HELLDIVERS™ 2

The Sony blockade is over and the illuminate are on the run. I knew this day would eventually come, when we finally get our international Helldivers reinforcements back! Can't recommend this game enough

PSN finally lifted the geographical purchase restriction. Rejoicing and jubilation!

When this game first launched, I really wanted it. I was hyped from the trailers, gameplay previews, everything. But then came the PSN region lock and as someone outside the supported countries, I couldn't buy it. That was frustrating. I waited, hoping for a fix. And then out of nowhere, Steam dropped the bomb: the region lock was lifted. The second I saw the announcement, I bought it full price, no hesitation. and let me tell you WORTH. EVERY. PENNY. This game is pure chaos. Explosions, friendly fire, bugs, bots, orbital strikes, and yelling at your squadmates to "Get to the extraction!" It’s a PTSD simulator in the best possible way. Every mission feels like a desperate fight for survival but when you're playing with friends, it turns into some of the most fun and ridiculous co op gameplay out there. If you're into intense action, teamwork (and betrayal), and endless bugs and bots trying to kill you, this is it. 10/10 would die to friendly fire again.

I was just a simple citizen, living peacefully under the watchful eye of Managed Democracy... Then my husband crash-landed a Hellpod into my life. One minute I’m a civilian with a laundry routine, the next I’m hip-firing an MG-43 while my husband yells “INCOMING” and calls down a nuclear pancake on the front lines. Now I’ve almost got 300 hours clocked, a twitch in my trigger finger, and recurring dreams where the fridge beeps and I instinctively yell “STRATAGEM INCOMING!” This isn’t just a game—it’s joint orbital therapy. It’s date nights fueled by democracy, romantic strolls through bug carcasses, and a healthy fear of friendly fire. I came for love. I stayed for the freedom. ★★★★★ For Super Earth. For Managed Democracy.

I was holding back in reviewing this game for a long time due to all the [b]drama[/b] it incurred over the first year of this game. In fact, I was quite tempted to post [b]a negative report[/b] about it when I learned about how my fellow countrymen could never join me in battle because of a decision made not by the developers, but the greedy suits upstairs. It was hard to promote such an amazing game to my friends who I knew could [b]never[/b] join me even if they wanted to. I was torn. [b]I loved this game and I hated what it turned into.[/b] So I did what most people did, I left. I hung my cape, removed my helmet, and moved on. To my surprise, on a random post I saw over the internet, there was a mention that [b]the region lock that was in place was lifted.[/b] I couldn't believe it, so I logged onto Steam to check for myself. There it is, the store page. No more [b]"Not Available in your Region"[/b] notice. A short sigh escaped my lips. No words. Just glad that it was over. I can freely say that this game has members from all over "Super Earth" once more. So, on behalf of the new Filipino Helldivers joining the fray, I say: [b]"Take us to the fight."[/b]

Sony bent the knee. Total Super Earth victory. Now get in the pods!

This game might have some of the worst FOMO of any game I have ever played, but whereas a game like Fortnite has FOMO from limited-time skins and cosmetics, this game has FOMO from missing out on the insane moments and events in its story and the ongoing war the community is participating in. Like many Steam users with many different games, this one rotted in my library for months without me playing it. When a friend finally encouraged me to play it, it quickly became my favorite game in years, this hits with you like nothing else on the market quite can, and my only regret is that I feel like I missed out on so many incredible events in the game's first months. In the time I could have been playing, I missed the experience of Malevelon Creek, the experience of fighting on Meridia, the experience of watching the Automatons be expelled from the galaxy, and the experience of watching them return. But on the opposite end of this, I got to fight the illuminate in the first hours of their arrival, I defended Popli XI from the Incineration Corps blitz, I joined the expedition into the gloom, and I helped defend Super Earth during its invasion, all things I am extremely happy I was there for. It's not a perfect game, it has lots of bugs, the game engine hasn't been updated in half a decade, etc. But in terms of a sheer experience, it is near perfect, if you are interested, do not hesitate and join in.

