About
Heroes Over Europe is a 2009 arcade-style WWII air-combat shooter developed by Transmission Games and published by Ubisoft, serving as the sequel to Heroes of the Pacific. Its 14-mission single-player campaign follows three Allied pilots through the air war over Europe between 1940 and 1945, featuring over 40 historical aircraft.
Online multiplayer supported up to 16 players in Dogfight and Survivor modes. The game was later delisted from digital storefronts.
Identity
Launch
- Binary
- heroes2.exe
- Needs files
- none beyond the binary
Proton
- Version
- GE-Proton
- Winetricks
- directplay
⚙ Setup notes
Game: Transmission Games' 2009 arcade WWII air-combat shooter (Ubisoft), Steam app 33260, delisted.
DRM: Shipped DRM-free.
Fix: Install both official patches (v1.01 then v1.02) FIRST — they fix the broken DirectInput joystick-axis mapping (default axes can't be remapped) and add native Xbox 360 / generic gamepad support, so the Deck controller works out of the box afterward.
DirectPlay: The game uses DirectPlay, so add the directplay winetricks verb (or use a Proton-GE build that ships it).
Proton: GE-Proton is the safest bet; proton_experimental also works.
Controller: In-game Controls menu: press End to rebind.
Display: Force Steam Deck Game Mode to 16:9 if the menu/HUD looks stretched.
The one thing to know
Supply your own copy: Delisted commercial game (Steam app 33260) — it's DRM-free.
Patches: Apply both official patches (v1.01 then v1.02) before playing — they fix the unremappable DirectInput joystick axes and enable Xbox 360 / gamepad support, which makes the Deck controller usable.
DirectPlay: Game needs DirectPlay: add the directplay winetricks verb or use a Proton-GE build.
Proton: Use GE-Proton (proton_experimental also works).
Controller: Rebind in-game via Controls > End key.
Display: May need a forced 16:9 resolution if the UI stretches.
Binary: heroes2.exe. deckport links nothing.
Community guides
Write-ups and threads from people who got this (or a similar) game running. deckport links to them — it doesn't reproduce them.
Get the artwork
deckport never hosts game images. Open this game on SteamGridDB, pick
the cover / hero / logo / icon you like, and drop them into the
game folder under .deckport-art/ before you push it to the
Deck. The importer files them under the right names automatically.
Run it on your Deck
Two files: the one-time importer (deckport.py) in your
Deck's home folder, and this game's install helper. Copy the game
into ~/Games and run the helper with Steam closed — it
writes the recipe (binary, launch options, Proton version)
and registers the shortcut with artwork.