Can I Run Helldivers 2 PC?
Released in 2024, Helldivers 2 PC is an action game built by Arrowhead Game Studios. Publishing duties went to PlayStation Publishing LLC. The game supports cooperative play. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Controller support is partial, so some input still falls back to the keyboard. It carries 38 achievements. It is localised into 14 languages according to the store listing. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. Over 831 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-4790K or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 470 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 135 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-9700K or AMD Ryzen 7 3700X |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600XT |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a science fiction setting, moving through combat arenas. There are 12 official screenshots to judge the look from. It is played from a third person view.
Why Helldivers 2 PC is demanding
Helldivers 2 PC sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or AMD Radeon RX 6600XT, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Helldivers 2 PC expects 16 GB of system memory. Minimum and recommended sit far apart here, which usually means Helldivers 2 PC scales hard with the hardware you give it. Helldivers 2 PC takes about 40 GB of disk space, SSD specified.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Helldivers 2 PC?
Free up space before installing Helldivers 2 PC: it needs roughly 135 GB of HDD storage. Once it's on disk the rest is unremarkable, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 470 and 8 GB of RAM meet the minimum, so most current PCs handle the compute side.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Helldivers 2 PC needs about 135 GB of HDD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.21x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.68x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.3x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Helldivers 2 PC's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for Helldivers 2 PC?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 470; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10.
How much storage does Helldivers 2 PC need?
Helldivers 2 PC needs about 135 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Helldivers 2 PC?
The RTX 3060 runs Helldivers 2 PC comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Helldivers 2 PC?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Helldivers 2 PC is the GPU.