Helldivers 2 cost to play

Helldivers 2 is a paid game whose extra weapons, armour and stratagems come in Warbonds, battle-pass-style unlock trees bought with Super Credits. PEGI doesn't flag paid random items, so this page covers cost only. Super Credits can also be found while playing, which this page doesn't try to value.

How it plays

HELLDIVERS 2 is an online co-operative third-person shooter. You join the Helldivers, Super Earth's armed forces, and are put into squads of up to four to carry out strategic missions on hostile planets. Friendly fire is part of the game, so the publisher stresses watching each other's backs: victory without teamwork is impossible.

How you approach each mission is up to you, whether that is attacking from above, sneaking through enemy territory or charging straight in. Your loadout draws on a wide range of weapons, armour and stratagems, which the publisher calls the jewel in every Helldiver's arsenal. Every enemy type has its own tactics and behaviour.

Completing missions earns Requisition, which you spend on rewards for yourself, your squad and your destroyer ship. Missions, captured planets and defended invasions all feed into a shared Galactic War, whose outcome depends on what every player does.

What it costs

The Standard Edition costs £34.99 on the PlayStation Store UK. PlayStation's own Helldivers 2 news page lists premium Warbonds at 1,000 Super Credits, and the Warhammer 40,000 Legendary Warbond at 1,500.

On the PlayStation Store UK, 1,000 Super Credits cost £7.99, so a premium Warbond costs £7.99 if you buy exactly that pack. A 1,500-credit Legendary Warbond is cheapest as the 1,000, 375 and 150 packs together (1,525 credits for £13.67), rather than the 2,100 pack at £15.99.

Small packs are expensive per credit: about 1.13p each in the 150 pack, against about 0.80p in the 1,000 pack and 0.62p in the 13,000 pack.

Players

The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 98,111 concurrent players in the 30 days to 12 November 2026. PlayStation and Xbox players aren't counted.

Crossplay

Helldivers 2 has crossplay on every platform it's sold on. PC and PS5 players could squad up from launch, as PlayStation's blog confirmed in January 2024. When the Xbox Series X|S version came out on 26 August 2025, Arrowhead's Xbox Wire post promised "cross play on all platforms", so Xbox players join the same squads.

How we checked

Warbond prices come from PlayStation's official Helldivers 2 news page, and pack prices from the PlayStation Store UK, both read on 3 October 2026. The player figure is the 30-day peak on Steam Charts, read on 12 November 2026. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page.

Card art and page images: screenshots from Sony Interactive Entertainment's HELLDIVERS 2 Steam store page. © Sony Interactive Entertainment. All trademarks belong to their owners. GamesChart is not endorsed by or affiliated with Sony Interactive Entertainment.

The crossplay answer comes from PlayStation's blog and Arrowhead's Xbox Wire post, both read on 29 October 2026.