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Black Squad

VALOFE · 2019-06-26

Steam

ActionFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jul 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Black Squad is a free-to-play military first-person-shooter. Players can master their skills and show off their strategies with a wide range of game maps, modes, and weapons to choose from. Join thousands of FPS players worldwide in one of the most played games on Steam!

171
playing now
76%
positive of 81k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
28h
to beat · rushed 5.1h · completionist 509h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

171 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 00:00 UTC (census sample)

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Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 171 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 502 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~63/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (5,949 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.3k5.3k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 1,558 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 468 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1,479 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 536 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1,222 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 380 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,125 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 333 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1,042 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 363 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1,490 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 455 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1,328 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 467 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1,369 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 503 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 908 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 314 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1,137 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 383 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2,150 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 349 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,061 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 322 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 877 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 321 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 701 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 245 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,498 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 417 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,800 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 513 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 565 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 339 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5,299 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 650 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2,415 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 361 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,473 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 318 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,150 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,317 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 328 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,519 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 313 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,118 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 280 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 814 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 808 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 222 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 824 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 211 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 620 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 209 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 747 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 198 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 623 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 240 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 195 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 197 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 300 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 365 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,121 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9251022026-08-06 21:00 — 201 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 115 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 212 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 229 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 148 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 253 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 258 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 176 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 255 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 256 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 102 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 209 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 231 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 125 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 207 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 202 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 138 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 925 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 880 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 627 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 218 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 243 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 199 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 173 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 263 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 156 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 145 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 274 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 171 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

402026-08-27 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
73.9%
earned "New Beginning"
5.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Thai, Turkish, Korean…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)59,0062%36

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSPvPWarCo-opActionShooterMilitaryTacticalTeam-BasedMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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