{"id":238665,"date":"2025-10-03T16:23:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2151784"},"modified":"2025-10-03T16:23:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T16:23:34","slug":"company-of-heroes-2-and-expansion-ardennes-assault-free-to-download-and-keep-forever-on-steam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/company-of-heroes-2-and-expansion-ardennes-assault-free-to-download-and-keep-forever-on-steam\/","title":{"rendered":"Company of Heroes 2 and expansion Ardennes Assault free to download and keep forever on Steam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/company-of-heroes-2-and-expansion-ardennes-assault-free-to-download-and-keep-forever-on-steam.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Company of Heroes 2 and Ardennes Assault are free to download and keep forever on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/231430\/Company_of_Heroes_2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steam<\/a> this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Relic&#8217;s superb World War 2 real-time strategy game and its standalone single-player campaign are free to download and keep via Steam now until 3rd June 2021.<\/p>\n<p>2013&#8217;s Company of Heroes 2 is widely regarded as one of the best RTS games around. &#8220;While Company of Heroes 2 sometimes makes you feel like you&#8217;re fighting the game as well as the enemy, if you take time to understand the systems at work beneath the carnage and pick and choose your battles wisely, you will ultimately be rewarded by a deep and enjoyable RTS,&#8221; wrote Stace Harman in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2013-06-26-company-of-heroes-2-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Company of Heroes 2 review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-05-28-company-of-heroes-2-and-expansion-ardennes-assault-free-to-download-and-keep-forever-on-steam\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-05-28-company-of-heroes-2-and-expansion-ardennes-assault-free-to-download-and-keep-forever-on-steam\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company of Heroes 2 and Ardennes Assault are free to download and keep forever on Steam this weekend. Relic&#8217;s superb World War 2 real-time strategy game and its standalone single-player campaign are free to download and keep via Steam now until 3rd June 2021. 2013&#8217;s Company of Heroes 2 is widely regarded as one of the best RTS games around. &#8220;While Company of Heroes 2 sometimes makes you feel like you&#8217;re fighting the game as well as the enemy, if you take time to understand the systems at work beneath the carnage and pick and choose your battles wisely, you will ultimately be rewarded by a deep and enjoyable RTS,&#8221; wrote Stace Harman in Eurogamer&#8217;s Company of Heroes 2 review. 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