Helldivers 2 Sets PlayStation Studios Record on Steam for Highest Concurrent Players - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 February 2024 / 4,966 Views
Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Arrowhead Game Studios released Helldivers 2 as a simultaneous release on the PS5 and PC this week, which is the first time a PlayStation published game release day one on PC.
This has paid off as Helldivers 2 has set a new record for a PlayStation Studios published game on Steam for the highest concurrent player count with a peak of 81,840 players as of the time of this writing.
The second highest concurrent player count for a PlayStation game on Steam is God of War (2018) with a peak of 73,529 players.
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered is missing from the screenshot, but it was 66k.
— SteamDB (@SteamDB) February 9, 2024
You can view this data here:https://t.co/iyD94g2Qot
Here are the highest concurrent player counts for PlayStation games on Steam:
- Helldivers 2 - 81,840
- God of War (2018) - 73,529
- Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered - 66,436
- Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition - 56,557
- The Last of Us Part I - 36,496
- Days Gone - 27,450
- Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales - 13,539
- Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection - 10,851
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - 8,757
- Helldivers - 6,744
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Awesome! I was impressed with how quickly the studio started addressing some of the major issues PC players were having, even including a hotfix on launch day. That's pretty unheard of. Hopefully the game manages to reach 100K players this weekend!
How are the servers at their limit if 360K is the maximum? Arrowhead's CEO said they reached a peak of 220K CCU total on Saturday. Impressive either way.
EDIT: Nevermind! I saw his follow up community message. Impressive how drastic the games population has increased. No doubt the positive word of mouth is helping!
The first game was an underappreciated gem of last gen. Glad to see the sequel is getting the attention it deserves.
Bravo, Helldivers 2 beating God of War. Wow.
At 85K now. I expect it to reach close or right above 100K tomorrow the way this is developing. Just got it on PS5 and gameplay feel so good! Looking forward to how this game develops but the foundation is here for something truly amazing
Gawdamn congrats starship troopers!
Supposedly the CEO has been on twitter, replying to twitter warriors.... and said the game is now at 1m sold.
The split between PS5 and PC, is about 50/50.
Its the year of records
Glad to see this game is doing well despite the initial issues they are having.
I am happy about this too
Gameplay loop seems really solid too. I suspect this game will have decent legs.
Is it possible to play a game on Steam off line? A way in which the player count does not tick up?
It hit 119k peak, yesterday on steam.
where do you get ps5 numbers?
Also this game is not as cheap as Palworld, but still selling. Shows you pricing your games lower is a good strategy. Bring back $50 games, not $70.
I miss those prices i remember being upset when the prices when up to 60 bucks
It was $40 on Amazon
i know it was $40, i'm just saying we've seen successful $30 and now $40 games
let's get them all down to $50
after paying $210 USD for 3 copies of Anthem, i've been more careful with my money ha :)
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