Imma be real this game is fun but I had enough of its bullshit optimization and constant crashes

At some stage I would have recommended this game, it's fun and has a fair amount of content but I cannot in good faith tell anyone to play this at the moment. The unfathomable number of game bugs both minor and game breaking is staggering. I have never played a game as buggy as Helldivers 2, in the entire 214 hours I have in this game at the time of writing this review I have NEVER and I literally mean NEVER (I am not exaggerating) played a single mission of Helldivers 2 without some kind of bug present. Here are some of the recent bugs that have made the game unplayable for me. 1. All of my guns become unusable. Essentially at seemingly random I'm unable to ADS or Fire any weapon on my character without stimming (and even that only works sometimes) or being killed. 2. Random parts of the map, terrain, buildings, and floor types SOMETIMES allowing you to dial stratagems on them, and in other missions not. I am not talking about surfaces that are obviously not supposed to be used, I mean roads, platforms, even regular rocks and dirt seemingly out of nowhere not allowing you to place strat beacons. 3. Thermite grenades SOMETIMES stick to enemies. They are supposed to stick to tanks, hulks, fabricators, and most things/surfaces however sometimes they will just bounce off a hulk, or a cannon turret, or a tank for absolutely no reason. 4. Enemies being left hovering in the air after the dropship carrying them has been shot down. 5. Sentry turrets de-spawing as they rise out of the drop pod they dropped in. 6. Primary weapon randomly vanishing after being ragdolled and having to swap to my secondary then back to primary to bring my gun back. 7. The spear launcher showing that it is locking an enemy, however the rocket just flies straight up instead (This one is extremely frequent) and completely misses the target. 8. The 500Kg bomb landing directly on-top of Hulks, chargers, harvesters, etc and occasionally doing ZERO damage to them. I could make this review a dozen pages long on bugs listed alone, and they ARE NOT RARE, they happen quite literally every play session. I'm over it, I'm sick of Arrowhead adding more and more content which is almost ALWAYS broken on launch and riddled with bugs, and then rolling "Fixes" out after which *don't actually work*... Yes, they literally release hotfixes/patches and claim to have fixed a bug or crash, and you can very confidently launch the game and the issue is still extremely present. They rarely answer support tickets and will label or mark your bug reports as fixed when they are not fixed and have not been addressed in patch notes. My personal favourite is the fact they have a page of "Known Issues" which still contains bugs they have actually fixed and haven't reflected in patch notes, they fix bugs without even realising it and simultaneously DON'T Fix bugs they actively claim to have fixed. I love this game, I really do, but the game in it's current state is literally unplayable.

Absolutely great game to play with friends. Had to bought it a year on another acc since my country was region locked. Now the restriction have been lifted off, I can finally hope again to play it with my friends who were also region blocked

removed undemocratic region locks. Amazing game that has its ups and downs, but no matter what I can find a way to have fun. definitely worth playing

when the Squid faction came out I used to play at 90-100 fps and the game ran smooth but the CPU usage was quite high but not through the roof which was expected due to the terrain gen and the enemy AI but, with each update it got worse and worse. Now even with the lower settings(used to play high now medium) I SHOULD NOT be getting 30! FPS IN THE HUB ZONE and during extraction it even drops down to sub 20 which is absolutely insane with my config(3070 8GB i9, 13900)!!! With each update the game just runs worse and worse and the devs haven't even acknowledged the performance issues and if you want to use frame gen tech (which I hate but I went out of my way to make the game more playable) well good luck with that because it isn't supported . I will not be recommending this to anyone for now until the optimization issues have been fixed which is quite disappointing since the game is incredibly fun especially with friends.

hate elevated overseers hate hunters hate fleshmobs luv me 500kg bomb luv me recoilless rifle luv me HMG emplacement simple as

