PlanetSide 2
Free-to-play MMO shooter built around persistent, continent-wide faction wars
Rogue Planet Games · Published by Daybreak Game Company · Released Nov 20, 2012
ActionMassively MultiplayerFree To Play
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 80% of 75K
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 54% of 142 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 285
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 6 days ago
- Sep 17, 2026
Metacritic: 84/100 (critic reviews)
What is PlanetSide 2?
A free-to-play first-person MMO shooter set in a science-fiction planetary war between three empires. You fight as infantry, drive vehicles, or pilot aircraft across four open continents, capturing and defending territory in persistent online PvP battles.
For you if...
- +you want large-scale battles with infantry, vehicles, and aircraft
- +you enjoy coordinated, class-based faction warfare
- +you prefer persistent territory fights over separate matches
Not for you if...
- −you prefer small, self-contained multiplayer matches
- −you want offline play or a single-player campaign
- −you expect tutorials to explain progression in depth
What players say
80% of 74,884 reviews are positive · 54% of 142 in the last 30 days
Players praise the scale of its faction warfare, especially battles combining infantry, tanks, aircraft, and coordinated territory captures. The most common complaints are dwindling populations that make massive battles rarer, frequent crashes and other technical problems, and cheating.
Screenshots and trailer
PlanetSide 2 system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 7 or later
- Processor
- Core i5-4460 or better
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 or better
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM (64-bit)
- Storage
- 20 GB HD space
- Notes
- Broadband Internet connection
Recommended
- OS
- 64-bit Windows 7 or later
- Processor
- Intel i5 6600K or higher / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 or higher
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce 960 or higher / AMD R9 280X or higher
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 20 GB HD space
- Notes
- Broadband Internet connection
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Third-party account
- Daybreak
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- Free to Play
- FPS
- Massively Multiplayer
- Shooter
- Action
- Open World
- Multiplayer
- Team-Based
- Sci-fi
- War
- Tactical
- First-Person
- PvP
- Futuristic
- Online Co-Op
- Co-op
Recent updates
- Sep 17, 2026 · September 17, 2026 - Patch Notes
- Sep 3, 2026 · September 3, 2026 - Patch Notes
- Aug 31, 2026 · August 31, 2026 - Hotfix Update
- Aug 27, 2026 · August 27, 2026 - Patch Update
- Aug 18, 2026 · August 18, 2026 - Patch Notes
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