Black Squad
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ActionFree To PlayFPSShooterMultiplayerEarly AccessFirst-Person

226 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 296

Peak in the last 7 days: 339

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Game description

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!

Basic info

DeveloperVALOFE, NS STUDIO
PublisherVALOFE
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateJun 26, 2019
Price

Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorCORE2 DUO 2.2GHZ / AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.66GHz
Memory6 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GEFORCE 8600 OR GT630 / RADEON HD 6750
Storage8 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 184 reviews from the past 1 year

60.8/ 100
Bottom 10%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (76%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 23, 2026)

A free tactical shooter with quick rounds and old school gunplay, Black Squad scores 60.8, held back by thin lobbies and cheating.

👍 Strengths

51 reviews say it is fun, with some calling it an accessible team shooter that is easy to jump into, and a few fondly recall years of playing it. 14 praise the controls and gunplay, saying shooting feels comfortable and responsive. 13 like the visuals, and some add that it runs well on low end hardware. Gameplay ranks 666th of 1396, and Content Volume ranks 792nd of 1351.

👎 Where it falls short

Multiplayer appears in 42% of analyzed reviews and ranks 600th of 642. 28 reviews describe a community problem, with some saying the servers are close to dead and only veterans remain, and a few mention toxic players. 20 report too many cheaters, and several say fixes never arrived. 11 find the visuals dated, pointing to old textures, stiff animations and an aging interface. Pricing & Fairness ranks 1229th of 1399, Tech & Support ranks 970th of 1399, and Visuals & Sound ranks 1121st of 1249.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“exciting tactical shooter worth checking out” · 51 reviews
“dead game full of hackers and toxic players” · 28 reviews
“controls respond perfectly, gunplay is comfortable and responsive” · 14 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 33% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +1.55 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “controls respond perfectly, gunplay is comfortable and responsive” · 14 reviews
Negative “mouse sensitivity inconsistent between weapons, required excessive movement” · 4 reviews

Progression 6% · Difficulty 3% · Onboarding 6% · Freedom 1% · Strategy 8%

Plot, characters and the world

Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.

World +0.44 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is

Story 2% · Characters 0%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 17% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Variety +0.55 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Positive “greater variety of weapons and maps than competitor” · 2 reviews
Negative “repetitive, same maps modes and soulless grind” · 7 reviews

Volume 8% · Replayability 1%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 23% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Audio +2.88 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting
Positive “gun and weapon sound design is excellent” · 2 reviews

Visuals 21%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 42% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Community -2.27 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly
Negative “dead game full of hackers and toxic players” · 28 reviews

Playing together 12% · Servers & Connection 9%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 37% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Anti-cheat -0.60 · How common cheaters are and how well they're stopped
Negative “game flooded with cheaters with no progress in competitive updates” · 20 reviews
Positive “can locally ban cheaters and block them after first encounter” · 1 review

Pricing 19% · Balance 7% · Matchmaking 5%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 33% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.40 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “devs stopped fixing bugs and shifted focus entirely to cosmetics and microtransactions” · 8 reviews
Positive “very punctual updates and attentive to community feedback” · 3 reviews

Stability 8% · Performance 15%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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