combat formation in March 1942, and immediately shipped off to the Eastern Front to fight as part of the Hungarian Second Army. Under this command, it took part in the costly Battle of Voronezh in June-July 1942, in which the Hungarians suffered heavy casualties. Weakened and with low morale, the Hungarian Second Army played a crucial part in the subsequent German disaster at Stalingrad, occupying the weak left flank of…
- Battle of Dukla Pass #3 - Soviet 242-ya Gornostrelkovaya - 11 April 2025
Comrade commanders! Another DevBlog, another Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass preview awaits! In today’s post, we’ll march to victory with the new Soviet 242-ya Gornostrelkovaya or the 242nd Mountain Rifles Division. Davai! The Soviet 242-ya Gornostrelkovaya’s History In comparison to some of the other formations found in Steel Division 2, the 242-ya Gornostrelkovaya or 242nd Mountain Rifles Division has a richly documented World War II combat history. Originally formed as the lowest-number division of the Red Army after Operation Barbarossa, the 242nd Rifles Division was thrown into action without much preparation in the desperate summer months of 1941. It fought tooth and nail during the defense of Smolensk and Moscow, being subsequently overwhelmed, shattered, managing to break out and return to friendly lines, only to be utterly destroyed by the end of 1941. The division only…
- Battle of Dukla Pass #2 - 208. Infanterie-Division - 4 April 2025
Hello commanders, We are back again with a new Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass preview! In today’s DevBlog, we’ll focus on the Axis German 208. Infanterie-Division. Onwards! The Axis 208. Infanterie-Division’s History The 208. Infanterie-Division was formed in 1939, seeing first action during the invasion of Poland as a reserve formation. In much the same vein, it would participate in the invasion of the Low Countries, finding itself on occupation duties in northern Belgium afterward. From 1942, the infantry formation was sent east and fought exclusively on the Eastern Front. As part of the 1. Panzerarmee from early 1944, the division was trapped in the Kamenets-Podolsk pocket during the Soviet Dnieper–Carpathian strategic offensive in March 1944. The Germans managed to break out, evacuating all their wounded with them but losing a substantial amount of heavy equipment in the pro…
- Battle of Dukla Pass #1 - 1. Československý Armádní Sbor - 28 March 2025
Hello commanders, Hot on the heels of last week’s Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass Recap, we are back with the very first division preview of our next expansion. Nice! In today’s DevBlog, we’ll put the spotlight on the Allied 1. Československý Armádní Sbor or 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps. Let’s go! 1. Československý Armádní Sbor’s History The 1. Československý Armádní Sbor was a Soviet-controlled fighting force of the Czechoslovakian Army in exile. It was also known as the Svoboda's Army after its wartime commander, Ludvík Svoboda. The Corps started as a mere battalion, the 1st Czechoslovak Independent Field Battalion, which had the honors of being the premier foreign unit to fight alongside the Red Army. Formed by Czechoslovakian refugees living in the Soviet Union, Slovak POWs and defectors, and Soviet citizens of Czech origins, the formation saw first light in 1942. There was a…
- Battle of Dukla Pass Expansion Recap - 21 March 2025
Hello, hello! It has been a long time coming, but in today’s DevBlog, we will finally be able to cast our eyes on the long-gestating upcoming Steel Division 2 expansion: Battle of Dukla Pass! The expansion is slowly getting ready. As such, a great opportunity to revisit The Battle of Dukla Pass and lift the tip of the veil on the Army General campaign and divisions you’ll be able to play with in Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass. Onwards! Battle of Dukla Pass Expansion First things first: what can you expect from the Steel Division 2: Battle of Dukla Pass in terms of content? The expansion features 1 massive Army General campaign centered on the Battle of Dukla Pass (more historical info below). Plus 6 new Divisions, playable in both single-player and multiplayer. Dukla Pass Historical Context The Battle of Dukla Pass, which anchors the expansion's new Army General campaign, was co…
- RP #17 - War Reserves is Live! - 13 March 2025
Hello commanders, Get ready! The free Reinforcement Pack #17 - War Reserves is available now! Next to a host of new and updated units, we’ve also released a new patch for Steel Division 2. Check out the details below! https://steamcommunity.com/games/919640/announcements/detail/532092880811983019 War Reserves’ New Units What can you expect from RP #17 - War Reserves? https://store.steampowered.com/app/3508600/Steel_Division_2__Reinforcement_Pack_17__War_Reserves The Axis receive a flurry of new additions to their arsenals. These include the German FLAKPANZER SFL IVc self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (26. Panzerdivision), the GRILLE Ausf. H assault gun (various German divisions), RSI’s CANNONE DA 75/46 C.A. M34 anti-aircraft gun (4a Alpina "Monterosa"), Hungarian TOLDI III light tank (1. Páncélos Hadosztály), the Finnish FOKKER C.X recon bomber bi-plane (Ryhmä Raappana), FORD V8 098T HUOL…
- v.149435: Patch notes - 13 March 2025
NEW FEATURES (29TK) replaced VALENTINE III recon tanks with EMCHA RAZV. (184SD) replaced M5L with M3L (Tyurin) replaced M5L with M3L (Vyborg) added one card of La-5FN with 2x 100kg bombs (7Est) added armed M3A1 h/t as transport option (1LWP) added WC-52 truck as transport option (TF45) added one card of A-36A APACHE fighter-bomber, replacing the existing P-51B-10 one (CIL) added one card of P-51B-10 fighter-bomber (15Scot) added one card of MUSTANG Mk.I recon fighter (Guards) added one card of TYPHOON Mk. FR.IB heavy recon fighter (Raap) added one card of FOKKER C X recon/bomber biplane (Raap) added one card of DB-3M heavy bomber (all Finnish div.) added FORD V8 098T HUOLTO as heavy supply truck (all Finnish div.) added TD 14 as heavy prime mover (122ID) added Finnish PE-2R as recon aircraft GRILLE REWORK GRILLE renamed GRILLE Ausf. K to prepare the introduction of the GRILLE Ausf. H GR…
