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In contrast, God of War reached 73,529 concurrent players at its peak in 2022, though the game had lost some steam (pun intended) after being out for years before arriving on the PC market. Having surpassed God of War, Helldivers 2 has become Sony's biggest Steam release. It's also the company's first game to be released simultaneously on PC and the PlayStation, and the numbers could motivate Sony to repeat the decision down the line. Previously, Sony would wait for months or years after release (God of War took four years to reach PC players), but now that whole strategy could change. Hopefully, their next PC migration comes in the form of Bloodborne. One can dream, I guess. Helldivers 2 has been met with relatively positive reviews on Steam, with 70 percent of 15,000 players recommending the game. The most jarring issue players have with the action shooter appears to be the usual performance shenanigans, such as crashing and stutters, but also the GameGuard anti-cheat which requires root-level access from users to operate\u2014similar to what Riot's Vanguard anti-cheat does in League of Legends and Valorant. 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