🔥 This Game SLAPS Helldivers 2 is what happens when you drop 4 dudes into absolute hell, and they somehow turn it into the most badass war movie ever made. Every mission is pure chaos, the fun kind. Explosions, teamwork, clutch revives, and yes, plenty of accidental friendly fire. Beautiful. The best part? No sweaty PvP tryhards. Just you and your squad against the worst the galaxy can throw at you. It’s hype, it’s wild, and somehow never stressful. Just pure, glorious fun. And the devs? Straight-up legends. They actually listen, drop banger updates, and keep the community vibe strong. Even better, the game isn't greedy about cosmetics. You can unlock warbonds just by playing, no FOMO, no gross time-limited pressure. Just earn stuff at your own pace, the way it should be. (Unlike a certain publisher… yeah Sony, we saw what you tried to pull. Almost killed the game, but the devs and the community pulled it back.) Sick of the same copy-paste competitive shooters? This one’s built different. This is Absolute cinema. 🎬

Overall, this gets my recommendation. With a developing community driven story that is a living meme at this point, Helldivers 2 leans hard into parody of Starship Troopers with its themes of almost comically overblown glorification of war and dark humor of how expendable and excessively destructive humanity is when everyone gets their own warship complete with enough nearly unlimited firepower. Some elements of gameplay may be too grindy for some people, but on the upside most if not 99 percent of all equipment can be earned just from playing the game long enough. Premium currency can be found in missions as much as anything else, meaning just highly dedicated players will be able to not only contribute tons to the war effort of an ever changing campaign, but also unlock just about all the sets of armor and weapons possible to load up on. New stuff comes out, campaign orders change, enemies may vary, but the war never really changes. Definite buy for people who want every battle to look like its a set piece out of a big budget sci fi war movie.

I feel like a total fool for not trying this game sooner. Even with the hype phase having left, this game is spectacular fun, and I easily see myself getting hundreds of hours on it pretty quickly.

This is the second review I've ever done. I wanted to join the group in Positive Reviewing since Sony recently unbanned the country list. A massive W, but should never have happened and it certainly halved the player based which really affected the war effort. I've been playing since the Weekend after launch. This game is amazing. The Co-op PVE game mode is my favourite style of games. I hate having to compete with others all the time and constantly be good or God-tier to be relevant. I also love the warbond system especially since there is no time limit. I have an extremely demanding job IRL and don't have time to play games every day. The system allows me to grind warbond at my leasure and im deeply thankful for this feature. There have been a lot of up's and downs with HD2, but id say i've enjoyed every second of this game. Totally recommend to anyone and everyone.

Sony has removed the Region Lock on two thirds of the world, so I will now dispense a positive review. Great soundtrack, Fun gameplay, and no money has to be paid for any of the in game content as you can find the premium currency in each mission quite frequently. My only dislike with this game is that the developers, ArrowHead, dont do as much quality testing as they should, and as a result many bugs make their way onto the live servers with every update. Other than that, Good Game. Buy it.

Consistently improving over time. An outstanding period defending super earth. Progressively increasing story that is semi easy to follow, tracks within the universe, and is able to be affected by the player base. THE REGION LOCK IS NO MORE! LIBERTY AND MANAGED DEMOCRACY FOR ALL!

buggy as fuck but the best damn experience you will ever have playing a 3rd person online co-op shooter

One of the best co-op games I've personally played in recent years. It may not be very consistent in terms of live service, it may even be quite a bumpy ride, but it feels like eventually it always reaches its goal and gets back on the right track, no matter how many bumps it gets stuck in along the way.

It took huge player pushback to get this game into a decent state from bullet sponges and unusable weapons in 2024, but AH seems to be headstrong on making the game all about shooting bullet sponges and make every weapon barely usable.

