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PlanetSide 2

Rogue Planet Games · Daybreak Game Company · 2012-11-20

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionMassively MultiplayerFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Nov 20, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 23, 2015 (PlayStation 4)

PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.

440
playing now
80%
positive of 75k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
37
twitch viewers (latest)
83/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (110 ratings)
31h
to beat · completionist 20000h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

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

PlanetSide 2 is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online first-person shooter (MMOFPS) game originally developed by Sony Online Entertainment. The game supports battles with thousands of players and incorporates modern first-person shooter mechanics. Six infantry classes and multiple vehicles are available to players, allowing them to interact in combined arms warfare on the battlefield. PlanetSide 2 is a reimagining of PlanetSide and chronicles the efforts of the same three factions in their fight for control of the alien planet Auraxis.

Trailer

PlanetSide 2 trailer thumbnail

PlanetSide 2 Official Trailer -- Epic First Person Shooter!

≈788,676 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 440 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,018 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~127/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.9k1.9k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 158 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 995 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 567 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,907 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,670 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,073 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 737 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 734 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 591 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 161 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 535 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 721 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 475 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 352 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 345 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 465 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 373 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 59 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6161792026-08-06 21:00 — 427 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 190 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 359 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 383 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 301 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 299 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 468 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 318 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 606 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 383 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 299 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 320 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 310 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 198 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 322 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 289 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 202 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 482 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 616 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 324 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 246 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 471 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 375 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 372 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 556 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 405 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 337 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 480 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 440 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

147542026-05-30 — 71 pageviews2026-06-02 — 65 pageviews2026-06-05 — 117 pageviews2026-06-08 — 136 pageviews2026-06-11 — 85 pageviews2026-06-14 — 59 pageviews2026-06-17 — 69 pageviews2026-06-20 — 58 pageviews2026-06-23 — 61 pageviews2026-06-26 — 71 pageviews2026-06-29 — 84 pageviews2026-07-02 — 71 pageviews2026-07-05 — 97 pageviews2026-07-08 — 147 pageviews2026-07-11 — 86 pageviews2026-07-14 — 95 pageviews2026-07-17 — 76 pageviews2026-07-20 — 78 pageviews2026-07-23 — 92 pageviews2026-07-26 — 98 pageviews2026-07-29 — 72 pageviews2026-08-01 — 85 pageviews2026-08-04 — 82 pageviews2026-08-07 — 74 pageviews2026-08-10 — 87 pageviews2026-08-13 — 79 pageviews2026-08-16 — 77 pageviews2026-08-19 — 107 pageviews2026-08-22 — 110 pageviews2026-08-25 — 99 pageviews2026-08-27 — 85 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5912026-08-27 23:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 59 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 37 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud

7 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)16,5740%12
PS4 (PlayStation)16,0220%12

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSPvPWarActionSci-fiShooterTacticalFuturisticOpen WorldTeam-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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