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HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition cover art

HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition

Arrowhead Game Studios · PlayStation Publishing LLC · 2015-12-07

SteamPlayStation Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Mar 03, 2015 (PlayStation 3), Dec 07, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 04, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Mar 04, 2015 (PlayStation Vita)

HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.

208
playing now
90%
positive of 33k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (90 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

208 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Helldivers is a 2015 top-down shooter video game developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game was released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita in March 2015. A version for Windows was also released on 7 December 2015, making it the first Sony-published game for personal computers since Twisted Metal 2 and Jet Moto in 1997. The story follows the Helldivers, a unit of shock troops mobilized to spread managed democracy and defend their way of life.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 208 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 934 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~117/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 834k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 33,362 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.29 at GameBillet (2024-09-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 35 of 48 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
98598520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 514 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 461 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 823 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 985 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 516 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

208572026-08-06 21:00 — 99 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 57 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 177 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 133 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 121 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 194 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 122 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 148 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 182 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 117 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 75 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 154 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 82 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 88 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 168 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 83 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 92 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 151 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 161 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 90 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 111 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 117 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 140 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 113 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 173 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 83 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 113 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 148 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 110 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 208 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$21.62$3.142015-11-232026-08-092015-11-23 — best price $19.992017-06-23 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $9.992019-09-13 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $9.992021-04-13 — best price $16.902021-07-09 — best price $16.902021-10-07 — best price $19.992021-12-02 — best price $16.902022-01-25 — best price $19.992022-04-04 — best price $4.252022-04-23 — best price $4.252022-05-16 — best price $19.992022-07-13 — best price $4.252022-09-29 — best price $17.482022-11-23 — best price $5.002023-01-11 — best price $16.992023-02-04 — best price $19.992023-05-26 — best price $17.482023-07-25 — best price $17.772023-12-21 — best price $3.902024-02-11 — best price $14.392024-04-14 — best price $16.992024-06-28 — best price $3.372024-08-07 — best price $18.762024-09-15 — best price $3.752024-12-05 — best price $16.972025-02-17 — best price $14.392025-04-29 — best price $16.572025-10-02 — best price $3.992025-12-24 — best price $3.582026-04-22 — best price $17.482026-07-10 — best price $16.582026-08-09 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k2682026-05-30 — 323 pageviews2026-06-02 — 369 pageviews2026-06-05 — 356 pageviews2026-06-08 — 361 pageviews2026-06-11 — 413 pageviews2026-06-14 — 316 pageviews2026-06-17 — 315 pageviews2026-06-20 — 283 pageviews2026-06-23 — 305 pageviews2026-06-26 — 379 pageviews2026-06-29 — 338 pageviews2026-07-02 — 343 pageviews2026-07-05 — 361 pageviews2026-07-08 — 309 pageviews2026-07-11 — 305 pageviews2026-07-14 — 338 pageviews2026-07-17 — 283 pageviews2026-07-20 — 311 pageviews2026-07-23 — 328 pageviews2026-07-26 — 384 pageviews2026-07-29 — 357 pageviews2026-08-01 — 350 pageviews2026-08-04 — 351 pageviews2026-08-07 — 380 pageviews2026-08-10 — 435 pageviews2026-08-13 — 836 pageviews2026-08-16 — 803 pageviews2026-08-19 — 711 pageviews2026-08-22 — 652 pageviews2026-08-25 — 764 pageviews2026-08-27 — 581 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
81.2%
earned "Join the Army they said"
12.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsDualShock Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud14 DLC

18 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish…

Where its players are

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

Player tags

Co-opFunnySpaceActionComedySci-fiShooterTop-DownDifficultLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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