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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 · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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).

37,448
playing now
76%
positive of 1.2M reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000,000–50,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
633
twitch viewers (latest)
3.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
88/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (306 ratings)
12,594
Nexus mods (37M downloads)
4.42★
PlayStation Store rating (156,743 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

37,448 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 21:00 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
  • · 37,448 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 53,554 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6,694/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (343,328 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: healthy→thriving (Sep 17), thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 15)

Estimated sales: 23M–53M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,166,947 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 33 of 45 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: 4,986 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,103 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 3,616 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 577 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 1,369 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 200 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

70k25k2026-09-15 21:00 — 38,762 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 25,803 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 27,931 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 36,069 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 38,077 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 25,406 players2026-09-22 11:00 — 29,683 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 40,045 players2026-09-24 11:00 — 34,971 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 35,495 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 46,302 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 43,552 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 30,702 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 28,062 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 25,917 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 26,561 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 27,797 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 37,729 players2026-10-04 11:00 — 38,269 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 27,909 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 27,877 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 28,695 players2026-10-08 11:00 — 26,567 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 28,832 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 36,986 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 39,003 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 26,797 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 25,399 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 30,005 players2026-10-15 11:00 — 27,900 players2026-10-15 21:00 — 37,448 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
274k22kFeb 2024Aug 2026Feb 2024 — avg 274,304 · peak 458,208Mar 2024 — avg 217,046 · peak 437,818Apr 2024 — avg 142,854 · peak 333,751May 2024 — avg 65,221 · peak 125,574Jun 2024 — avg 41,638 · peak 91,692Jul 2024 — avg 23,928 · peak 47,007Aug 2024 — avg 24,574 · peak 62,585Sep 2024 — avg 25,885 · peak 68,315Oct 2024 — avg 30,407 · peak 72,196Nov 2024 — avg 29,651 · peak 56,787Dec 2024 — avg 56,735 · peak 148,524Jan 2025 — avg 46,839 · peak 94,361Feb 2025 — avg 53,276 · peak 96,421Mar 2025 — avg 38,521 · peak 74,048Apr 2025 — avg 27,966 · peak 48,671May 2025 — avg 60,291 · peak 162,997Jun 2025 — avg 53,136 · peak 119,358Jul 2025 — avg 37,952 · peak 75,108Aug 2025 — avg 40,433 · peak 163,085Sep 2025 — avg 68,412 · peak 177,327Oct 2025 — avg 29,526 · peak 61,493Nov 2025 — avg 22,074 · peak 37,770Dec 2025 — avg 34,475 · peak 68,577Jan 2026 — avg 33,875 · peak 64,412Feb 2026 — avg 76,474 · peak 171,120Mar 2026 — avg 47,917 · peak 83,024Apr 2026 — avg 35,678 · peak 83,346May 2026 — avg 30,661 · peak 56,995Jun 2026 — avg 25,423 · peak 45,817Jul 2026 — avg 26,750 · peak 43,782Aug 2026 — avg 52,422 · peak 144,799
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#11#242026-09-152026-10-152026-09-15 — #172026-09-16 — #172026-09-17 — #172026-09-18 — #182026-09-19 — #172026-09-20 — #172026-09-21 — #172026-09-22 — #172026-09-23 — #122026-09-24 — #112026-09-25 — #112026-09-26 — #132026-09-27 — #162026-09-28 — #162026-09-29 — #162026-09-30 — #172026-10-01 — #192026-10-02 — #192026-10-03 — #202026-10-04 — #212026-10-05 — #212026-10-06 — #212026-10-07 — #232026-10-08 — #232026-10-09 — #232026-10-10 — #242026-10-11 — #242026-10-12 — #232026-10-13 — #232026-10-14 — #232026-10-15 — #20
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).

Price history

$99.99$24.492023-07-242026-09-272023-07-24 — 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 $26.982026-09-27 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.3k5312026-05-29 — 844 pageviews2026-06-02 — 802 pageviews2026-06-06 — 664 pageviews2026-06-10 — 772 pageviews2026-06-14 — 677 pageviews2026-06-18 — 662 pageviews2026-06-22 — 713 pageviews2026-06-26 — 722 pageviews2026-06-30 — 605 pageviews2026-07-04 — 634 pageviews2026-07-08 — 669 pageviews2026-07-12 — 588 pageviews2026-07-16 — 591 pageviews2026-07-20 — 563 pageviews2026-07-24 — 600 pageviews2026-07-28 — 677 pageviews2026-08-01 — 633 pageviews2026-08-05 — 749 pageviews2026-08-09 — 768 pageviews2026-08-13 — 2,264 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,746 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1,327 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1,312 pageviews2026-08-29 — 1,039 pageviews2026-09-02 — 923 pageviews2026-09-06 — 891 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1,152 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1,068 pageviews2026-09-18 — 1,093 pageviews2026-09-22 — 991 pageviews2026-09-26 — 747 pageviews2026-09-30 — 767 pageviews2026-10-04 — 751 pageviews2026-10-08 — 908 pageviews2026-10-12 — 699 pageviews2026-10-14 — 668 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.8k1522026-10-01 21:34 — 540 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 705 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 811 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 1,117 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 459 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 939 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 1,332 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 508 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 832 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 847 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 423 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 863 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 747 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 1,472 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 380 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 726 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 512 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 670 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 1,378 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 500 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 1,024 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 1,321 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 650 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 1,072 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 793 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 552 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 813 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 603 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 923 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 1,098 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 350 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 902 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 533 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 624 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 1,319 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 330 viewers2026-10-15 19:34 — 528 viewers2026-10-15 20:34 — 633 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 Alternatives

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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