Strong nostalgia and great memories
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“I truly miss the golden era around 2018–2022 when the servers were full and matches felt alive every day.”
Steam review · 266.4 h played ↗
Paladins®
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%Evil Mojo Games2018Hero Shooter · FPS · Shooter
The verdict
A fun, distinctive Overwatch-style hero shooter with a deep card-loadout system, but development has ended and the playerbase is tiny, bot-filled and cheater-ridden. Skip it unless you want nostalgia.
Great for
Nostalgic veterans and fans of hero shooters who want deep champion builds for free on a weak PC
Main risk
Abandoned game with a tiny playerbase: long queues, bots, cheaters, and launch problems.
What players love
Fun, unique gameplay better than Overwatch/Rivals
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“This game is fundamentally better than Overwatch 2 and Marvel Rivals will ever be.”
Steam review · 368.2 h played ↗
Memorable, diverse champions
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Every character is unique, the game is very addictive and doesn't get boring”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 9.1 h played ↗
Free and runs on weak PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“probably the only truly best free to play hero shooter that can run on nearly any potato/office pc”
Steam review · 102.1 h played ↗
Deep card/talent loadout customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“Loadouts for different builds for champions.”
Steam review · 699.8 h played ↗
Fun with friends and cross-platform play
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“Best game of this genre, really miss playing on my switch. Handheld paladins was incredible”
Steam review · 370 h played ↗
What players complain about
Abandoned by Hi-Rez, no updates
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“A great game ruined by mismanagement and subsequent abandonment”
Steam review · 325.3 h played ↗
Won't launch or crashes (Easy Anti-Cheat, Win 10/11)
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“fantastic game, no longer launches on windows 11”
Steam review · 146 h played ↗
Cheaters and weak anti-cheat
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“last ranked game I played was a lvl 6, 1 day old account maeve went 241/0/0 with 1.1 MILLION damage...They do not care about hacking or bots at all.”
Steam review · 714.4 h played ↗
Matches full of bots and leavers
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“id say 9/10 games are with 2-3 bots on your team.”
Steam review · 732 h played ↗
Tiny playerbase and long queues
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“i cant even find a match”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Toxic players and poor teamwork
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“never seen so many toxic players in one game! terrible atmosphere!”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64-bit or newer
ProcessorCore 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce 8800 GT
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 8/10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 660 or ATI Radeon HD 7950
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 7 64-bit or newer
ProcessorCore 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce 8800 GT
Storage30 GB available space
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Mostly Positive · 75%+ Fun gameplay and heroes
− Rigged or EOMM-style matchmaking
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Mixed · 45%+ Much improved after devs course-corrected
− Bad matchmaking and unfair matches
analyzed 12 h ago
Team Fortress 2
Very Positive · 81%+ Timeless, chaotic and funny gameplay
− Broken casual matchmaking and autobalance
analyzed 12 h ago
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− Late-game grind
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