PlanetSide 2
Fair · Multiplayer · 2012
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Free and middling. Worth a look if the genre is yours.
- PriceS
- Free to play
- Reviews▼
- 80% of 74,948
- Critics
- 84 players 4 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 13% Multiplayer
Holding it back: DRM, Reviews
Recent reviews trending down: 60% over the last 30 days against 80% all-time.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 27.2h
- To 100%
- 6371.1h 234.2x the story
Players and genre
- Online
- 427 now
- Recent reviews
- 60% 30 days
- Better reviewed
- 80% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Against its own genre its score lands in the top 13 percent. It is better reviewed than 80 percent of its genre. The nearest things to it, MechWarrior Online™ Legends (free, scores 54) and Black Squad (free, scores 44), are both worse buys on this math.
It is still busy. 427 players were online when we last checked, on Nov 3, 14:45 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks.
More about PlanetSide 2
Players rate it 80 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 60 percent. Something recent has soured the room. Inside the two-hour refund window, 44 percent of the 133 reviews written there were positive, against 80 percent overall, and those are 23 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 27.2 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 6371, 234 times as much.
Buy now or wait
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
PlanetSide 2 is an all-out planetary war, where thousands of players battle as one across enormous continents. Utilize infantry, ground and air vehicles, and teamwork to destroy your enemies in this revolutionary first-person shooter on a massive scale.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 or better, 20 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
PlanetSide 2 scores 56/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/218230/planetside-2Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.