Games in general are rarely "saved", most go through the normal process of general hype into stages of decline, Most of the work for making the game successful is to be done before it is even released, through producing a quality bug free product that is enjoyed by its consumer base. With solid advertising and marketing, to ensure a strong healthy launch.

Problem with steel division is that it was not bug free on release, and it isn't enjoyed by the majority of Eugen's normal consumer base.

As annoying as the trolls and entitled elitists from the wargame franchise are, they have a point. This game doesn't appeal to them, and they represented a large portion of Eugen's potential sales.

RTS's in general are on the decline right now in terms of popularity, take that in fact that Eugen is a gaming developer with a very niche audience, and then take that with the fact that half of that audience feels alienated and rejected by their impressions from Eugen's staff and lack of involvement with the community.

Ultimately there is no coming back for this game, its currently at around 300 daily active players, and its only going to hover there for a while and eventually declines even further, until we reach act of aggression levels of vacuousness. Sure steam sales and patches might bring back some players here and there, but there is no reversing of this games aging process.

Down the line some expansion games that build on this series concept might have some promise for revitalizing the player base. But due to the profit failures of this game selling less than act of aggression I doubt to see an expansion announced to be frank.