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ActionMassively MultiplayerFree To PlayFPSShooterOpen WorldMultiplayerTeam-Based

PlanetSide 2

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.

Developer: Rogue Planet Games
Publisher: Daybreak Game Company
Franchise: —
Release date: Nov 20, 2012
Store page updated: Dec 12, 2025
Price: Free · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

62.4/ 100

Based on 386 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 😐 Mixed 50% of 137

All time 😄 Very Positive 80% of 74,872

“one of my favorite first person shooters of all time”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

-0.27

Onboarding -2.17 · How easy it is to learn — tutorials and the first hours

“tutorial insufficient; requires external guides for progression” (23)

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Story & World

+2.89

Not enough data — only 9% of reviews mention this.

World +3.15 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

“incredible large-scale battlefield atmosphere with night firefights” (9)

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Content Volume

+2.01

Volume +1.92 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price

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Visuals & Sound

+0.36

Visuals +0.33 · Graphics, art style, and animation

“still relatively good graphics, unique shooter with large worlds” (13)

(Spielzeit außerhalb STEAM - ca. 2.500 / 3.000 h) PS2 war einmal ein guter, Taktik MMO-Shooter, aktuell ist es leider eher ein Quake ähnliches Geballere geworden, da tunlichst jegliches Taktikches Vorgehen eliminiert wurde und auch gerne von Outfits angeprangert wird. Nachdem es nur noch um die Anzahl an Kills in erster Linie geht, hat das Spiel leider viel seiner Tiefe verloren. Die nun aufgepatchten Über-Sunder und das Missverhältniss zwischen Antitankwaffen und den Einsatz von C4 tun, neben dem bereits früheren Downgraden der Verteidigungsfähigkeiten vieler Basen Ihr übriges dazu, Das Einfü

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Multiplayer

+0.44

Playing together +3.09 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

“large-scale coordinated battles with tanks and platoons are unmatched” (54)

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Pricing & Fairness

-2.53

Balance -2.74 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched

“gutting one of few standout classes instead of fixing myriad problems” (36)

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Tech & Support

-2.65

Developer support -2.40 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players

“deleted my account after 1000 hrs and $300 invested with no reason” (21)

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time

since launch, by month · major update DLC

Nov 2012Sep 2026

Reviews

per day · 137 reviews, peak 12/day

Aug 20Sep 18

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