It appears as if, since releasing on the tail finish of final week, Helldivers 2 has grow to be the brand new taste of the month (Palworld, who?). Evidently, Arrowhead Studios’ new third-person shooter have to be doing one thing proper, judging by the place it’s on the Steam charts.

A fast have a look at the Prime Sellers listing exhibits that Helldivers 2 is at present on the primary spot. This may not be a lot of a shock, contemplating it’s new and in style. Nonetheless, the truth that it’s knocked the Steam Deck off the spot is fairly fascinating.

The Deck itself sometimes stays steadfast, dominating the chart and conserving even probably the most hyped-up releases at bay. In fact, who is aware of how lengthy it should keep there.

It’s a slippery slope

We’ve seen this prior to now, as nicely. Palworld additionally took over the Steam Deck’s place as the pinnacle honcho of PC gaming, however struggled to maintain the highest spot. Given this, it most likely received’t be lengthy earlier than Valve’s cellular gaming machine reclaims its place.

That stated, it says a lot about Helldivers 2‘s fast rise to fame and the way nicely it’s been performing over the weekend. It has a Steam evaluate rating of “Principally Optimistic,” which is fairly good, although some points with crashing are most likely holding it again barely.

On the time of writing, the sport has over 101,000 concurrent gamers, based on the latest information from SteamDB. It additionally achieved a peak of 155,926 gamers not too long ago. Whereas this pales compared to Palworld (sorry to maintain pitting the 2 towards one another!), Arrowhead’s new launch can a minimum of benefit from the journey whereas it lasts.