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Squad cover art

Squad

Offworld · 2020-09-23

Steam

ActionIndieMassively MultiplayerStrategy

Modes: Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 23, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Squad is a tactical FPS that provides authentic combat experiences through teamwork, communication, and realistic combat. It bridges the gap between arcade shooter and military realism with 100-player battles, combined-arms warfare, and base building.

Squad is an Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 243570 reviews).

4,245
playing now
81%
positive of 246k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
5
twitch viewers (latest)
2.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (91 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (22 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

4,245 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Squad is a realism-based military tactical first-person shooter video game developed and published by Canadian indie developer Offworld Industries exclusively through the Steam distribution platform. It is a spiritual successor to the Project Reality modification for Battlefield 2. The game depicts realistic modern warfare between military and paramilitary factions in large and expansive battlefields. Squad became available on Steam Early Access in December 2015, and was officially released on Steam in September 2020.

Trailer

Squad trailer thumbnail

Squad | Official Trailer | A ZEE5 Original Film | Premieres November 12 On ZEE5

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4,245 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11,990 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,499/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-29

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Sep 29), healthy→thriving (Sep 26), thriving→healthy (Sep 17), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 16)

Estimated sales: 4.9M–11M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 245,533 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.23 at GameBillet (2026-06-30) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $54.99 · on sale 103 of 119 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.4k4.4k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,295 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,226 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,721 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 586 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,904 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,622 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,167 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 816 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 858 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 846 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,699 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 935 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,118 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,093 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2,421 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 286 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2,714 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4,351 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,406 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,885 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,933 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,713 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1,548 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,538 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,373 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,376 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,351 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,055 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,046 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,146 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,131 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,293 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,170 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 271 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,727 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,202 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,886 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,753 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 249 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,967 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 287 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,433 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,328 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 162 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,264 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,966 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 185 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,098 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 263 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,897 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 939 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,614 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 854 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,433 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 420 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,235 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 265 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,477 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 264 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,607 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 374 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,768 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 323 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,159 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 187 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,054 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2,921 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,298 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,146 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,247 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 606 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,017 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 676 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,261 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 561 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,809 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 485 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,779 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 381 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3,163 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 681 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,286 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 361 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,859 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 335 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,614 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 294 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,306 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 226 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,699 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 283 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,204 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 342 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,450 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 224 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3,060 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 385 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,463 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 297 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,440 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,853 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 311 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,226 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,153 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 365 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,394 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 256 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,638 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 331 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,220 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 359 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,618 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,886 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,169 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 601 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,224 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 767 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,372 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 476 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,305 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 401 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,145 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 363 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,351 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 312 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,198 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 278 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,324 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 342 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,112 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 277 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,149 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 251 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,347 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 343 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 960 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 238 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 173 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

