Helldivers 2 only launched for the PS5 and PC via Steam yesterday on 8 February 2024, but it has already broken records for PlayStation games on PC. At the time of writing, Helldivers 2 reached a whopping 81,840 concurrent peak of players on Steam (via SteamDB), which has surpassed God Of War’s 73,529 highest concurrent peak.

What this means is that Helldivers 2 has unexpectedly become PlayStation’s biggest game launch yet on PC.

That’s interesting, considering that it’s one of the few, or the only one so far, to come out on both PS5 and PC on the same day. Previous PlayStation PC launches have been staggered launched, where they launched on PS consoles first and only on PC years later.

Developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by PlayStation, Helldivers 2 is a third-person squad-based shooter that sees the elite forces of the Helldivers battling to win an intergalactic struggle to rid the galaxy of the rising alien threats. From a 3rd person perspective, players use a variety of weapons (pistols, machine guns, flamethrowers) and stratagems (turrets, airstrikes, etc.) to shoot and kill the alien threats. Players can also aim down the sights for a more accurate 1st person-camera view.

Combat is accompanied by frequent sprays of blood and dismemberment as players exterminate the alien forces or players and squad mates are hit by environmental explosions or friendly fire. Enemy encampments and battlefield environments depict bloodstains and dismembered corpses.

Check out the trailer below: