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HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition
HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
34 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Such a beautiful and simple game, gameplay full of build variety that are all powerful against all factions, artstyle is endearing and stylized. Really thankful to Arrowhead for not desecrating such a unique pve game!…”
“Absolute blast to play, especially with friends. Compared to its sequel, which is constantly being sabotaged by Arrowhead, this game actually offers powerful weapons, mechs that don't instantly implode from the first…”
“this game, unlike HD2, is pretty balanced and extremely fun :]”
23 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“think of it like Helldivers 2 mini you can play with your friends locally, has most of the features Helldivers 2 has, condensed in smaller maps, smaller missions and from a top down perspective, so yeah friendly fire is…”
“Absolute blast to play, especially with friends. Compared to its sequel, which is constantly being sabotaged by Arrowhead, this game actually offers powerful weapons, mechs that don't instantly implode from the first…”
“It's a good co-op shooter, fun both with friends and randoms! I'd recommend buying the full version when it's on sale (it goes on sale relatively often)”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I may not be able to play Helldivers 2 with such a crappy laptop. But i can still play the first game any time, For Super Earth and For Democracy!”
“think of it like Helldivers 2 mini you can play with your friends locally, has most of the features Helldivers 2 has, condensed in smaller maps, smaller missions and from a top down perspective, so yeah friendly fire is…”
“Runs nice on any PC, been playing this since 2016 on psvita and never gets old playing with friends ;). If u have good PCs and budget I would suggets playing helldivers 2 but this is a classic that will likely last a…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“this game, unlike HD2, is pretty balanced and extremely fun :]”
“notice how this game has such a good positive review ratio, theirs a good reason to that because this has gotten to be one of the most in depth and detailed twin-stick shooter game in the whole genre, you are given the…”
“Played the game back at launch on Playstation for hundreds of hours and loved it to death. Replaying this game again a decade later it still holds up fantastically. I'd say the price is a little steep but I got it on a…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I cant help but feel the new AH team really dropped the ball with helldivers 2 when the formula for long term success was right here in HD1. The fact that people still regularly play HD1 is all the proof you need that…”
“Crikey - what a game Started playing HD1 as I was burn't out playing HD2 and wanted to see where all of it started. What I didn't expect was a much more co-operative experience in HD1! Even after all this time, there is…”
“Helldivers. The twin stick shooter from 2015 still holds up very well in 2025-2026. Although the steam community is only about 3-400 enlisted helldivers it still goes strong with little to no hostility or negativity.…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“think of it like Helldivers 2 mini you can play with your friends locally, has most of the features Helldivers 2 has, condensed in smaller maps, smaller missions and from a top down perspective, so yeah friendly fire is…”
“Played the game back at launch on Playstation for hundreds of hours and loved it to death. Replaying this game again a decade later it still holds up fantastically. I'd say the price is a little steep but I got it on a…”
“It's good. But it's still a game made by Arrowhead, which is to say rife with stupidity, dumbass game design decisions, and a complete lack of restraint. Special forces with absolutely no sense of urgency. Enemies that…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Would love to play this more, however forcing a split screen like gameplay when we're not even using the same PC is a deal breaker for me”
“Helldivers. The twin stick shooter from 2015 still holds up very well in 2025-2026. Although the steam community is only about 3-400 enlisted helldivers it still goes strong with little to no hostility or negativity.…”
“It's good. But it's still a game made by Arrowhead, which is to say rife with stupidity, dumbass game design decisions, and a complete lack of restraint. Special forces with absolutely no sense of urgency. Enemies that…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“A misunderstood masterpiece 💎 It's sad how people doesn't play this more often than helldivers 2, but i still love it.”
“Amazing game with fun coop experience. Needs more people playing it though.”
“♥♥♥♥ that guy named in mark in particular, this mf literally threw my game countless times, anyway good game buy for 10 vbucks”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Runs nice on any PC, been playing this since 2016 on psvita and never gets old playing with friends ;). If u have good PCs and budget I would suggets playing helldivers 2 but this is a classic that will likely last a…”
“Game itself is nice, but I simply cannot recommend anything from an awful and greedy company as Sony. I personally got it as a gift to play with a friend, and even to this day I question my choice of accepting it. Other…”
“The main takeaway here is this: if you're into co-op games, you'll probably like this. If you're coming from HELLDIVERS 2, you may or may not like this, but I'd say give it a shot. If you want to buy this game, wait…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Played the game back at launch on Playstation for hundreds of hours and loved it to death. Replaying this game again a decade later it still holds up fantastically. I'd say the price is a little steep but I got it on a…”
“Now, would I have played this when it released? No, probably not. Yet, this game walked so HD2 could run. That I thank the game for. Everything is already done with occasional respawns of the enemies. So, you could get…”
“The main takeaway here is this: if you're into co-op games, you'll probably like this. If you're coming from HELLDIVERS 2, you may or may not like this, but I'd say give it a shot. If you want to buy this game, wait…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“the only Arrowhead game i can recommend in good faith. genuinely fun, MO's are decided by players, the progression is fun and the gameplay is addictive (in a good way.) Stratagems and weapons are earned by playing all missions on a planet on different difficulties. There are no…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“helldiver but it actually respect your time instead of 500 warbonds slop and massive ego trip dev that think they know everything but only keep making the game worse”
— a player, Steam review · 265 hrs played“"I have no money but i must spread democracy." Truly an underrated amazing game, i highly recommend. I'd buy the hd2 full democracy experience but the 46 cents in my wallet are barely holding themselves together. Thanks to my amazing friend for gifting me this game! 10/10”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:25 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
HELLDIVERS 2: The Story So Far
The Helldivers universe is one of noble soldiers, heroic deeds, and heartfelt, unflinching patriotism in the face of giant acid-spewing bug monsters. In the words of Game Writer Stephen Flowers: I per
WARBONDS: Supporting the Galactic War Effort
What would a Helldiver be without their equipment? Our Deputy Game Director, Sagar Beroshi, sat down to talk to us about the Warbond system in HELLDIVERS 2! What is a Warbond? “We're trying to model a
Helldivers 2: Join the Galactic War
The Galactic War One of the key features of Helldivers 2 is The Galactic War. Super Earth's territories are under siege on all fronts by monstrous enemies hell-bent on destroying humanity's way of lif
HELLDIVERS™2 Has Gone Gold!
Helldivers, report to the pod bays and prepare for your first dive—HELLDIVERS 2 has gone gold! We’re back to talk about the eagerly awaited launch of HELLDIVERS 2 on PS5 and PC! Team up with your frie
HELLDIVERS™ 2 PC SPECIFICATIONS AND CROSSPLAY SUPPORT CONFIRMED!
We know it’s been a long wait but it’s finally time to reveal more about the PC release of HELLDIVERS™ 2. We know what’s on your mind, first and foremost: Is it crossplay? And we’re pleased to announc
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Online Co-Op · Co-op · Top-Down Shooter · Twin Stick Shooter · Local Co-Op · Action · Multiplayer · Sci-fi · 4 Player Local · Top-Down · Shooter · Comedy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Russian * , Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil * , Traditional Chinese, Dutch, Korean, S… |
| Achievements | 39 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://arrowheadgamestudios.com/games/helldivers/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista / Windows 7 Processor: 2.4GHz Dual Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB NVIDIA GeForce 9800 / ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 7 GB available space