Can you play Helldivers 2 solo?

Helldivers 2 doesn’t have a singleplayer mode, but you can play solo

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Playing Helldivers 2 solo is entirely possible, but whether it’s recommended is a different story as Helldivers 2 can be brutally tough. To be clear, you won’t find a dedicated single-player mode which means your only option is to dive into a normal mission, forgoing any assistance from squadmates, which means you’ll be facing the full force of the enemies alone. It’s certainly doable on the lower difficulties, but for the average player the increase in bug and bot numbers and firepower, along with more complicated missions, means the higher difficulties present some extreme caveats for loneHelldivers 2players. Below, I’ve explained how to play Helldiver 2 solo and have provided some tips for those dropping in on their own.

How to play Helldivers 2 solo

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To play Helldivers 2 solo, you obviously need to make sure you’re alone on your Destroyer when you choose a missionand you should also head into the options menu andturn Matchmaking Privacy to ‘friends only’. This’ll ensure you don’t match with other players when you choose a mission with an SOS beacon active and that other players won’t join your session. Choose an operation on the planet map like normal and don’t queue into quickplay or pick a SOS beacon mission, then you’ll dive down to the surface alone.

Butshouldyou play Helldivers 2 solo? I and other members of the GamesRadar+ guides team wouldn’t recommend it unless you’re really up for the challenge. It’s entirely possible, but with Helldivers 2 being a pretty tough game, even with a full squad, it gets a lot worse when you’re alone. The easiest difficulties (Trivial and Easy) are manageable solo, but Medium and Challenging are a noticeable step up. Then it starts becoming near-impossible for solo players in Hard, Extreme, and beyond. Unless you’re a skilled player up for a punishing challenge and already have some of thebest Helldivers 2 Stratagemsandbest Helldivers 2 weapons, there is little point playing solo on Hard or above.

Helldivers 2 solo tips

Despite my warnings against playing Helldivers 2 solo, sometimes it is preferable to matching with randoms in Quickplay. Check out these generalHelldivers 2 tipsas well as these solo-specific pointers:

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