In fact, such is its success that it’s now gaining on the aforementioned Palworld. Obviously, interest in the Pokémon-inspired survival game has dipped a little bit since its unfathomable highs, but it was doing about 535k users on Steam when Helldivers 2 was hitting the records mentioned above, so the gap is closing between the two – even if they are ultimately radically different games!

Arrowhead has said it’s ramping up recruitment as it looks to expand its post-release plans, and it’s going to be interesting to see if Sony moves to acquire the Swedish studio, seeing as this is the first effort in its new live service strategy and it’s already become a colossal hit. Obviously, the platform holder’s placed Bungie in charge of its overall GAAS initiative – but Helldivers 2 is bigger than Destiny 2 right now.

[source store.steampowered.com]