While Sony hasn’t revealed any sales data for the recently released Helldivers 2, we already know that it’s a massive hit, as the game is now the biggest PlayStation game in terms of playercount at launch, hitting over 100,000 players. However, confirming that Helldvers 2 is a sales hit is Johan Pilestedt, CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios and the Creative Director of the game.
Over on Twitter/X, Pilestedt replied to a user stating that the game is “around a million” right now, but the gap is still very large (in comparison to Palworld’s insane sales numbers).
Well… We are around a million right now, but yes. The gap is still very large.
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) February 11, 2024
Replying to another Twitter user, Pilestedt states they are “blowing through estimates,” and never understood while sales data are kept secret.
Hard to say! I never understood why it would be a secret. 🤷 We are blowing through the estimates at least…
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) February 11, 2024
Hopefully, Sony announces Helldivers 2’s sales sometime this coming week. Even if they don’t, this has been a massive win for Arrowhead, and let’s see if they can continue this momentum. For those looking for what’s incoming for the game, while no roadmap was revealed just yet, Arrowhead did confirm that new enemies, biomes and more are incoming and all for free!
Players Are Liking It Too
Despite its rocky launch and initial player reaction review bombing it on Steam, the overall score rating has been in recovery since some fixes were rolled out. As it stands, the game went from “Mostly ” to “Mostly Positive.” in user reviews, racking up 22,349 as of this moment.
There’s still many issues that the team is hoping to address, but we expect the user rating on Steam, to continue to trend into a positive direction.
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