Helldivers 2 has started well on Steam, with a concurrent player record higher than any previous PC port of a PlayStation Studios game.
According toSteamDB, the game’s peak concurrent player count is currently 81,840, which was achieved at 10pm ET on Thursday / 3am GMT today.
This gives it a higher peak concurrent player count thanGod of War,Horizon Zero DawnComplete Edition, The Last of Us Part I or any otherSteamgame published byPlayStationStudios.
The current top 10 peak concurrent player counts achieved by PlayStation games on Steam is as follows:
Although the game’sPClaunch numbers are seemingly cause for celebration atSony, it didn’t get off to the perfect start in terms of player satisfaction.
Shortly after the game was released on Thursday,reviews on the game’s Steam page were graded ‘Mixed’, with only around 52% of submitted reviews being marked as positive.
The general consensus among the negative reviews appeared to revolve around server issues and the game’s tendency to crash, with some players tying the latter to the game’s use of nProtect GameGuard anti-cheat software.
Since then, however, the tide appears to have shifted somewhat, and while the game is still tagged as ‘Mixed’ on the Steam store its ratio has improved, with around 68% of reviews now showing as positive.
Announced during a PlayStation Showcaseevent last May, Helldivers 2 wasinitially scheduled for release in 2023before being delayed, adn was finally released on Thursday.
The sequel to 2015PS4,PS3andVitagame Helldivers, it takes inspiration from military sci-fi like Starship Troopers, and has a focus on co-op play.
