Squad

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

Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%2020

The verdict

Large-scale, team-driven milsim between Battlefield and Arma, great when squads communicate. Recent updates brought bugs and UE5 performance complaints, so skip it on a weak PC or if you dislike slow play.

Great for

Players with a mic and a decent PC who enjoy slow, coordinated large-scale teamwork

Main risk

Poor UE5 optimization, buggy updates and a hit-or-miss community

What changed in the last 30 days

160 recent reviews

Recent negative reviews cite a new update with a UI overhaul and party system that introduced bugs, a broken server browser, crashes and 35-40 GB patches. Fairly confident.

160 recent reviews

What players love

Teamwork-driven large battles

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“Especially the way it incentivizes teamplay in squads with people you just met, the way communication and strategizing work feel completely unique.”
Steam review · 190.3 h played ↗

“If you have a decent squad leader this game can be really enjoyable even if you lose.”
Steam review · 193.3 h played ↗

“Overall it's one of the best large-scale cooperative games out there (100 pop server).”
Steam review · 4913.6 h played ↗

Balance between arcade and milsim

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews

“SQUAD is the perfect mil sim for more casual players.”
Steam review · 23.4 h played ↗

“This game finds a good balance between the arcade spawn die loop of battlefield and the slower pace of ARMA.”
Steam review · 7738.8 h played ↗

Helpful, friendly community

Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews

“If you want to learn something just ask the players are friendly and willing to teach you.”
Steam review · 30.8 h played ↗

“people usually dont have any problem with helping new players out”
Steam review · 16.9 h played ↗

Galactic Contention Star Wars mod

Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews

“GC is the most immersive Star Wars shooter experience currently available, and that fact that it is a free mod is mind blowing.”
Steam review · 44.5 h played ↗

“Turns this game in STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT 3”
Steam review · 13.3 h played ↗

Great sound design and graphics

Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews

“Absolutely stunning graphics and sound design.”
Steam review · 439.6 h played ↗

What players complain about

Poor optimization since UE5 move

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“transition to ue5 made this game unplayable for me i could play it on my potato in 60fps, now only in 15fps and lower”
Steam review · 46.7 h played ↗

“Now on UE5, i cant even play the game on same hardware.”
Steam review · 694.6 h played ↗

“Optimization is terrible, Unreal 5 wasn't worth it, on lowest settings at 1080p you get 50-60 fps.”
Steam review · translated · 11.6 h played ↗

Every update adds new bugs

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Updates and fixes introduces new bugs and breaks gameplay”
Steam review · 4181 h played ↗

“Old bugs don't get fixed and newer ones are added every update.”
Steam review · 2026.2 h played ↗

“Every update they brake things as simple as the UI and menus.”
Steam review · 40.4 h played ↗

Broken server browser and long queues

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“the server browser is TERRIBLE, doesn't show most of the available servers”
Steam review · 323 h played ↗

“server browser is busted since last update”
Steam review · 122 h played ↗

Crashes and unstable servers

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews

“it only crashes on me now i have put so many hours in this game and now i cant even play it.”
Steam review · 937.1 h played ↗

“A small indie company can't make a game that doesn't crash at a random moment.”
Steam review · translated · 130.8 h played ↗

Toxic community hostile to new players

Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews

“if you are new, you will be kicked from servers and squads repeatly.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗

“yeah dont play this game if youre new.”
Steam review · 10 h played ↗

Weapon handling and recoil changes disliked

Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews

“the absolute ass "realism" update that made your player into a severly disabled child with noodle arms”
Steam review · 1558.5 h played ↗

“Weapon recoil is constantly changed, making weapons hard to use, and the shooting experience is quite terrible.”
Steam review · 11.5 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows 10 (x64)

ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400, AMD Ryzen 3600

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GTX 1060 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 580 with at least 6GB of VRAM

Storage65 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 11

ProcessorIntel Core i5-12400, AMD Ryzen 5600

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GeForce RTX 3060, AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Storage65 GB available space

OSWindows 10 (x64)

ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400, AMD Ryzen 3600

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNvidia GTX 1060 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 580 with at least 6GB of VRAM

Storage65 GB available space

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