If PlayStation needed another sign that its current push to put its first-party made and published games on both PC and PS5 was a good idea, it certainly has it with the latest report from Alinea Analytics, which claims that the popular third-person shooter Helldivers 2 has sold over 20 million copies, most of them coming from PC players on Steam.
When Helldivers 2 launched, despite its connectivity issues that hindered the experience and the controversy regarding PC players initially being mandated to connect their PlayStation Network accounts to their Steam accounts to play the game, it was immediately the standout hit multiplayer game of 2024.
It skyrocketed to the top of Steam's charts, and even though it hasn't sustained the same level of popularity it had two years ago, it has successfully carved its own dedicated community out of the swath of multiplayer games people can choose to play. Alinea Analytics even adds that in December 2025, Helldivers 2 had 3.6 million monthly active users across PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
After Helldivers 2 arrived on PC and PS5 at launch, it came to Xbox Series X/S consoles in summer 2025, and even ushered in the first instance of Halo coming to PlayStation through a Halo and Helldivers 2 crossover, before Halo was actually announced as coming to PlayStation.
So far, Helldivers 2 has sold 1.6 million copies on Xbox, 5.6 million copies on PS5, and the remaining 13.1 million on PC. According to Alinea Analytics, it has generated over $700 million in revenue for developer Arrowhead Studios and publisher PlayStation Studios.
The game is nothing but a roaring success, and as Arrowhead continues to update it with new content, it's likely that we're due for a spike in Helldivers 2 popularity from a new expansion, similar to what the Into the Unjust update did for it last year. Though the most recent update to get excited about was exclusively for PC players, as Sony's internal PC porting house, Nixxes, figured out how to shrink the game's install size by 85%, freeing up a lot of storage space on players' SSDs.
Interestingly, as far as previously console-exclusive third-person shooters go, when comparing how Gears of War Reloaded did on PS5 versus Helldivers 2 on Xbox, Helldivers 2 is the clear winner, selling more on Xbox than Gears of War has done on PS5.
About the author: David has been writing about videogames, technology, and culture since 2020, with a focus on reporting daily news across multiple publications, including GameDaily.Biz, GameSkinny, and PlayStation Universe before joining Wccftech in 2025. David started contributing as Canada/US reporter for Wccftech's gaming section in 2025. Besides being up-to-date on the industry's movements, he loves interviewing developers, reviewing games, and writing intricate essays about the symbolism and layered meanings to be found in rich narratives as he's done for publications like GamesIndustry.Biz, LostInCult, and others. Outside of games he loves movies, music, theatre, his hometown, and his family, though not necessarily in that order.
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