The Heart of Democracy replace for Helldivers 2 has marked out a new battlefield on Super Earth itself. And it seems like Helldivers are leaping back on to help maintain the road in opposition to the Illuminate invasion.
Earlier this week, the Illuminate formally launched an invasion of Super Earth as half of (*2*). After a long build-up involving a cell black gap, Super Earth has turn into a zone of battle, and Helldivers are dropping into numerous cities to help with the protection efforts.
There are fairly a few more Helldivers dropping in now, too. A quick look at SteamDB reveals the participant depend rebounding back up alongside the Heart of Democracy replace's drop, at present sitting at a 24-hour peak of simply over 163,000 gamers. It's a quantity that exceeds the height of the Omens of Tyranny replace, although it's nonetheless far off from the release window peaks for Helldivers 2.
That's nonetheless a feat for Steam, as developer Arrowhead Game Studios contended with negative ratings and complaints early on in Helldivers 2's PC life, alongside the infamous PSN situation. With current valleys within the tens of hundreds, a elevate up to over 150,000 concurrents is definitely a shift value noting.
Over on X/Twitter, Arrowhead CCO Johan Pilestedt posted a few fascinating numbers. First, that this surge is perhaps one of the most important simultaneous returns of gamers for Helldivers:
I feel that is the most important simultaneous return of gamers for Helldivers? 🤔
Team did a MEGA job on the replace! pic.twitter.com/14D1qNv2SZ
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) May 20, 2025
And second, that round 2.5 million Helldivers have been enjoying the game each week. It's a fairly staggering quantity for any stay service game, however reveals how the group has stayed connected.
Around 2.5 million Helldivers enjoying the game each week, tremendous excited to see how many more log in with this replace!
So blissful and blessed that now we have such an superb group!
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) May 20, 2025
Over on the Helldivers Discord (through VG247), Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani responded to gamers congratulating the staff on the participant depend surge. "It's all you folks and your amazing support," mentioned Jorjani.
If you're desperate to dive back in your self, I can attest to it being a good time to play proper now. The new Super Earth battlefields are great enjoyable, and also you can even recruit some SEAF helpers to help in holding back the Illuminate menace. Just be aware of all of the chaos and destruction.
Eric is a freelance author for IGN.