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Black Squad

VALOFE · 2019-06-26

Steam

ActionFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person

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!

Black Squad is a 2019 Action, Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive (76% of 81218 reviews) sentiment.

283
playing now
76%
positive of 81k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
64/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
28h
to beat · rushed 5.1h · completionist 509h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

283 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 18:00 UTC (census sample)

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Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 283 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 483 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~60/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (5,949 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.3k5.3k20182026Week 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: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 8 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9271042026-09-16 04:00 — 120 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 185 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 245 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 173 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 143 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 273 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 164 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 146 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 549 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 186 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 154 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 230 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 212 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 134 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 304 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 230 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 121 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 202 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 247 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 160 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 155 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 275 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 136 players2026-10-15 18:00 — 283 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8.2k0May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2017 — avg 7,450 · peak 12,232Nov 2017 — avg 5,973 · peak 10,981Feb 2018 — avg 8,227 · peak 15,766May 2018 — avg 6,547 · peak 10,240Aug 2018 — avg 6,439 · peak 9,891Nov 2018 — avg 5,465 · peak 9,740Feb 2019 — avg 4,109 · peak 7,807May 2019 — avg 2,606 · peak 4,336Aug 2019 — avg 3,470 · peak 5,656Nov 2019 — avg 2,575 · peak 4,437Feb 2020 — avg 3,259 · peak 5,348May 2020 — avg 3,202 · peak 5,658Aug 2020 — avg 2,193 · peak 3,489Nov 2020 — avg 1,912 · peak 3,207Feb 2021 — avg 1,439 · peak 2,320May 2021 — avg 1,249 · peak 1,960Aug 2021 — avg 1,169 · peak 1,902Nov 2021 — avg 849 · peak 1,467Feb 2022 — avg 930 · peak 1,636May 2022 — avg 843 · peak 1,479Aug 2022 — avg 759 · peak 1,326Nov 2022 — avg 662 · peak 1,251Feb 2023 — avg 763 · peak 1,327May 2023 — avg 629 · peak 1,124Aug 2023 — avg 596 · peak 1,008Nov 2023 — avg 517 · peak 923Feb 2024 — avg 477 · peak 1,008May 2024 — avg 382 · peak 767Aug 2024 — avg 344 · peak 709Nov 2024 — avg 352 · peak 852Feb 2025 — avg 292 · peak 547May 2025 — avg 238 · peak 435Aug 2025 — avg 226 · peak 395Nov 2025 — avg 235 · peak 433Feb 2026 — avg 255 · peak 871May 2026 — avg 199 · peak 385Aug 2026 — avg 274 · peak 975
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Twitch viewers

002026-10-01 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-15 20:34 — 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…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-07-29 (Steam store data)

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.

Recent updates

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