21k2.7k2026-09-15 11:00 — 10,114 players2026-09-16 01:00 — 2,717 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 5,329 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 6,764 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 10,436 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 8,111 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 4,942 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 11,526 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 7,301 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 5,149 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 8,345 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 9,649 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 13,242 players2026-09-26 13:00 — 20,045 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 18,565 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 15,508 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 8,945 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 10,374 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 14,133 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 20,540 players2026-09-27 17:00 — 17,956 players2026-09-27 21:00 — 12,886 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 7,612 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 6,947 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 8,861 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 15,009 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 14,008 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 8,960 players2026-09-29 01:00 — 6,243 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 8,356 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 9,401 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 13,786 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 4,476 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 12,014 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 7,097 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 4,245 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
15k0Nov 2015Aug 2026Nov 2015 — avg 0 · peak 5Mar 2016 — avg 676 · peak 1,571Jul 2016 — avg 647 · peak 1,682Nov 2016 — avg 2,116 · peak 11,456Mar 2017 — avg 1,033 · peak 3,393Jul 2017 — avg 1,710 · peak 3,621Nov 2017 — avg 2,169 · peak 9,403Mar 2018 — avg 1,936 · peak 4,286Jul 2018 — avg 2,532 · peak 5,419Nov 2018 — avg 2,523 · peak 8,419Mar 2019 — avg 1,592 · peak 3,175Jul 2019 — avg 3,653 · peak 10,491Nov 2019 — avg 3,180 · peak 8,701Mar 2020 — avg 2,760 · peak 5,273Jul 2020 — avg 3,571 · peak 6,490Nov 2020 — avg 5,711 · peak 10,307Mar 2021 — avg 6,221 · peak 11,009Jul 2021 — avg 5,068 · peak 7,565Nov 2021 — avg 4,038 · peak 6,831Mar 2022 — avg 7,122 · peak 12,610Jul 2022 — avg 8,550 · peak 13,893Nov 2022 — avg 7,492 · peak 18,590Mar 2023 — avg 8,987 · peak 17,821Jul 2023 — avg 10,097 · peak 18,539Nov 2023 — avg 9,366 · peak 18,773Mar 2024 — avg 10,764 · peak 19,569Jul 2024 — avg 11,538 · peak 20,101Nov 2024 — avg 11,786 · peak 21,412Mar 2025 — avg 12,618 · peak 24,103Jul 2025 — avg 10,812 · peak 18,809Nov 2025 — avg 8,695 · peak 17,114Mar 2026 — avg 12,284 · peak 22,878Jul 2026 — avg 11,777 · peak 20,257Aug 2026 — avg 12,352 · peak 22,195
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#86#942026-09-152026-09-292026-09-15 — #942026-09-16 — #942026-09-17 — #942026-09-26 — #922026-09-27 — #862026-09-28 — #862026-09-29 — #89
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
2272272026-09-162026-10-142026-09-16: 31 new positive2026-09-17: 43 new positive2026-09-18: 16 new positive2026-09-18: 6 new negative2026-09-19: 39 new positive2026-09-19: 5 new negative2026-09-20: 9 new positive2026-09-20: 13 new negative2026-09-21: 23 new positive2026-09-22: 23 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 15 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 16 new positive2026-09-25: 33 new positive2026-09-25: 18 new negative2026-09-26: 78 new positive2026-09-26: 75 new negative2026-09-27: 119 new positive2026-09-27: 79 new negative2026-09-28: 142 new positive2026-09-28: 73 new negative2026-09-29: 227 new positive2026-09-29: 47 new negative2026-09-30: 56 new positive2026-09-30: 16 new negative2026-10-01: 56 new positive2026-10-01: 9 new negative2026-10-02: 122 new positive2026-10-02: 25 new negative2026-10-03: 45 new positive2026-10-03: 47 new negative2026-10-04: 42 new positive2026-10-04: 24 new negative2026-10-05: 49 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 38 new positive2026-10-06: 35 new negative2026-10-07: 39 new positive2026-10-07: 14 new negative2026-10-08: 45 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 39 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 29 new positive2026-10-10: 13 new negative2026-10-11: 59 new positive2026-10-11: 20 new negative2026-10-12: 65 new positive2026-10-12: 19 new negative2026-10-13: 31 new positive2026-10-13: 12 new negative2026-10-14: 26 new positive2026-10-14: 6 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$14.362015-12-152026-08-172015-12-15 — best price $39.992017-10-26 — best price $27.992018-06-22 — best price $23.992018-12-14 — best price $20.152019-08-29 — best price $19.992020-01-11 — best price $31.992020-05-04 — best price $39.992020-10-30 — best price $49.992021-02-11 — best price $37.492021-05-27 — best price $37.492021-08-18 — best price $30.482021-11-30 — best price $43.992022-03-10 — best price $49.992022-05-28 — best price $43.992022-08-31 — best price $49.992022-11-22 — best price $34.992023-02-23 — best price $39.992023-07-21 — best price $37.492023-09-30 — best price $37.492023-12-06 — best price $24.952024-02-22 — best price $49.992024-06-13 — best price $49.992024-08-18 — best price $27.992024-10-05 — best price $42.492024-12-26 — best price $18.872025-02-17 — best price $44.492025-04-22 — best price $17.002025-07-21 — best price $17.992025-10-04 — best price $17.422025-12-03 — best price $20.002026-02-19 — best price $18.802026-05-04 — best price $18.112026-06-25 — best price $14.362026-08-17 — best price $41.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2521032026-05-29 — 163 pageviews2026-06-02 — 160 pageviews2026-06-06 — 124 pageviews2026-06-10 — 124 pageviews2026-06-14 — 164 pageviews2026-06-18 — 163 pageviews2026-06-22 — 147 pageviews2026-06-26 — 182 pageviews2026-06-30 — 161 pageviews2026-07-04 — 154 pageviews2026-07-08 — 115 pageviews2026-07-12 — 122 pageviews2026-07-16 — 225 pageviews2026-07-20 — 233 pageviews2026-07-24 — 142 pageviews2026-07-28 — 123 pageviews2026-08-01 — 145 pageviews2026-08-05 — 146 pageviews2026-08-09 — 149 pageviews2026-08-13 — 121 pageviews2026-08-17 — 144 pageviews2026-08-21 — 136 pageviews2026-08-25 — 132 pageviews2026-08-29 — 139 pageviews2026-09-02 — 103 pageviews2026-09-06 — 163 pageviews2026-09-10 — 136 pageviews2026-09-14 — 135 pageviews2026-09-18 — 124 pageviews2026-09-22 — 146 pageviews2026-09-26 — 176 pageviews2026-09-30 — 112 pageviews2026-10-04 — 139 pageviews2026-10-07 — 107 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

16402026-10-01 10:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 164 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 160 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 54 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 5 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportValve Anti-Cheat enabled23 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 23 DLC released, first 2016-04-29, latest 2026-06-15 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FPSWarActionModernShooterWargameMilitaryStrategyTacticalRealistic

Census log

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

Recent updates

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