Block N Load

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Mostly Positive · 74%Mostly Positive · 74%2015

The verdict

Block N Load was an inventive team shooter mixing base building and class-based combat, but its servers shut down on August 1, 2025. It can't be played now, so skip it.

Great for

Nostalgic fans paying respects to a childhood favorite, not anyone who wants to actually play

Main risk

Servers are permanently shut down, so the game cannot be played at all

What players love

Nostalgic childhood favorite

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“Played a lot of good matches, played a lot of amazing community created maps and met a lot of amazing friends on it.”
Steam review · 2351.1 h played ↗

“One of the games that got me through my childhood playing incredible games with dumb fun.”
Steam review · 215.3 h played ↗

“We didn't appreciate it, and it left. A legend of childhood.”
Steam review · translated · 9.5 h played ↗

Varied heroes and team tactics

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“Every game plays differently and the classes add a lot of variety.”
Steam review · 68.9 h played ↗

“A variety of characters with unique styles and moves, and the ability to almost completely reshape the terrain for your own ideas and traps.”
Steam review · translated · 71.5 h played ↗

Unique mix of building and shooting

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“A strategic FPS where you could build, trap, destroy, and shoot, all in one chaotic match.”
Steam review · 178.8 h played ↗

“The game encourages emergent strategies using destructible environments and building.”
Steam review · 33.9 h played ↗

“Great mechanics built on destroying the entire map, letting you reshape it for tactical purposes.”
Steam review · translated · 1.6 h played ↗

Community maps and map editor

Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews

“Map editor allows you to create maps of your own, which you can publish and edit whenever you want.”
Steam review · 79.9 h played ↗

Free to play without pay-to-win

Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews

“Unlike what most people say, it is not pay to win. I never payed a dime, got all the heroes.”
Steam review · 238.3 h played ↗

“One of the best free games I've ever played”
Steam review · 41.9 h played ↗

Devs who listen (early on)

Mentioned in ~1 in 75 positive reviews

“the devs CARE, they listen, talk and reason like i have never seen devs do for another game.”
Steam review · 742.9 h played ↗

What players complain about

Dead playerbase, no matches

Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews

“game dead I wait in queue for 90 minutes, no luck”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗

“This game does not have an active playerbase. Finding a game is no longer possible.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗

“The game is dead. In 2017 someone was still playing it constantly, but by 2021 even a regular match couldn't fill.”
Steam review · translated · 6.5 h played ↗

Updates and free-to-play switch hurt game

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“They made it that you can only queue with 1 friend instead of 3.”
Steam review · 46.3 h played ↗

“The game was destroyed by the update that removed maps with more than one objective from matches.”
Steam review · translated · 1089.1 h played ↗

Balance problems and power creep

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“the developers powercreep the ♥♥♥♥ out of new heroes just to increse sales.”
Steam review · 534.3 h played ↗

“the current game is rush the base with an overpowered character.”
Steam review · 401.5 h played ↗

Toxic and troll players

Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews

“the problem is that the community is awful”
Steam review · 103.9 h played ↗

“the game itself is plagued with spammers, griefers, and trolls who want nothing more than to ruin your experience.”
Steam review · 12 h played ↗

Servers shut down, game unplayable

Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews

“They should NOT be allowed to shut down a game without giving us the code to continue it ourselves.”
Steam review · 318.3 h played ↗

“and now the servers have been shut off, so you can't even get into the menu.”
Steam review · translated · 67 h played ↗

Squad size limit

Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews

“The team size is 5, but you could only queue with 2 other people (3 total) always guaranteeing 2 randoms.”
Steam review · 119.4 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Unsupported

Minimum

OSWindows Vista, 7 (SP1 required) & 8

ProcessorDual Core CPU 2.0 GHz (Intel Core 2 Duo or Athlon X2) or better

Memory3 GB RAM

GraphicsDedicated graphics card (NVidia GeForce 8800 GT or better)

Recommended

OSWindows Vista, 7 (SP1 required) & 8

ProcessorQuad Core CPU 2.0 GHz (Core i5) or better

Memory4 GB RAM

GraphicsDedicated graphics card (GeForce GTX 650 / AMD Radeon HD 7770 series or better).

OSWindows Vista, 7 (SP1 required) & 8

ProcessorDual Core CPU 2.0 GHz (Intel Core 2 Duo or Athlon X2) or better

Memory3 GB RAM

GraphicsDedicated graphics card (NVidia GeForce 8800 GT or better)

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