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Ashley Bardhan

Helldivers 2 passes 150,000 players on Steam for the first time in months thanks to Cyborgs, who may actually be the good guys: "I'd be playing for the Cyborg faction if given the option"

A Helldivers 2 Cyborg cries out in despair.

Shocking the most loyal patriots, it seems that Cyborgs from the original Helldivers game may not be the villains Super Earth made them out to be. In fact, the half-human rebels seem to be solely responsible for Helldivers 2 having a major resurgence on Steam right now.

According to SteamDB, Helldivers 2 has enjoyed a 24-hour peak of 151,969 players (and 150,237 people are currently playing as of writing) – the last time Arrowhead's squad-based shooter hit those kinds of democratic numbers was in September 2025. But now that Helldivers 2's new Machinery of Oppression update is out and the Battle for Cyberstan has begun, Helldivers grunts are ready to start punting.

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