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Play as a soldier in 50v50 battles, coordinating squads, vehicles and supplies—or join up to four others for PvE missions.
Released 23 Sep 2020
Coordinate 50v50 Battles
Build Forward Bases
Supply Ammunition and Materials
Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.
Developed by Offworld · Published by Offworld
Squad is a tactical first-person shooter built around large battles between two 50-player teams. Players join a nine-person squad and fight across large maps as one of several factions, taking on roles within the wider force.
Matches center on communicating with squadmates, moving to objectives and coordinating infantry with vehicles and supporting weapons. Faction-specific weapons and vehicles offer different loadout options, while in-game voice chat, map tools and markers help teams share plans and enemy positions.
Players can transport ammunition and building materials, establish forward bases, and construct fortifications and weapon emplacements. The game also includes Fireteam, a cooperative PvE mode for up to five players featuring shorter tactical missions.
Players who praise Squad often describe the payoff of coordinated play: when a squad communicates and follows a plan, teamwork can make a match feel tense and memorable. Reviews also appreciate the immersive battlefield audio, the range of infantry and vehicle roles, and the tactical depth of logistics and objective play. Some note that this experience depends heavily on the squad and can be difficult for newcomers to find.
Squad is the embodiment of tactical military action. Compete in massive-scale 50 vs. 50 battles in the most realistic combined-arms first-person shooter. Squad emphasizes combat realism through teamwork, tactics, and authentic warfare. A wide selection of realistic faction-specific weapons and vehicles allow players to build their own loadouts that best suit their preferred tactics. And with Squad’s unique Picture-in-Picture scopes, it’s like you’re really aiming at the enemy through real military-issue scopes.
Featuring 13 factions, 24 massive maps, and a sweeping arsenal of weapons and vehicles, Squad creates a heart-thumping, visceral shooter experience that requires split-second decision-making in intense, realistic firefights.
Fireteam is Squad's new PvE gamemode that has launched with Update 10.1. This up to 5-player co-op PvE mode condenses the game’s most memorable moments into shorter, intense tactical missions. Four missions are available to all Squad players. Those who wish to support the ongoing development of Fireteam can choose to purchase either the Supporter or Founder pack - linked from this page.
Squad creates authentic combat experiences while pitting conventional and unconventional factions against each other. As part of a 50 person team, join a nine-person squad to face off against opposing factions in intense combat across large real-world environments. Squad features 13 factions from all over the world, including the United States Marine Corps, Australian Defence Force, and Canadian Army among many others.
Squad’s combat was designed to provide the most fun, immersive, and authentic infantry experience possible. With Squad’s core tenets of teamwork and tactics, you’ll have to work together to outmaneuver your enemies with realistic Picture-in-Picture scopes and Squad’s unique Suppression system. Work with your squad to overwhelm the enemy and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat!
Adapt to the ever-changing needs of the battlefield. By building fortifications and emplacements or supplying your team with ammunition and materials, you can give your squad the edge. Whether it’s placing HMGs and AT guns or fortifying a position with sandbags, razor wire, and some much-needed ammo, the battlefield is yours to change, if you have the courage to do so.
Solid communication is a soldier's best friend when engaging the enemy. To help facilitate navigating the complexity of communication on the battlefield, Squad provides a world-class in-game VoIP system that allows players to talk to other soldiers locally, in-squad, between squad leaders, or even to the overall team commander. Map tools and in-world markers aid fire team leads and squad leaders to inform their soldiers of on-the-fly engagement tactics.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Players | 1–100 |
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| Multiplayer | Squad is an online multiplayer tactical FPS centered on team-based combat. The core mode supports 100-player matches as 50 vs. 50 PvP. It also includes a PvE online co-op mode called Fireteam for up to 5 players. Reviews and store text indicate drop-in/drop-out server-based play, player-hosted servers, in-game VoIP, squads of up to 9 players, and Steam Workshop support. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Steam Workshop is supported. Reviews mention mods adding content and some detailed mods being played within larger communities. No provided text states that mods are required for multiplayer; vanilla servers exist. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 23 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
