High temperature helium embrittlement effects on the creep properties of AISI 316 SS (solution annealed + aged) and DIN 1.4970 SS (solution annealed + cold worked + aged) have been investigated. The generation of helium due to (n. α) nuclear reactions in a fusion reactor environment has been simulated by homogeneous helium implantation at a cyclotron. The creep rupture tests with various applied tensile stresses have been carried out at 1023 K. (316 SS) and 1079 K (1.4970 SS). respectively, with four differently treatly sets of samples: (1) unimplanted controls; (2) after room temperature implantation of 100 appm He; (3) after implantation of 100 appm He at test temperature; (4) creep tested at high temperature during implantation (“in-beam”) with implantation rates of 10–100 appm He/b. In contrast to the ductile behaviour with transgranular failure of the unimplanted controls, all He-implanted samples showed brittle, intergranular early failure. The embrittlement effect was enhanced for the “in-beam” tested samples. The difference between the different treated sets of samples can be related to different bubble microstructures investigated by TEM. In addition, a comparison to reactor data for the DIN 1.4970 SS is presented.