At long last democracy prevailed and Automaton oppression has been repelled, rejoice citizen for it is time to join Helldivers and fight for freedom and democracy across galaxy as you valiantly salute the flag. In spite of turbulent start and some questionable decisions made by publisher, devs kept trying their best to provide us with a pretty good squad based experience and what better way to describe it than to say that it brought 200.000 players who fought together to liberate Super Earth from invasion and brutal onslaught of aliens. While graphical aspect of game is not AAAA material, it still looks pretty impressive with battlefield being ravaged by shell bombardment and all kind of firearm bullet saturation, buildings and structures being obliterated in wake of alien assault or simply crushed under weight of giant bugs. Devs took great deal to details in a lot of aspects, from the way how your Helldiver reacts to certain events around them, to sand under their feet being disturbed. Main selling point of this game is global team effort and you are not main character of that story, but just a small cog in the big machinery that is making contribution towards shared goal. Fear not recruit! You will be provided with ample selection of firearms, armors and demolition options in order to take out enemies of democracy, but with that comes a responsibility to your teammates as friendly fire is a thing and you can easily be the one to tip the tides in favor of enemy by one wrong shot... you wouldn't happen to be a traitor in our midst now soldier? I definitely recommend this game to all milsim fans and people who enjoy team based shooters.

It's been about a year since Sony thought they could just push their customers around and do whatever they wanted. For the first time since then, we finally have our brothers in Managed Democracy back in our fold. I give an apology to Arrowhead for getting stuck in the middle ground of said battle, but even more than that, I give a thanks to them for creating a game so immersive that I got excited to have players from all over the world join in our fight against the enemies of Super Earth. We dive together, or not at all.

Minimum System Requirements are misleading, those are only for installation, not for playability.

AH needs to stop releasing bugged, untested content. Balance changes are totally fucked sometimes. Buffing Leviathans for example. No counterplay for it.

This may be one of the greatest games ever made. If not for the incredible gameplay, then for the unmatched talent and consideration from the developers. As of posting, we have recently removed the region restrictions from the game, a testament to the strength of the community and the faith of Arrowhead studios. If you're considering buying this game, know that it will live up to your expectations. Become a hero. Become a Helldiver.

Helldivers 2 really makes you FEEL like cannon-fodder. But it will also make you feel like a badass. I think the beauty and fun of the game comes from the swift and unforeseen transition between these two states. Prove to yourself you have the strength and the courage to be free. Join The Helldivers! 9/10

This game has always been fantastic, but before I ever wrote my review, Sony decided to do the PSN thing, and then when they "reversed" it, they made it so thee game was unpurchasable in countries without access to PSN. "Fixed" the issue for some players, shafted the rest. As of June 13 2025, it seems the decision to region-lock the game has been officially reversed. For that reason SPECIFICALLY, I am now comfortable HEARTILY recommending this chaotic, hilarious romp of a team-based PvE shoot-em-up to everyone I know. DRG fans, rejoice. Karl was known to support Democracy.

This game is lightning in a bottle. So much so, that it went through quite the character arc; some aches, pains, good decisions, many bad decisions, then major commitments to redeem itself, then DELIVERED on those promises. I think the dev team did not realize the massive W game they had created nor how the community really wanted to play it! However their willingness to listen to the player base and to commit to making many of the changes is a great example set for other game dev teams. Also went through the SONY meddling that led to many countries getting banned from playing. Now FINALLY, today after over a year, almost all of our banned Divers in other countries had the SONY country ban lifted. This is a major W. I'm therefore returning this review to a positive review. Can't wait for the "review bomb cape!"

After 30 hours of play, the invasive nProtect software bundled with the game randomly failed and now - despite trying every single unofficial fix out there - I could not play the game. I tried rolling back to an old BIOS update and that magically fixed the 114 error. If you have a 13th/14th gen intel processor - BEWARE. But the game is amazing, if it works.

Caring Dev team, fun gameplay loop, plenty of enemies, weapons and tactics to use... what's not to love when spreading democracy in the most righteous way possible.

This review is brought to you by the ministry of truth. Helldivers 2 is one of the greatest co-op extraction shooters ever made. For democracy, for liberty, for super earth. I hope that in the future if they bring this series over to xbox and they include the flood from Halo in the galactic war. Thank you arrowhead for making a fantastic game.

