Summary
Helldivers 2hit an all-time low concurrent player count on Steam, dropping to just below 13,000 players in early July 2024. While its community remains fairly substantial, manyHelldivers 2players appear to have moved on from the game, at least for the time being.
Arrowhead Game Studios' latest title was released for the PS5 and PC on February 8. The PlayStation-published live-service shooter debuted to widespread fan adoration and critical acclaim, quickly becoming a hit across all supported platforms. According to the latest commercial update from Sony,Helldivers 2sold over 12 million copiesas of March 31.
Helldivers 2 Lost Over 90% Of Its PC Players Since Launch
But a significant chunk of that player base appears to have moved on by now, at least as far as the PC crowd is concerned. That’s according to some new data scrapped bySteamDB, which reveals thatHelldivers 2had recently dropped to just 12,995 concurrent Steam players. The all-time low count was recorded on Tuesday, July 9, just after 2am PT / 05am ET / 11am CET. During its busiest hours of the day, the co-op shooter still peaks at roughly 35,000 players on Valve’s platform. While that’s far from a trivial figure, it’s also a far cry from the height of the game’s popularity, which sawHelldivers 2seize the title of the most-played game on Steam. Since then, the shooter has lost over 90% of its daily PC player base.
This downward trend has been observable for a while now, asHelldivers 2has been consistently losing playerssince March 2024. Going by end-of-month data, May has so far proven to be its worst month, responsible for a 53% player count drop. The rate of decline slowed down in June whenHelldivers 2lost only about one-quarter of its remaining PC player base. The currently available data for the first half of July 2024 indicates that an even smaller drop is expected to be recorded over the course of this month.
Generally speaking, it is completely normal for games to lose steam shortly following their release. But while those trends are generally unavoidable for single-player experiences, live-service games try their best to mitigate them, not least because they essentially live and die by the size and health of their player communities.
Helldivers 2does have one major advantage in this respect over many of its rivals, as it launched as a $40 product rather than a free-to-play offering. Given its immense launch sales, Arrowhead should be well-positioned to keepsupportingHelldivers 2with new content updatesin the foreseeable future, even if none of them manage to reinvigorate the game’s player count.
Helldivers 2
WHERE TO PLAY
Do you believe in freedom? Can you stand in the face of oppression – and defend the defenceless? Wage war for peace. Die for democracy.Join forces with up to three friends and wreak havoc on an alien scourge threatening the safety of your home planet, Super Earth, in this multiplayer co-op shooter for PS5 and PC from Arrowhead Game Studios.Step into the boots of the Helldivers, an elite class of soldiers whose mission is to spread peace, liberty and Managed Democracy using the biggest, baddest and most explosive tools in the galaxy.Helldivers don’t go planet side without proper backup, but it’s up to you to decide how and when to call it in. Not only do you have a host of superpowered primary weapons and customizable loadouts, you also have the ability to call on stratagems during play.Helldivers 2 features Arrowhead’s best cooperative gameplay yet. Collaboration will be vital: Teams will synergize on loadouts, strategize their approach for each mission and complete objectives together.1Enlist in Super Earth’s premier military peacekeeping force today. We are heroes… we are legends… WE ARE HELLDIVERS.
