Just like this deal, there appears to be a bug that allows you to install the game for free.
Step 1: Make sure your Steam client is open
Step 2: Go to https://steamdb.info/app/826630/ and click on "Install"
Step 3: Game will be added to your account. Cancel install if you wish to install it later.
Game info from Steam page -
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
Credit to Reidor.
Please can you simplify Step 1: Make sure your Steam client is open?
Open up Steam program on your computer?
Step 2 - the 'install button at right at the top and it's green.
There are about 30 buttons on that page…
Step 3: Game will be added to your account
What account!? :p
@[Deactivated]: In the paraphrased words of Nacho Libre: "I look like a fool!"
I fell for the trap 😄
Thanks. Was able to claim game.
Even Thought the game shows as free when you search for it. It will show up as A$ 69.95. Thats why you have to use this method to claim the free game.
Thank YOU!!!
awesome thanks! any risk of steam account being banned or blacklisted because of this?
Don't think so. It must be free soon anyway. When I search 'Iron Harvest' in Steam (logged out), it says 'Free'.
Yeah, seemed to work. Weird, but welcome. Thank you
Worked, thanks!
Nice.
also for those that may of missed seeing it mentioned elsewhere, this is currently free as well
Tell Me Why - https://steamdb.info/app/1180660/
That was simple and easy to claim. Thanks! :)
I sure hope this is still free by the time I get home… I wanted Iron Harvest.
You sir are a Legend
Ugh this is scummy, it’s a small studio you’re ripping off with this ‘hack’. If it’s really going to go f2p just wait and see
It's a bit different these days with epic on the scene. I have such a backlog of games I don't need to buy anything again for years, so I'd never buy this. Probably better for them as if it's good, people will talk about it and some others buy it.
If you equate "hack" to "piracy" (which I don't think is entirely correct) but it's the age old debate with no clear outcome: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/09/eu-study-finds-piracy…
It's an interesting debate.
For me personally (subconsciously at least), it seems like it was about convenience. I haven't pirated any music or tv shows or games in years because there's Spotify/Google Music/Apple Music, Netflix/Amazon Prime/Disney Plus, Epic Games/GOG/Steam… services all of which make it more convenient to access content at a reasonable price whenever I want.
It was particularly telling with the music industry - it's become second nature to all of us now e.g. if I want to listen to music, I just put on my wireless earphones and start playing music (I've got my earphones set up to automatically open the music app on my smartphone), it's so convenient and seamless now!
Iron Harvest ( CoreClient CYS Only ) Complimentary
Whatever that means
Yeah noticed that too, can report that I'm literally alt tabbed out of the game while typing this though, so whatever it is it's still working.
Maybe a free weekend build that accidently went live too soon?
It's a demo apparently.
https://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/nqxkey/steam_iro…
Also apparently does not increase game count further showing it is a demo.
Fair enough, will check it out anyway since it was on my wishlist afterall.
I do sure hope I don't have to put up with these children voice actors in the tutorial for much longer though, my ears are starting to bleed :O
worked cheers, won't play it like my 70 free games I've accumulated :D
Hmmm, actual game looks like fun but I don't know if I could stomach that story line & cut scenes.
Alternate way of getting the game:
Shortcut: Win+R
Copy+Paste: steam://install/826630
Enter
It looks like they have blocked this now - it's still showing the paid game for me.
Ah damn.
I have downloaded the game in the previous free weekend. Now the "Purchase" button becomes "Play", so I think this is legit.
From reddit (FleshRemains):
This is not for the full game. It's only for the first campaign (Polonian) out of the three available in the base game. This is basically a demo.
Or I'm special:
It activats "Iron Harvest ( CoreClient CYS Only )", so appears to be only 1 of the 3 campaigns from the base game. You're not really getting anything free, it's more just a demo.
This just adds the demo (one campaign only) which has always been free.
So it's the game demo. Hardly a deal there hey.
No, not really.
I will wait until free on G
K, y G?
@baldur: This is an ideal game to go free on G.
But it could also be one of the normal Epic freebies later in the year.
Couldn't get it to work. In steam it offered "add to cart…" Tried the direct install link too - steam://install/826630 - got the same.
Just tried it and didn't work for me. Steam client was open.
Damn, just missed it.
7 minutes ago · 2 June 2021 – 23:45:55 UTC
Changed BillingType – 12 (Free on Demand) › 0 (No Cost)
Doesn't seem to work for me. I followed all the steps, all of them!, and got this:
Buy Iron Harvest Operation Eagle Standalone: A$ 29.95
Buy Iron Harvest: A$ 69.95
Buy Iron Harvest Deluxe: A$ 99.95
No good for me, when i click 'Install' on SteamDB it directs me to my Steam client, where the game is $29.95AUD…
Not sure how else to work around this?
yeah looks like we missed the boat… Install doesn't come up green and when going through the steps its showing prices :(
No longer works :(
Yeah didn't work for me, shame as this game was literally in my wishlist!
So is this the demo or full game?
Hi, when I go to https://steamdb.info/app/826630/ the Install button isn't green and I actually go to the product page in my Steam client and then I have to buy it. There was another link someone shared for Tell Me Why that install button was green and I could do that one just fine. Are there any additional steps or they just patched this one?
Have you read the comments above yours?
Not at the time of posting, now I have :)
tried but doesn't work , as soon as i click install opens steam client but doesn't add to my game list!
It is expired
So a free demo counts as a deal now?
Apparently. This is also a true demo where you only have access to part of the game as opposed to the full game but for a limited time.
I've been playing it for the last few hours. It seems like the full game to me and not a demo.
Have you finished the first campaign?
https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/steam-iron-harvest-pc-free-…
https://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/nqxkey/steam_iro…
AWildEnglishman
6h
I wonder if it's supposed to be a demo?
Draakex
6h
Seems like either a demo or a "free weekend"-version.
BlasterPhase
5h
Definitely seems like a stripped down version. Only 1 campaign is available and the rest say to purchase the DLC to get them
fe1od1or
4h
Looks like the demo version. You'd need to purchase the full game to get the other missions of the first campaign+ other 2 campaigns.
No, I haven't had the time to finish the campaign yet.
Have you got a link to the actual demo on Steam? It doesn't appear as though there is one.
Let's say you're right and it's the free weekend 'demo' with 1 campaign. Surely that's more than just a demo though? They sell DLC with single faction campaigns so to me this is like getting a free DLC for the one faction. As it's not timed it's better than the free weekend 'deals' you post often, as it looks like this is for keeps.
There's many, many times in the past where you have published 'freebies' when it was just a free weekend. Why didn't you call those demos then? Will you from now on apply your reasoning now to future 'free weekend' deals and that they belong as forum posts and not deals?
Not a gamer here but why would a key be given to a demo???
Demos do have keys, sometimes. In this case though, it's simply added to your account. No key.
Darn, I just knew this wouldn't last until I got home.
Hope those that claimed it enjoy the campaign!
I bought this on GOG last week and I have enjoyed it. Good game.
Confirmed to be a demo and not the full game. It has the first campaign included, the second and third campaigns are only through buying the game, fourth and fifth campaigns are from paid DLCs.
![[PC, Steam, Hack] Free - Iron Harvest @ SteamDB](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/37/627737.jpg?h=be292893)
Worked for me. Thanks.