‘Helldivers 2’ has misplaced 93 per cent of its gamers in six months

Helldivers 2 was so widespread two weeks after its launch that it handled fixed server points. It hit a peak concurrent participant depend of 458,709, however now it’s right down to a extra manageable 28,000.

In line with SteamDB, Helldivers 2 is sat at precisely 15,000 gamers on the time of writing. It is a far cry from its behemoth first month, and participant numbers have been steadily dwindling since late February, trying like they’re now settling at round 28,000 – 33,000 gamers.

This may increasingly appear unhealthy on the floor, nevertheless it’s a standard a part of the life cycle of most video games. No sport retains its peak participant depend, as a result of gamers finally transfer on to one thing else, returning solely occassionally or when there’s a giant replace.

This was all accounted for by Arrowhead, the Helldivers 2 developer. Whereas it by no means anticipated the sport to realize the extent of recognition it did, former CEO Johan Pilestedt didn’t let the success go to his head. For a lot of, the temptation could be to imagine the numbers may solely go up and develop the studio, however he selected not to try this.

“The act of over-hiring to then do layoffs is a horrible observe and a foul expertise for workers. Use short-term options for short-term issues, reminiscent of outsourcing, contractors or limited-time agreements. (Who may’ve thought?),” he wrote on Twitter/X.

Helldivers 2 is a Starship Troopers-impressed online game the place gamers take management of the eponymous Helldivers and descend upon an alien bug or robot-infested planet and cleanse them within the title of democracy and Tremendous Earth, which is simply Earth however extra tremendous. It’s a co-op multiplayer sport and has taken the gaming world by storm.

In different information, Elden Ring servers are down for upkeep whereas the sport receives its newest patch, however don’t fear, you may nonetheless play it offline.