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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) · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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.

PlanetSide 2 is an Action Massively Multiplayer Free To Play game released in 2012, free-to-play, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (80% of 74849 reviews) sentiment.

206
playing now
80%
positive of 75k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (110 ratings)
4.24★
PlayStation Store rating (150,623 ratings)
78/100
opencritic · strong · 50% recommend · from 16 critics
31h
to beat · completionist 20000h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

206 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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!

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 206 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,025 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~128/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,533 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.9k1.9k20182026Week 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: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6731462026-09-14 19:00 — 403 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 217 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 258 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 561 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 445 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 205 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 508 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 261 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 295 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 673 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 315 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 286 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 432 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 233 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 230 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 609 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 244 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 280 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 325 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 482 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 351 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 368 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 453 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 206 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
16k329Nov 2012Aug 2026Nov 2012 — avg 16,240 · peak 29,449Apr 2013 — avg 4,675 · peak 8,563Sep 2013 — avg 3,566 · peak 6,640Feb 2014 — avg 5,282 · peak 9,525Jul 2014 — avg 3,668 · peak 6,536Dec 2014 — avg 3,540 · peak 6,305May 2015 — avg 2,513 · peak 4,703Oct 2015 — avg 2,432 · peak 4,554Mar 2016 — avg 2,259 · peak 4,182Aug 2016 — avg 2,141 · peak 3,539Jan 2017 — avg 2,169 · peak 3,979Jun 2017 — avg 1,826 · peak 3,180Nov 2017 — avg 1,630 · peak 3,012Apr 2018 — avg 1,873 · peak 3,159Sep 2018 — avg 1,585 · peak 2,736Feb 2019 — avg 1,380 · peak 2,324Jul 2019 — avg 1,405 · peak 3,206Dec 2019 — avg 1,258 · peak 2,008May 2020 — avg 2,741 · peak 4,827Oct 2020 — avg 2,454 · peak 4,456Mar 2021 — avg 1,761 · peak 3,007Aug 2021 — avg 1,986 · peak 3,385Jan 2022 — avg 1,782 · peak 3,640Jun 2022 — avg 1,844 · peak 3,184Nov 2022 — avg 1,515 · peak 3,951Apr 2023 — avg 1,461 · peak 2,885Sep 2023 — avg 990 · peak 1,797Feb 2024 — avg 959 · peak 1,745Jul 2024 — avg 724 · peak 1,727Dec 2024 — avg 688 · peak 1,354May 2025 — avg 758 · peak 1,739Oct 2025 — avg 521 · peak 1,043Mar 2026 — avg 436 · peak 922Aug 2026 — avg 375 · peak 923
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
442026-09-232026-10-112026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 2 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 3 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 3 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 3 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 2 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-08: 1 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

364582026-05-30 — 71 pageviews2026-06-03 — 81 pageviews2026-06-07 — 105 pageviews2026-06-11 — 85 pageviews2026-06-15 — 74 pageviews2026-06-19 — 63 pageviews2026-06-23 — 61 pageviews2026-06-27 — 70 pageviews2026-07-01 — 76 pageviews2026-07-05 — 97 pageviews2026-07-09 — 106 pageviews2026-07-13 — 134 pageviews2026-07-17 — 76 pageviews2026-07-21 — 86 pageviews2026-07-25 — 93 pageviews2026-07-29 — 72 pageviews2026-08-02 — 71 pageviews2026-08-06 — 58 pageviews2026-08-10 — 87 pageviews2026-08-14 — 68 pageviews2026-08-18 — 85 pageviews2026-08-22 — 110 pageviews2026-08-26 — 110 pageviews2026-08-30 — 85 pageviews2026-09-03 — 79 pageviews2026-09-07 — 89 pageviews2026-09-11 — 149 pageviews2026-09-15 — 137 pageviews2026-09-19 — 137 pageviews2026-09-23 — 110 pageviews2026-09-27 — 119 pageviews2026-10-01 — 80 pageviews2026-10-05 — 95 pageviews2026-10-08 — 73 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5802026-09-30 18:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 16:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 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.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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