Summary
- Helldivers 2 sold almost 3 million copies as of February 25.
- The live service shooter has hence been averaging 1 million sales per week since its February 8 release.
Helldivers 2 has sold nearly 3 million copies to date, a senior Arrowhead Game Studios official has revealed. This commercial performance update arrives mere weeks following Helldivers 2's immensely successful release.
The Sony-published live-service shooter has immediately established itself as a huge hit; Helldivers 2 took 24 hours to strip Palworld of the title of Steam's best-selling game, and 72 hours to hit 1 million in combined PC and PS5 sales. The latter achievement was previously confirmed by Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt.
Helldivers 2 Pulls Off Rare Sales Accomplishment in the UK
Helldivers 2 once again proves itself as it achieves yet another remarkable sales accomplishment, this time in the UK physical charts.
Helldivers 2 Closing In on 3 Million Sales in 3 Weeks
Pilestedt has now once again taken to social media to share the game's updated sales figures. He did so indirectly, by validating one fan's speculation that Helldivers 2 sold "almost 3 million" copies with a telling selection of emoji. The casual exchange happened on February 25, 17 days since the game's release, indicating that Helldivers 2 has so far averaged roughly 1 million sales per week. While no breakdown of the game's commercial performance by platform has been shared to date, its ongoing success has so far appeared to be somewhat evenly distributed. Specifically, Helldivers 2 managed to outperform Call of Duty and Fortnite on the PS5 while simultaneously dominating Steam's Top Sellers chart.
The other side of this ongoing success story is that Arrowhead found itself scrambling to keep the game's servers online up until just recently. The overwhelming demand resulted in never-ending queues and connection issues, with some players struggling to even launch the shooter, never mind get into a match. This led to plenty of frustrations and consequently tanked Helldivers 2 Steam user reviews, which dropped from "Very Positive" to "Mixed" in mid-February.
Helldivers 2 Lifetime Sales History
|
Sales |
Date |
Days Since Release |
|---|---|---|
|
1 million |
February 11 |
3 |
|
~3 million |
February 25 |
17 |
One week and some 20,000 additional scores later, the game's Steam ratings have mostly recovered, as they currently sit above the "Mostly Positive" threshold. This development appears to be a direct result of the fact that Helldivers 2 has been treated to several server cap increases in recent days, which have mostly eradicated its waiting queues.
Aside from tackling one server issue after another, Arrowhead has also been hard at work putting out bug fixes for its hit game throughout the month. This, combined with Pilestedt's efforts to personally address countless fan grievances on social media, appears to have bought the developer a lot of goodwill among consumers. Where Helldivers 2 goes from here remains to be seen, but its current sales momentum certainly bodes well for the game's chances of maintaining a healthy player community in the long term.
Helldivers 2
- Released
- February 8, 2024
WHERE TO PLAY
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.
URGENT BROADCAST – SUPER EARTH ARMED FORCES
Freedom. Peace. Democracy. Your Super Earth-born rights. The key pillars of our civilization. Of our very existence. But the war rages on. And everything is once again under threat.
Join the greatest military force the galaxy has ever seen and make this a safe and free place to live.
BECOME A LEGEND
You will be assembled into squads of up to four Helldivers and assigned strategic missions. Watch each other’s back – friendly fire is an unfortunate certainty of war, but victory without teamwork is impossible.
LOADOUTS
Rain down freedom from above, sneak through enemy territory, or grit your teeth and charge head-first into the jaws of combat. How you deliver liberty is your choice; you’ll have access to a wide array of explosive firepower, life-saving armor and battle-changing stratagems… the jewel in every Helldiver’s arsenal.
REQUISITION
Super Earth recognises your hard work with valuable Requisition. Use it to access different rewards that benefit you, your squad, your destroyer ship and our overall war effort.
THREATS
Everything on every planet wants you dead. That’s what we’re dealing with. Each enemy has distinct and unpredictable characteristics, tactics, and behavior – but they all fight ferociously and without fear or morality.
THE GALACTIC WAR
Capturing enemy planets, defending against invasions, and completing missions will contribute to our overall effort. This war will be won or lost depending on the actions of everyone involved.
We stand together, or we fall apart.
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, In-Game Purchases, Users Interact
- Developer(s)
- Arrowhead Game Studios, Nixxes
- Publisher(s)
- Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Publishing
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op
- Franchise
- Helldivers
- Number of Players
- 1-4 players (online)
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC
- Genre(s)
- Third-Person Shooter, Extraction Shooter, Action, Science Fiction
- Metascore
- 83
- Platforms That Support Crossplay
- PC & PS5
