The Heart of Democracy replace for Helldivers 2 has marked out a brand new battlefield on Tremendous Earth itself. And it seems like Helldivers are leaping again on to assist maintain the road in opposition to the Illuminate invasion.
Earlier this week, the Illuminate formally launched an invasion of Tremendous Earth as half of the Heart of Democracy replace in Helldivers 2. After an extended build-up involving a cellular black gap, Tremendous Earth has change into a zone of battle, and Helldivers are dropping into numerous cities to help with the protection efforts.
There are fairly a couple of extra Helldivers dropping in now, too. A quick look at SteamDB exhibits the participant depend rebounding again up alongside the Heart of Democracy replace’s drop, presently sitting at a 24-hour peak of simply over 163,000 gamers. It is a quantity that exceeds the height of the Omens of Tyranny replace, although it is nonetheless far off from the discharge window peaks for Helldivers 2.
That is nonetheless a feat for Steam, as developer Arrowhead Sport Studios contended with damaging rankings and complaints early on in Helldivers 2’s PC life, alongside the notorious PSN scenario. With current valleys within the tens of hundreds, a elevate as much as over 150,000 concurrents is definitely a shift price noting.
Over on X/Twitter, Arrowhead CCO Johan Pilestedt posted a couple of fascinating numbers. First, that this surge could be one of the biggest simultaneous returns of gamers for Helldivers:
I feel that is the biggest simultaneous return of gamers for Helldivers? 🤔
Group 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 sport each week. It is a fairly staggering quantity for any reside service recreation, however exhibits how the group has stayed connected.
Round 2.5 million Helldivers enjoying the sport each week, tremendous excited to see what number of extra log in with this replace!
So pleased and blessed that we have now such an incredible group!
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) (*2*)
Over on the Helldivers Discord (by way of VG247), Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani responded to gamers congratulating the crew on the participant depend surge. “It is all you of us and your superb help,” mentioned Jorjani.
In the event you’re desperate to dive again in your self, I can attest to it being a very good time to play proper now. The brand new Tremendous Earth battlefields are nice enjoyable, and you’ll even recruit some SEAF helpers to help in holding again the Illuminate risk. Simply be aware of all of the chaos and destruction.
Eric is a contract author for IGN.