🪂HELLDIVERS 2

Managed Democracy. Spread it with a 500kg bomb.

9.3 / 10

1–4 players

🎯Tactical

Players

1–4

Released

Feb 8, 2024

Developer

Arrowhead Game Studios · PlayStation Publishing LLC

Price

$39.99

Multi-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller Support

Four-player third-person co-op shooter. Deploy onto planets, complete objectives, try not to kill your squad with the orbital laser. Satirical, stylish, punishing on higher difficulties.

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Digital Deluxe Edition Edition includes: ‘DP-53 Savior of the Free’ Armor Set. ‘Will of the People’ Cape. ‘MP-98 Knight’ Weapon. Super Citizen Status. Stratagem Hero Ship Game. Premium Warbond Token. About the Game 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. URGENT BROADCAST – SUPER EARTH ARMED FORCESFreedom. Peace. Democracy. Your Super Earth-born rights. The key pillars of our civilization. Of our very existence. But the war rages on. And everything is once again under threat. Join the greatest military force the galaxy has ever seen and make this a safe and free place to live. BECOME A LEGENDYou will be assembled into squads of up to four Helldivers and assigned strategic missions. Watch each other’s back – friendly fire is an unfortunate certainty of war, but victory without teamwork is impossible. LOADOUTSRain down freedom from above, sneak through enemy territory, or grit your teeth and charge head-first into the jaws of combat. How you deliver liberty is your choice; you’ll have access to a wide array of explosive firepower, life-saving armor and battle-changing stratagems… the jewel in every Helldiver’s arsenal. REQUISITIONSuper Earth recognises your hard work with valuable Requisition. Use it to access different rewards that benefit you, your squad, your destroyer ship and our overall war effort. THREATSEverything on every planet wants you dead. That’s what we’re dealing with. Each enemy has distinct and unpredictable characteristics, tactics, and behavior – but they all fight ferociously and without fear or morality. THE GALACTIC WARCapturing enemy planets, defending against invasions, and completing missions will contribute to our overall effort. This war will be won or lost depending on the actions of everyone involved. We stand together, or we fall apart.

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Quickstart

How to actually play this with friends — written by Claude.

## Set it up - Install, pick an early loadout (Stratagems matter more than your primary weapon at first), then host or join through the in-game Social menu - Treat friendly fire as always-on even before you check the setting — Orbital strikes and sentry turrets have downed more Helldivers than the bugs have - Get your squad of four on one Discord call before you drop; comms win firefights, raw aim barely factors in

## Your first session - Start on Trivial or Easy against Terminids or Automatons to learn Stratagem input patterns without a live grenade going off in your hands - Split roles loosely: one person calls in support weapons, one watches the extraction timer, everyone announces a Stratagem out loud before throwing the beacon - Never reinforce blind — glance at the map before dropping a teammate back in, or you'll pod them straight into a bug nest

## Group size advice - A full squad of four is the intended experience and where Stratagem combos actually start clicking together - Two players makes for a quieter, more tactical run; solo is technically viable but grindy and stressful - Managed Democracy scales with more hands — someone always needs to be hauling SEAF artillery shells while everyone else holds the line