HELLDIVERS™ 2
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ActionOnline Co-OpPvEThird-Person ShooterMultiplayerShooter

17,611 playing#59 on Steam by players#59 on Steam

Peak in the last 24 hours: 39,071

Peak in the last 7 days: 54,762

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Game description

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.

Basic info

DeveloperArrowhead Game Studios
PublisherPlayStation Publishing LLC
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateFeb 8, 2024
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i7-4790K or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 470
Storage135 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 356 reviews from the past 1 year

68.3/ 100
Bottom 20%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (74%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 12, 2026)

Players clearly like HELLDIVERS™ 2 itself, but its 68.3 from 1,181,041 Steam reviews reflects how the game is being run.

👍 Strengths

74 reviews say they love it and wish it well, and 71 praise it as a great game to play with friends. Multiplayer ranks 226th of 642 and comes up in 55% of analyzed reviews. Players also enjoy constant action, nice visuals and a lot of explosions, and some say the core of the game is really good.

👎 Where it falls short

Tech & Support ranks 1339th of 1399 and appears in 55% of analyzed reviews: 43 reviews report crashes, the most upvoted since the last update, and others describe freezes that need a restart. The biggest complaint, in 80 reviews, is the relationship with the developers, the most upvoted describing repeated nerfs against player feedback, and 44 criticize balance changes, the most upvoted saying indirect nerfs break other systems. Pricing & Fairness ranks 1268th of 1399, with weapons locked behind premium currency.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“I love the game and wish it the best” · 74 reviews
“great game especially with friends” · 71 reviews
“developers nerf player-favored mechanics indirectly, breaking other systems” · 44 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 38% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Progression -1.68 · Leveling, unlocks and gear — is growth rewarding or a grind?
Negative “warbond grind is brutal for new players” · 8 reviews
Positive “initial progression through warbonds felt rewarding” · 1 review

Difficulty 13% · Onboarding 5% · Freedom 4% · Strategy 15% · Controls & feel 10%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 19% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.39 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “beautiful and interesting game world design” · 7 reviews

Story 4% · Characters 0%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 14% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +2.24 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “ton of content to explore” · 2 reviews

Variety 8% · Replayability 1%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 11% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.12 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “nice visuals, lots of explosions and constant action” · 13 reviews

Audio 6%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 55% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +3.31 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “great game especially with friends” · 71 reviews
Negative “die from allies more than enemies due to friendly fire” · 8 reviews

Community 21% · Servers & Connection 2%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 36% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.90 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “developers nerf player-favored mechanics indirectly, breaking other systems” · 44 reviews

Anti-cheat 1% · Pricing 19% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 55% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -1.03 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “devs actively hostile to players, repeated balance nerfs despite feedback” · 80 reviews
Positive “devs actively continue updates with substantial content” · 5 reviews

Stability 35% · Performance 22%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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