Helldivers 2 and Horizon Forbidden West temporarily unavailable on Steam in the UK

• On 17 September 2026, Sony Interactive Entertainment said it was aware of a problem affecting the availability of selected titles on Steam in the UK and was working with Valve on a fix.
• According to reports, existing owners could still launch and play the games from their Steam library.

What happened

According to multiple reports, Helldivers 2 and Horizon Forbidden West disappeared from the Steam store in the United Kingdom on 16 September 2026 without any prior announcement. New buyers reportedly saw the store listings greyed out and were unable to purchase the games. The issue was said to affect the UK and the Isle of Man, indicating a regional storefront change rather than a global removal of the titles.

Sony Interactive Entertainment responded on 17 September 2026, saying it was aware of an issue affecting the availability of selected titles on Steam in the UK. The company said it was working with Valve on a solution, but did not give a cause or a date for when the games might return. The available reporting also does not confirm whether this was a mistake, a backend change, or another storefront issue.

Reports say players who already owned the games in their Steam library could still open and play them. That means the delisting appears to have affected purchase access and store visibility, while existing licenses were not immediately revoked. The available sources do not name any technical or legal reason for the move, and there is no official confirmation that the removal was intentional or permanent.

The situation drew attention because it affected two Sony releases at once rather than a single title. Helldivers 2 is developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Horizon Forbidden West is also a Sony-published title and was temporarily unavailable on Steam in the UK. The reports do not mention any additional titles affected at the same time, but Sony did refer to an issue with “selected titles” on Steam in the UK.

Background

Helldivers 2 is a title from Arrowhead Game Studios published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game was previously available on Steam and was named in reports as one of two titles temporarily removed from the UK store. Horizon Forbidden West is also a Sony title and was linked to the same UK Steam issue during the same period.

The available sources do not give a technical or legal reason for the delisting. It has not been confirmed whether the issue was caused by an error, a backend change, or a storefront setting. Sony’s response was limited to saying it was working with Valve on a solution, which means the cause had not been made public at the time of publication.

The reporting also makes clear that the problem was limited to the store listing and purchase option in the UK. Existing owners could still play the games from their Steam library, according to the sources. That makes this different from a full loss of access to the games themselves, since existing buyers’ licenses were not immediately blocked.

Because Sony referred to “selected titles” on Steam in the UK, it remains unclear whether any other games were affected. In the available reporting, only Helldivers 2 and Horizon Forbidden West are specifically named. It is also not confirmed when the UK store listings will return, and no official update has been given on a permanent fix or timeline.

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Sources

• Eurogamer: report on the temporary unavailability of Helldivers 2 and Horizon Forbidden West on Steam in the UK.
• Sony Interactive Entertainment: response saying the company is aware of a availability issue and is working with Valve.