Devoid of Liberty: 7.0.2
- Fixed a crash that could occur while browsing the Vehicle Customization menu
- Fixed a Dynamic Resolution Scaling crash
- Fixed several issues that caused crashes during Message of the Day


The publisher’s copy further down is written in the game’s own propaganda voice. This is the plain version: how the game actually plays, how Warbonds and Super Credits work, what the PSN change of 2024 means for you, and why this game is not sold in every country.
Written by Rayyan Omar
Reviewed by Layla FarahFacts checked
A third-person co-op shooter for up to four players, built by Arrowhead Game Studios. Each mission drops your squad onto a hostile planet with objectives to complete and an extraction to reach, and the tools that decide how it goes are stratagems — airstrikes, turrets, support weapons and reinforcements called down with a short sequence of directional inputs, sometimes while something is chewing on you.
Two things make it unlike other shooters. Friendly fire is always on, so an airstrike thrown carelessly kills your squad as readily as the enemy, and that is half the comedy. And every mission feeds one shared Galactic War: the whole player base pushes the front lines across the map together, and planets are won or lost by the community rather than by you alone.
Weapons, armour and cosmetics come in Warbonds — pages of unlocks you work through with medals earned in play. One Warbond is free with the game; the premium ones are bought with Super Credits, which you can find on missions as well as buy. A Warbond you own never expires, so there is no season to keep up with and nothing is lost by taking a month off.
Stratagems, the tools that define a loadout, are not sold at all: they are unlocked with Requisition earned in missions as you level. You can play every mission type and difficulty without spending anything beyond the game, and players who never buy Super Credits still collect them steadily by exploring.
A PlayStation Network account is optional. In May 2024 Sony announced that PC players would have to link one, and withdrew the requirement within days after the response from players. Linking is still available and adds PlayStation features, but you can play without it.
The game is not sold everywhere. When that requirement was announced, Helldivers 2 was withdrawn from sale in the countries PlayStation Network does not serve — around 177 of them — and that restriction remained after the requirement itself was dropped. This page only shows a price if the key can be sold and activated where you are.
Helldivers 2 is a live game that has kept selling steadily since launch, and its discounts are fewer and shallower than those on Sony’s single-player back catalogue. There is also no bad time to join: the war does not reset, and nothing from earlier Warbonds is withdrawn.
We never publish a sale before it starts: dates reach us through our distribution channel under embargo and are the publisher’s to announce. When a PlayStation sale goes live, the PlayStation page shows a countdown and the deepest discount in it.
The game launched on 8 February 2024. Anniversaries of live games are a natural moment for a publisher promotion, alongside in-game events.
One of the two big seasonal windows of the year.
The most dependable discount window of the year across the catalogue.
The other big seasonal window, and a good moment to buy copies for a whole squad at once.
Large free updates bring players back in waves. They are when the most squads are recruiting — useful to know even when the price has not moved.
Checked September 17, 2026
76% of 1,162,987 reviews are positive
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“All this game needs is the ability to play with up to 6 people and it would be absolute perfection”
Live from Steam, refreshed every few hours. Reviews are shown in English, as their authors wrote them.
The latest patch notes the developers posted on Steam, newest first — shown in English, as published.
We have watched the Void stretch across the galaxy for too long. The threat posed to our Liberty is too great and we can no longer stand by as the Illuminate gain ground. Helldivers, you are needed on the battlefield of a new frontier–one more wild and…
Full notes on Steam ↗Yes. Every mission can be played alone, and lower difficulties are comfortable solo. It is designed for four, though, and higher difficulties lean heavily on a squad — matchmaking or quickplay will fill the gaps if you do not have friends online.
Yes. PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S players can all play together, and cross-play can be switched off in the settings if you want to stay on your own platform.
No. Progress, unlocks and Super Credits stay on the platform you play on. If you already play on a console, a PC copy starts from the beginning.
No. Sony dropped the planned PSN requirement for PC in May 2024. Linking an account is optional.
No. Stratagems are unlocked with Requisition earned in missions and cannot be bought. Premium Warbonds add weapons and armour, but they are bought with Super Credits that you also find while playing, and a Warbond never expires once you own it.
Yes. Helldivers 2 is always online, including when you play alone.
It was withdrawn from sale in the countries PlayStation Network does not serve in 2024, and that restriction still applies. If you can see a price on this page, the key is licensed for your country.
No. Friendly fire is always on, in every mode and at every difficulty.
The publisher’s specifications are further down this page — the Requirements link in the section bar jumps straight to them. The minimum lists 8 GB of RAM and a GTX 1050 Ti or RX 470; the game needs about 100 GB of storage, and an SSD is recommended.
Immediately after payment, on screen and by email. Every key comes through our authorised distribution channel and activates permanently on your own Steam account.
The facts in this guide were checked against these pages on the date above.
Senior Gaming Commerce Editor, Virtwave
Rayyan covers console and PC gaming wallets for Virtwave, with deep specialism in PlayStation Network, Xbox, Razer Gold and Steam. He has been writing about digital gaming commerce since 2020.
Reviewed by Layla Farah, Lead Editorial, Virtwave
We’ve played every game we write a buying guide for on PC. The facts on this page — release dates, what each edition contains, account requirements and system specs — were checked against the sources above on September 16, 2026, and we update the page when they change. Virtwave sells this key; no publisher paid for this guide or reviewed it before publication.
In order to activate this game, you will require a third-party 'Steam' account. For full details on how to activate please follow this link: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=5414-TFBN-1352

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©2023 Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. Developed by Arrowhead Game Studios AB. Helldivers is a registered trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC and related companies in the U.S. and other countries.

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