PlanetSide 2 overview

Overview

PlanetSide 2 comes from Rogue Planet Games and is published by Daybreak Game Company. It arrived on Steam on Nov 20, 2012, and it sits naturally among Multi-player, MMO, PvP, Online PvP, Steam Trading Cards, and Steam Cloud. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

PlanetSide 2's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 187 players at 23 September 2026 - 04:08:59 UTC, with a tracked peak near 29,449. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 81% positive across 74,521 reviews.

Language and system requirements

PlanetSide 2 is available in 7 languages including:

2 regional rating boards including esrb and usk

Sales, recommendations, and streams

PlanetSide 2 has sold up to 4,000,000 units and has 576 Steam recommendations. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 5 streamers are live with around 10 total watchers.

PlanetSide 2 overview details

PlanetSide 2 combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

PlanetSide 2 is a free-to-play, massively multiplayer online first person shooter (MMOFPS). Empires and their soldiers battle in an all-out planetary war on a scale never before seen, in stunning, breathtaking detail. PlanetSide 2 battles persist and the war never ends, offering constant challenges of individual skill, team grit, and empire-wide coordination. Take up arms and drop into intense infantry, vehicle, and air combat. Players come together in enormous battles across four massive continents to win control of critical territories, gaining key resources for their empire. With an extensive skill tree and class-based system, players can customize their soldier, weapons, and vehicles to match their playstyle and meet the needs of their squads, outfits, and empires. In the world of PlanetSide 2, every soldier makes a difference. THREE WARRING EMPIRES Players will choose to align with one of three empires: the militaristic, authoritarian Terran Republic; the rebellious, freedom-fighting New Conglomerate; or the technocratic, alien-influenced Vanu Sovereignty. Each empire has access to empire-specific weapons, attachments, vehicles, abilities, and more. MASSIVE WARFARE Battles take place not between dozens of soldiers, but between hundreds. They fight on foot. They pile into vehicles. They take to the skies in devastating aircraft. Each battleground holds valuable resources and strategic positions, and the empire that can conquer and hold these territories will be rewarded with the resources and the means to achieve victory. ENORMOUS MAPS PlanetSide 2 features four incre…

SteamPulse editorial summary

PlanetSide 2 is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, belongs to Multi-player, MMO, PvP, Online PvP, Steam Trading Cards, and Steam Cloud, and is associated with Action, Massively Multiplayer, and Free To Play. SteamPulse's latest observation records 187 players at 23 September 2026 - 04:08:59 UTC, a tracked peak of 29,449, and 81% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Free to PlayFPSMassively MultiplayerShooterActionOpen WorldMultiplayerTeam-BasedSci-fiWarTacticalFirst-PersonPvPFuturisticOnline Co-Op

Support and legal notes

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.