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HELLDIVERS™ 2

Arrowhead Game Studios · PlayStation Publishing LLC · 2024-02-08

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 26, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 08, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Feb 08, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.

HELLDIVERS™ 2 is an Action game released in 2024, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 20,000,000 .. 50,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 1153556 reviews).

80,293
playing now
75%
positive of 1.2M reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,041
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (306 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

80,293 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Helldivers 2 is a 2024 cooperative multiplayer third-person shooter video game developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The sequel to Helldivers (2015), the game is set in the 22nd century and follows the Helldiver Corps of Super Earth, a division of shock troops dispatched to combat various threats to humanity and to spread managed democracy.

Trailer

HELLDIVERS™ 2 trailer thumbnail

Helldivers 2 - Official Launch Trailer

≈214,117 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 80,293 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 53,988 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6,749/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (343,328 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 23M–52M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,159,314 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$38.81-3%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $25.47 at GameBillet (2025-03-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 39 of 58 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
229k229k20242026Week of 2024-02-01: 119,827 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 40,360 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 98,970 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16,423 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 45,283 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6,147 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 114,571 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 228,757 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8,762 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,872 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4,573 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 873 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4,979 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7,609 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5,011 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,744 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4,448 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 489 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13,175 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 786 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15,858 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,713 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9,104 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 598 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7,688 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 827 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6,230 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 895 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3,601 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 461 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10,776 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5,567 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9,387 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,146 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6,079 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 739 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5,514 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 828 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8,887 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5,089 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4,306 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,819 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5,551 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,088 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4,942 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 871 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4,265 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 638 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8,902 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,425 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5,955 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3,498 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3,860 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4,573 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3,446 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4,434 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2,571 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,053 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,851 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 704 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 102 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

112k19k2026-08-06 16:00 — 30,051 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 19,479 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 25,745 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 36,634 players2026-08-09 04:00 — 35,589 players2026-08-09 19:00 — 39,977 players2026-08-10 10:00 — 19,709 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 31,302 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 34,182 players2026-08-12 07:00 — 21,812 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 92,492 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 82,913 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 67,798 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 91,628 players2026-08-15 10:00 — 61,432 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 81,257 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 95,919 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 47,110 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 69,253 players2026-08-18 13:00 — 96,495 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 64,631 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 72,061 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 39,082 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 68,712 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 73,972 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 55,963 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 76,174 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 80,152 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 56,387 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 65,310 players2026-08-25 10:00 — 33,453 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 66,466 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 62,822 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 34,531 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 51,135 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 67,757 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 61,827 players2026-08-29 20:00 — 78,649 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 51,567 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 80,293 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#7#242026-08-062026-08-302026-08-06 — #242026-08-07 — #242026-08-08 — #242026-08-09 — #242026-08-10 — #242026-08-11 — #242026-08-12 — #242026-08-13 — #82026-08-14 — #72026-08-15 — #72026-08-16 — #82026-08-17 — #82026-08-18 — #82026-08-19 — #72026-08-20 — #72026-08-21 — #72026-08-22 — #72026-08-23 — #72026-08-24 — #72026-08-25 — #82026-08-26 — #82026-08-27 — #102026-08-28 — #102026-08-29 — #132026-08-30 — #12
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).

Price history

$99.99$24.492023-07-242026-08-182023-07-24 — best price $99.992023-11-08 — best price $39.992024-02-07 — best price $39.992024-02-21 — best price $35.292024-03-07 — best price $39.992024-03-26 — best price $36.792024-04-11 — best price $32.592024-04-24 — best price $36.862024-05-10 — best price $39.992024-05-28 — best price $33.952024-06-14 — best price $39.992024-07-31 — best price $35.472024-09-07 — best price $39.992024-09-19 — best price $29.992024-11-05 — best price $36.862024-12-04 — best price $30.992024-12-19 — best price $31.992025-01-04 — best price $39.992025-02-09 — best price $39.992025-03-17 — best price $28.792025-05-16 — best price $36.402025-06-20 — best price $32.952025-08-27 — best price $35.992025-09-17 — best price $38.792025-11-04 — best price $32.992025-12-01 — best price $31.992026-01-24 — best price $32.992026-02-19 — best price $32.892026-04-06 — best price $31.952026-08-12 — best price $26.982026-08-18 — best price $38.81
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.3k5312026-05-29 — 844 pageviews2026-06-01 — 731 pageviews2026-06-04 — 718 pageviews2026-06-07 — 775 pageviews2026-06-10 — 772 pageviews2026-06-13 — 606 pageviews2026-06-16 — 709 pageviews2026-06-19 — 617 pageviews2026-06-22 — 713 pageviews2026-06-25 — 628 pageviews2026-06-28 — 659 pageviews2026-07-01 — 636 pageviews2026-07-04 — 634 pageviews2026-07-07 — 657 pageviews2026-07-10 — 675 pageviews2026-07-13 — 660 pageviews2026-07-16 — 591 pageviews2026-07-19 — 587 pageviews2026-07-22 — 641 pageviews2026-07-25 — 588 pageviews2026-07-28 — 677 pageviews2026-07-31 — 740 pageviews2026-08-03 — 693 pageviews2026-08-06 — 766 pageviews2026-08-09 — 768 pageviews2026-08-12 — 1,965 pageviews2026-08-15 — 1,714 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1,528 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1,327 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,438 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1,312 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

24k8482026-08-16 16:12 — 3,645 viewers2026-08-17 02:12 — 2,795 viewers2026-08-18 12:12 — 2,533 viewers2026-08-25 16:12 — 24,277 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 2,047 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 1,712 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 2,429 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 1,240 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 1,178 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 1,429 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 1,232 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 1,251 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 929 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 1,505 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 1,551 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 1,052 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 1,596 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 2,528 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 2,406 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 1,258 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 2,063 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 2,229 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 2,151 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 1,380 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 1,363 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 1,224 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 1,442 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 1,608 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 1,765 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 2,247 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 1,484 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 2,417 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 1,201 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 1,314 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 2,041 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
95.5%
earned "The Real Deal"
56.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortChat Speech-to-textChat Text-to-speechColor Alternatives1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian…

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvEGoreCo-opSpaceActionComedySci-fiShooterViolentCapitalism

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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