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Game description
Paladins is the ultimate fantasy team-based shooter experience, with over 50 customizable Champions fighting in 5v5 action across a diverse Realm of modes and maps!
Basic info
| Developer | Evil Mojo Games |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Hi-Rez Studios |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unsupported |
| Release date | May 8, 2018 |
| Price |
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Minimum specs
| OS | Windows 7 64-bit or newer |
|---|---|
| Processor | Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz |
| Memory | 4 GB |
| Graphics | Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT |
| Storage | 30 GB |
Review Analysis Score
Based on 379 reviews from the past 1 year
Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 22, 2026)
Flexible card loadouts set this free hero shooter apart for its fans, and it scores 76.4 from 379 analyzed reviews.
👍 Strengths
174 reviews say it is simply fun, and some call it the only hero shooter they truly enjoyed. Gameplay ranks 127th of 1396. 47 praise the strategic depth, with flexible builds, varied hero kits and matches where opponents are hard to predict. 26 remember great times playing with friends, and a few mention cross-platform play and modest hardware needs. Story & World ranks 362nd of 1096, and some still talk fondly about its characters.
👎 Where it falls short
Tech & Support appears in 61% of analyzed reviews and ranks 1379th of 1399. 146 reviews say the developers abandoned the game, leaving it without meaningful updates for years. 24 describe a shrinking community with long queues, and some report toxic veterans who insult new players. 20 report bugs and crashes, and a few add cheaters to the list. Multiplayer ranks 537th of 642, and Pricing & Fairness ranks 1003rd of 1399.
Representative reviews Original reviews ↗
“fundamentally better than competing games” · 174 reviews
“developers abandoned the game” · 146 reviews
“amazing flexibility and unpredictable opponent strategies” · 47 reviews
How it holds up
Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.
Dashboard
Based on 379 reviews from the past 1 year
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By period
The overall score over shorter windows: has the game changed lately? A hollow grey point means fewer than 150 reviews in that window.
Past year 379 reviews · Past 6 months 218 reviews · Past 3 months 131 reviews
Steam review activity
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By language
Languages with at least 1% of the reviews we analyzed. Pick one to see how its players rate each category, then tap a category for its indicators.
Across 8 languages, players disagree most about Multiplayer.
English
Review Analysis Score
Based on 181 reviews from the past 1 year
Spanish
Review Analysis Score
Based on 66 reviews from the past 1 year
Portuguese
Review Analysis Score
Based on 64 reviews from the past 1 year
Russian
Review Analysis Score
Based on 36 reviews from the past 1 year
French
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Based on 10 reviews from the past 1 year
German
Review Analysis Score
Based on 6 reviews from the past 1 year
Turkish
Review Analysis Score
Based on 6 reviews from the past 1 year
Polish
Review Analysis Score
Based on 5 reviews from the past 1 year
25 indicators · 545 review reasons · 8 languages · data as of Sep 10, 2026
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Basic info
| Paladins® | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | |
|---|---|---|
| Players now | 712 | 56,903 |
| Genre | Action · Adventure · Massively Multiplayer · Strategy · Free To Play | Action · Free To Play |
| Developer | Evil Mojo Games | Ubisoft Montreal |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unsupported | Unsupported |
| Price | Free · Steam store ↗ | Free · Steam store ↗ |
| Release date | May 8, 2018 | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Tags | 9 in common | |
| Only this game | Only this game | |
Review scores
| Paladins® |  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | |
|---|---|---|
| Gameplay | +2.44 | +0.03 |
| Story & World | +3.10 | -0.07 |
| Content Volume | +1.14 | +0.31 |
| Visuals & Sound | +0.89 | -0.01 |
| Multiplayer | -0.47 | -1.36 |
| Pricing & Fairness | -0.42 | -1.15 |
| Tech & Support | -1.89 | -0.92 |
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