Stopped playing/supporting this game when they region locked my country (can't play it with friends and family) Now that it's back on sale here, I'm happy to play/support this game again :)

Probably the best game i've played. I'm not a fan of shooters so much but got it to play with a friend of mine. its all i play now.

wow finally they lifted region lock on Latvia,any ways great game fun cant stop playing devs keep pushing good updates and I love killing non-humans.Plus fuck you sony

It could be a little bit better in terms of feeling of hits. However excellent game!

One of the most amazing 4 player co-op experiences I've ever had in a game! I've been playing it non stop since launch and can't even begin to say how much I love this game! You can tell the developers have put their heart and soul into this project despite all the hardship and they KEEP putting out more and more amazing content all the time. I fully intend to recommend this game to anyone who might be interested and can truly say it was more than worth the price! 10/10 Cobalt certified awesome!

Never before has a game got me as invested in a war that isn't even real. I had to go out and spend so much money just to get my PC to the point where it could play it reliably. 100% worth it. I have had an absolute blast playing with friends and strangers alike. While the game has had its ups and downs due to it being closely linked to Sony, and its money hungry corporate heads. Arrow Head has made an amazing and wonderful game that I keep coming back to. Would 1000% recommend this game to everyone. JOIN THE FIGHT!!! BECOME A HELLDIVER!!!!

game will not launch after the recent update. just stuck on black screen after launch..

The game is amazing but the anti-cheat refuses to open the game for no reason, and I refuse to uninstall and reinstall a 120GB game every 5th time I boot it up.

This game crashes constantly, host disconnects, random crashes, network drops. Fun for the 40 minute bursts.

I'm willing to change this review down the road after some improvement because this game is genuinely so unique and so much fun when it works, but as it stands this game is only getting buggier and more unstable every patch. It's gotten to the point where the game is taking longer to open and matches are taking longer to make with every update. The only thing getting faster is the time between crashes. When it comes to content and new reasons to log back in and play, you won't find a better game - but that content comes at a price. Enemies not pathing but when they do it's through structures, weapons not firing, stratagems not inputting, ect. Bugs and issues that are presented with this new content persist until the next update where a "fix" is noted in the patch notes, but not apparent in the game itself. But hey, now you get to experience those issues on a new map or with a new weapon, so long as your game actually starts and you make it past the weapon customization without crashing.

They have finally removed almost all of the banned countries, leaving only those with other restrictions that the countries have themselves. This game is awesome! Great stories, good community! Highly recommend now that the countries are back!

I absolutely love this game. Definitely in my top 3 favourite multiplayer games, maybe even my favourite depending on the day. Would definitely recommend this game to anyone it appeals to.

The orchestral anthems put you straight into the experience of "managed democracy". If you don't know what satire is, you may not understand the politics in this game.

Very enjoyable game with friends - good gameplay loop with amazing GFX. Polished AAA Done right

This game is fantastic. Chaotic (in a fun way) squad shooter action with friendly fire always on and great sense of humor.

Absolute Cinema in every Dive! There is no better feeling than enjoying a stunning view while leaving a wake of death and explosions on our intergalactic enemy's. Spreading Managed democracy as a community effort is a recipe for a great time! You will die, your comrades will die, But your efforts and accomplishments will live on in hell diver cannon forever. The game is constantly evolving with more content, major orders and an ever evolving story to be a part of. As our arsenal grows our enemy's also adapt leaving multiple ways for anyone to approach a dive. Stealth, you got it! Orbitals Guns Blazing leaving no trace of any Automaton Scum in the vicinity. Go right ahead. Snipers? Oh yeah! Shotguns? Absolutely! Weapon Customization? You bet they just added that! Pyromaniac? Full loadout and stratagems to burn an entire city full of Terminid Terrorists! Electromaniac? Is that a thing? YOU BET THEY GOT A WHOLE KIT TO SHOCK SQUIDS AND VOTELESS. I recommend this game also because... WE NEED REINFORCEMENTS SHRIMPS, EXPERIENCE GREATNESS AND DIVE FOR SUPEREARTH. DEMONSTRATE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HELLDIVER! HOORAH!

Super fun co-op and honestly works solo too but the co-op experience is unbeaten and of course spreading democracy and liberty to alien scum,has its perks