Can you play Helldivers 2 solo?

Yes — set your session to Friends Only (or invite-only) before you drop, and no one else can join. You still need a constant internet connection, and on PS5 an active PlayStation Plus subscription, because the game has no offline mode.

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Helldivers

HELLDIVERS 2

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.

Developer: Arrowhead Game Studios
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Genres: Horde shooter Third-person shooter
Platforms: PS5 Series X|S PC

Steam reviews: 837,941
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How the game actually looks, straight from the storefront.

Release dates

Feb 8, 2024PlayStation 5PS5
Feb 8, 2024Xbox Series X|SSeries X|S
Feb 8, 2024PCPCstore ↗

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Players

Playing right now

60,914

Peak today: 65,075
Peak we've seen: 104,265 16 Aug

14 days observed

14 Aug65,075 – 104,26527 Aug

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Price and history

Price now

PC$39.99

Historic low $29.9914 Aug

39 days observed

14 Aug$29.99 – $39.9929 Sept

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Can you play Helldivers 2 solo?
Yes — set your session to Friends Only (or invite-only) before you drop, and no one else can join. You still need a constant internet connection, and on PS5 an active PlayStation Plus subscription, because the game has no offline mode.

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System requirements

Windows

Minimum

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 470 Storage: 135 GB available space

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i7-9700K or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600XT Storage: 40 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD Recommended

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60,914

Peak today: 65,075
Peak we've seen: 104,265 16 Aug

14 days observed

14 Aug65,075 – 104,26527 Aug

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Can you play Helldivers 2 solo?
Yes — set your session to Friends Only (or invite-only) before you drop, and no one else can join. You still need a constant internet connection, and on PS5 an active PlayStation Plus subscription, because the game has no offline mode.

Steam 24h peak

52,338

#17 most played

MAJOR ORDER

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Major orders

The Galactic War major orders currently assigned to the Helldivers, with objectives, rewards and deadline.

1 entries

Weapons

Every primary and secondary weapon in Helldivers 2 — damage, magazine, fire rate, what armour it goes through and which warbond it comes from.

41 entries

Grenades

Helldivers 2 grenades side by side — how hard they hit, how thick an armour they open and how long the fuse is.

10 entries

Armour

Every Helldivers 2 armour set, helmet and cape, with its weight class, its passive and the warbond it unlocks in.

176 entries

Boosters

The ship boosters a squad can bring to a Helldivers 2 mission, and what each one does for the whole team.

14 entries

Planets

All 281 planets of the Galactic War, the sector each one sits in, what the ground looks like and which weather will try to kill you there.

281 entries

Environmental hazards

The planetary hazards of the Galactic War — meteor showers, ion storms, fire tornadoes — and what each one does to a mission.

14 entries

Speedrun records

The fastest completions of HELLDIVERS 2 the community has verified, by category.

13 entries

Twitch clips this week

The most watched HELLDIVERS 2 clips on Twitch over the last seven days, and who was streaming.

20 entries

Achievements

Every HELLDIVERS 2 achievement, ordered by how few players in the world have unlocked it.

38 entries

Updates & events

Patches, updates, in-game events and sales for HELLDIVERS 2, straight from its Steam event feed.

30 entries

Flash

Emergency update 1.007.101 arrived for Helldivers 2 on September 24 to fix persistent crashing issues that disrupted cooperative matches.

Sep 24, 16:32via MP1st

Flash

Helldivers 2 removed the Eagle Storm buff from the Democracy Space Station following widespread issues with excessive friendly fire.

Sep 22, 16:27via GamesRadar+

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Helldivers 2 received update 1.007.100 on 2026-09-22, a title patch that implements changes the studio says came from community feedback.

Sep 22, 10:42via MP1st

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Helldivers 2 and Horizon Forbidden West vanished from Steam in the United Kingdom without warning, prompting Sony to announce that a fix is in progress alongside Valve.

Sep 17, 09:27via Rock Paper Shotgun

Flash

Sony has added Helldivers 2 to the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium catalogs. The library addition arrives alongside the release of the major Devoid of Liberty update and patch 7.0.0.

Aug 12, 15:02

Flash

Helldivers 2 patch 7.0.0 is out now, adding new Illuminate enemies, a Warhammer 40K crossover, and raising the level cap to 300.

Aug 12, 11:02

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Price and history

Price now

PC$39.99

Historic low $29.9914 Aug

39 days observed

14 Aug$29.99 – $39.9929 Sept

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