Squad is an indie developed by Offworld Industries, released 23 September 2020 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Squad is
Squad is an indie game developed by Offworld Industries and released in 2020. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare.
How it was received
Squad holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 80% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 93 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-8400, AMD Ryzen 3600, 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 1060 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 580 with at least 6GB of VRAM. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 65GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Squad launched on 23 September 2020, within three weeks of Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades and Genshin Impact. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Marvel's Avengers, Hades, Hades, Genshin Impact.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Squad yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 4 videos →
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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