Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 is a cooperative third-person shooter in which squads of up to four players are deployed from orbit onto hostile planets to complete strategic missions. Players select loadouts of weapons, armor, and stratagems that allow them to call in orbital strikes, supply drops, vehicles, and turrets during combat. Friendly fire is always active, requiring coordination between teammates. The game features a persistent galactic war where community-wide performance determines which planets are liberated or lost.

Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for Helldivers 2 today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.

If you'd rather buy than build, these are the Create PCs machines we'd put Helldivers 2 on, cheapest first. Real specifications and current prices, each link lands on that exact build.

CREATE TRINITY

Mid

£2,343

CPU

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X 6 Core AM5 CPU/Processor

GPU

Palit NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti INFINITY 3 16GB Blackwell Graphics Card

RAM

Corsair Vengeance Grey 32GB 6000MHz DDR5 Dual Profile Memory Kit

Storage

WD Black SN850X 1TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 Gen4 x4 NVMe SSD PC/PS5

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CREATE NR200P

Mid-high

£3,468

CPU

Intel 20 Core Ultra 7 265 Desktop CPU/Processor

GPU

PALIT NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GamingPro-S Blackwell Graphics Card

RAM

Corsair Vengeance Grey 32GB 6000MHz DDR5 Dual Profile Memory Kit

Storage

Sandisk Black SN850X 2TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 Gen4 x4 NVMe SSD PC/PS5

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CREATE ZION

Mid-high

£3,613

CPU

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6 Core AM5 CPU/Processor

GPU

ASUS ROG STRIX NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti OC Blackwell Graphics Card

RAM

Corsair Vengeance Grey 32GB 6000MHz DDR5 Dual Profile Memory Kit

Storage

Sandisk Black SN850X 2TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 Gen4 x4 NVMe SSD PC/PS5

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Prices from Create PCs, the UK builder we run, and include VAT. They're the price shown on arrival, not a teaser, but components get repriced, so treat them as current rather than fixed. Custom-built machines start around £2,400; below that a self-build is usually the better answer, and we say so on our budget guides.

Official system requirements

Helldivers 2 isn't sold on Steam, so we don't have Steam-published specs to display. Our 2026 hardware recommendations above are based on real-world performance testing and similar-title comparison.

Can your PC run Helldivers 2?

Check the manufacturer's launcher (Battle.net, Riot Client, Epic, etc.) for specific requirements, most live-service titles run well on a modern entry-level gaming PC.

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