Helldivers 2 Delisted For Over 100 Countries on Steam

The situation around one of this year’s breakout hits, Helldivers 2, continues to unfold as a new front has opened in this ongoing story. Now the Helldivers 2 PSN requirement controversy has evolved to add a delisting from well over 100 countries on Steam to the mix.

Several hours ago, Helldivers 2 was updated on Steam removing the option to purchase it from over 170 Steam regions. These regions make up over 100 different countries where it is not possible to create a legal PlayStation Network account. It seems this step was taken to prevent further people buying it in regions that wouldn’t be able to meet the PSN account requirement. What is not known at this time is if this action was taken by Sony or Valve.

Today has also seen many users successfully requesting refunds via Steam, whether it be because they’re from a region that cannot legally create a PSN account or out of protest of this change.

We have reached out to Sony and Valve to inquire about who took the steps to delist the game, and will update this article if we receive any further information.

What else is happening with the Helldivers 2 PSN controversy?

Beyond that, one of the community managers for Arrowhead has addressed some issues. First, it was clarified that the announcement, FAQ, and policy are all coming down from Sony, which publishes Helldivers 2, and not from Arrowhead internally. Second, they clarified the situation regarding players who already have the game, but reside in regions that don’t have PSN accounts with the following statement:

“If a better solution isn’t provided for players who are in regions without PSN coverage, I’m assured that we won’t be making the requirement mandatory for those players. We’re not going to force people to either break Sony TOS or not play the game.”

The reference to the Sony TOS is that making an account in a region you are not in, is breaking their terms of service, and could lead to a ban. The community manager went on to share that player displeasure gives them more leverage in the discussion with Sony. That comment, pulled like the previous from the official Helldivers discord, was as follows:

Players making their displeasure known through reviews, refunds etc. gives us more pull in the discussions with Sony. They don’t read our Discord. It hurts to see the game’s popularity suffer in ratings, but discussions are ongoing and our team is on the side of the players in this fight. It’s unrealistic to expect people to make PSN accounts in different regions to get past the account linking requirement. We’re aware of that. Discussions are ongoing.

Players were already taking the idea of giving negative reviews to heart even before such a unique statement was issued by one of the community managers early this morning. Since the change was announced, there have been over 100k negative reviews published on Steam by purchasers on the Steam store. This has managed to move the all-time rating down to Mixed with only a 57% positive review score, while in recent reviews it is at Mostly Negative with only 23% positive reviews.

This all looms over the upcoming Helldivers 2 Polar Patriots Warbond that is scheduled to release on May 8th. For now, TechRaptor is going to leave you with a full list of the regions impacted by the delisting below.

What are all the regions that Helldivers 2 Steam was delisted from?

  Afghanistan
  Antigua and Barbuda
  Anguilla
  Albania
  Armenia
  Netherlands Antilles
  Angola
  Antarctica
  American Samoa
  Aruba
  Åland Islands
  Azerbaijan
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Barbados
  Bangladesh
  Burkina Faso
  Burundi
  Benin
  Saint Barthélemy
  Bermuda
  Brunei Darussalam
  Bonaire/Sint Eustatius/Saba
  Bahamas
  Bhutan
  Bouvet Island
  Botswana
  Belarus
  Belize
  Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Central African Republic
  Congo
  Côte d’Ivoire
  Cook Islands
  Cameroon
  Cuba
  Cabo Verde
  Curaçao
  Christmas Island
  Djibouti
  Dominica
  Dominican Republic
  Algeria
  Egypt
  Western Sahara
  Eritrea
  Ethiopia
  Fiji
  Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  Federated States of Micronesia
  Faroe Islands
  Gabon
  Grenada
  Georgia
  French Guiana
  Guernsey
  Ghana
  Gibraltar
  Greenland
  Gambia
  Guinea
  Guadeloupe
  Equatorial Guinea
  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  Guam
  Guinea-Bissau
  Guyana
  Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  Haiti
  Isle of Man
  British Indian Ocean Territory
  Iraq
  Islamic Republic of Iran
  Jersey
  Jamaica
  Jordan
  Kenya
  Kyrgyzstan
  Cambodia
  Kiribati
  Comoros
  Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
  Cayman Islands
  Kazakhstan
  Lao People’s Democratic Republic
  Saint Lucia
  Sri Lanka
  Liberia
  Lesotho
  Libya
  Morocco
  Monaco
  Republic of Moldova
  Montenegro
  Saint Martin
  Madagascar
  Marshall Islands
  North Macedonia
  Mali
  Myanmar
  Mongolia
  Macao
  Northern Mariana Islands
  Martinique
  Mauritania
  Montserrat
  Mauritius
  Maldives
  Malawi
  Mozambique
  Namibia
  New Caledonia
  Niger
  Norfolk Island
  Nigeria
  Nepal
  Nauru
  Niue
  French Polynesia
  Papua New Guinea
  Philippines
  Pakistan
  Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  Pitcairn
  Puerto Rico
  State of Palestine
  Palau
  Réunion
  Serbia
  Rwanda
  Solomon Islands
  Seychelles
  Sudan
  Saint Helena/Ascension/Tristan da Cunha
  Svalbard and Jan Mayen
  Sierra Leone
  San Marino
  Senegal
  Somalia
  Suriname
  South Sudan
  Sao Tome and Principe
  Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
  Syrian Arab Republic
  Eswatini
  Turks and Caicos Islands
  Chad
  French Southern Territories
  Togo
  Tajikistan
  Tokelau
  Timor-Leste
  Turkmenistan
  Tunisia
  Tonga
  Trinidad and Tobago
  Tuvalu
  United Republic of Tanzania
  Uganda
  United States Minor Outlying Islands
  Uzbekistan
  Holy See
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  Venezuela
  British Virgin Islands
  U.S. Virgin Islands
  Viet Nam
  Vanuatu
  Wallis and Futuna
  Samoa
  Yemen
  Mayotte
  Zambia
  Zimbabwe

Note: two regions were also mentioned as unknown on the SteamDB listing, with the region codes FX, and XD. We removed them from the list here for ease of anyone searching for their country.