Fast, satisfying gunplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Gunfights are fast, movement feels responsive, and getting a clean headshot is incredibly satisfying.”
Steam review · 2.3 h played ↗
Black Squad
Worth buying? What 297 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 297 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 65%Mixed · 65%VALOFE, NS STUDIO2019FPS · Shooter · Action
The verdict
A free, old-school CS/CoD-style shooter with fun, fast gunplay and no pay-to-win, but the player base is nearly gone and cheaters and greedy monetization hurt it. Skip it if you need quick matchmaking.
Great for
Nostalgic FPS fans with a weak PC who want a free, casual CS/CoD-like shooter to play with friends
Main risk
Very few players, so matches are hard to find and are often against veterans, bots or cheaters
What players love
Nostalgic CS/CoD-style casual fun
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“This is an okay fusion of Counter-Strike and Call of Duty, without the bunny hopping and the slide canceling.”
Steam review · 7.4 h played ↗
Lots of modes, maps and weapons
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“There are 10 game modes including Competitive, Demolition and Team Deathmatch, along with 48 maps and more than 85 weapons”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
Free with no pay-to-win
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“Unlocking weapons and skins is fair — you can get most things just by playing, no pay-to-win grind.”
Steam review · 12.7 h played ↗
Runs well on weak PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“can run on the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ rig you have. Played this thing with integrated graphics as a kid and ran just fine.”
Steam review · 6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Dead player base, long queues
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“I've spent 30 mins on queue but still cant find other players! This game is dead as fuh!”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Publisher mismanagement and removed Steam market
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“This game used to be good, before VALOFE came in and ruined everything”
Steam review · 852.7 h played ↗
Rampant cheaters and weak anti-cheat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Devs don't care about cheaters. Don't even try to play competitive,there are like 30+ wallhackers and minimum 10 aimbots.”
Steam review · 2975 h played ↗
Greedy monetization and loot boxes
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“it became the biggest cash grab of all time with trillions of microtransactions and RNG boxes”
Steam review · 403.8 h played ↗
Dated graphics, clunky controls and UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The maps, movement, gunplay, menus, and overall presentation all feel like something from an older free-to-play FPS era.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗
Crashes, launch failures and anti-cheat errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“They just switched to Battleye and now I all of a sudden can no longer play the game... "Gameguard Error - Aborting Game"”
Steam review · 303.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorCORE2 DUO 2.2GHZ / AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.66GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GEFORCE 8600 OR GT630 / RADEON HD 6750
Storage8 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorCORE i3-4170 / AMD FX-8300
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 760 or AMD Radeon HD 7950
Storage8 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorCORE2 DUO 2.2GHZ / AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.66GHz
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GEFORCE 8600 OR GT630 / RADEON HD 6750
Storage8 GB available space
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