Third-person shooter sensation Helldivers 2 reached an extraordinary 409,337 concurrent players over the weekend. This makes it the fifth most popular game on Steam, a fact that’s even more impressive considering three of those five games are free in comparison Helldivers 2The price is $40.
The Sony-funded online extraction shooter was released on February 8th and had a great opening weekend, racking up 155,000 players were too much for the waiters
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While Palworld With a score of 430,723 over the weekend, it’s still the most popular paid title on Valve’s massive PC platform. That is remarkable Helldivers 2 costs $10 more than that Pokémoninspired Craft-Me-Do, which made its success all the more remarkable. But yeah, let’s be fair and point that out too Palworld is now a month old and the all-time high was a record 2.1 million concurrent users because now everything is broken
Heavily influenced by the often misunderstood film version of Starship TroopersArrowhead Studios Hell diver was a satirical top-down co-op shooter released in 2015. Set on Super Earth, where democracy has been “enhanced” to ensure its results are more predictable and less subject to the whims of the electorate, humans battle bugs, cyborgs and other luminaries. Nine years later, the game has shifted to a third-person perspective, the scope has increased tremendously, and the popularity has adapted.
Note that these are PC figures only, not including PS5 players as crossplay is possible between the two.
My city‘s Zach Zweizen really enjoyed the gameonly marred by a few technical teething problems.
So many shooters strive for realism but leave out things like friendly fire or ammo management for fear that it will annoy players. The developers and this game are not here to make you heroes, but Helldivers 2 says: “The fight is hard. War is brutal. And you will die.” But it ensures that you are given all the tools, options and weapons you need to succeed in its hellish battles. You can become a hero Helldivers 2.
I’m so old it makes me nostalgic Planet side.