Squad

As an active player of Arma, Insurgency and Battlefield I should love this game, but it actively finds ways to sap my enjoyment.

For the past 10 hours I've joined "noob friendly" servers to be constantly shot at through bushes, gunned down by people that look like teammates, and one-shot from random directions and gone entire games hiding and dying to a constant stream of armoured vehicle I'm unable to do anything against.

The little infantry combat that I've encountered as been ruined by the highly aggressive suppression mechanic, where if an enemy sneezes in your general direction you become legally blind, and the fact any place you attempt to defend becomes an epilepsy warning because someone is sitting on a mortar bombarding you for half the game making your screen shake non-stop.

I love "muh realism", but at the end of the day it's a game where you're suppose to have fun, and I'm pretty sure US marines don't deal with rules popping up in their peripheral vision for the entire fight.

If veterans of your game are telling you to learn how an enemy runs (???) you have a major UI issue. If 2 pixels popping over a wall can kill you in 1 shot, you have a major graphics issue. If you have an over reliance on a handful of AT in a game to dictate whether everyone else can have fun, you have a major balance issue.

Back to insurgency for me.

Like Arma but actually feels like you’re playing a game. Not too much realism, not too Arcadey. I think I made that word up. Anyways, I think this a perfect game for starters in the mil-sim world as its mechanics, UI, and gameplay aren’t overwhelming. Great game, would recommend with a group of friends.

Great game but the community is unbearable , putting this down. the original player base of players who enjoy the tactical genre are replaced with FPS retards.

When everything just started, I was learning to find the enemy and avoid getting killed.
When I had 100 hours, I started to experience different role and kits.
When I had 500 hours, I started to learn playing TANK and IFV.
Now I have more than 1000 hours. I am still learning to lead a squad and guide our newbies.

You will think the game is boring if you play the game brainlessly.
You will feel excited if you always try to be helpful for the team.

Each game is the same and also not the same. Same map, same faction, same route; different tactics, different players, different result, and also different BUGGGGGGGGG

"Squad: The game where teamwork makes the dream work... or causes a total tactical meltdown."

Ever wanted to experience the thrill of real combat, shouting across a dusty battlefield, coordinating strikes, and driving vehicles like a pro? Well, buckle up... because you'll also be listening to Chad from Ohio yell “WHO BUILT THE FOB HERE?!” for the 47th time while you’re lost in the woods looking for the enemy that was "definitely just here like 2 minutes ago."

Pros:
✔️ Realistic gunplay that makes Call of Duty look like laser tag.
✔️ Voice chat that's either military precision or a comedy club.
✔️ Amazing maps where you'll die without ever seeing who shot you.
✔️ That one guy with a soothing voice who leads 8 randoms to glorious victory.

Cons:
❌ You’ll spend 20 minutes building a base and 4 seconds defending it.
❌ Walking simulator with occasional panic attacks.
❌ If your squad leader has no mic, may God have mercy on your soul.
❌ "Friendly fire is definitely off, right?" (It’s not.)

10/10 would respawn and immediately get blown up by an IED again.

After almost 900 hours, the Australian community has finally deteriorated to effectively a few GMOD admins lording over the three active servers letting the people they know run amok and disregard rules, and as soon as you call them out on it, you're punished or even banned. I Wholeheartedly recommend any other game.

Using UE5 to make a pretty game slightly more pretty at the cost of all the i7 13 gen cores not being able to run it. I played a round before the change and it ran fine, now it is impossible to even load to the menu. After a certain point the human eye cant even tell whats been improved graphic wise, genuinely just a shot in the foot

Best fucking game ever! Never been boring, as long as politics and racism is allowed

Game is good but I only recommend to play with friends, also someone needs to tell meal team six it's just a game and to chill, if you're a vet of the game don't join noob friendly servers to just harass them for not knowing how to play, you're literally going out of your way to join new players.

This is my favourite multiplayer milsim so far.
Considered getting it for a really long time but I was afraid it'd be too complicated but it's not that bad.
I mean.. I'm still going with the easier roles like medic and rifleman but I'm doing okay and having fun with it so y'know.

not a welcoming community at all cant even join a game, admins just instantly ban you making the game unplayable

There's nothing like it, highly recommended if you have even a fleeting interest. It'll take some time to get everything down, but the game is very accessible from the get-go. Just shout if you're new in your squad chat and people will help you out

Bought Squad back in 2016, and here I am in 2025 with 894 hours on the clock. Safe to say: this game stole a chunk of my life and I’m not even mad about it.

From the graphics that make you double check if you're actually in a forest, to the community that ranges from elite tacticians to dudes who think "suppressive fire" means emptying an entire mag at a tree, it's been an amazing ride.

There’s something magical about Squad. It’s not just a shooter it’s an experience. You join a squad, start with a solid plan? and within 5 minutes that plan is in flames, someone flipped the Logi, your squad lead is screaming in Morse code, and Steve is still stuck trying to use his shovel on a radio tower.

The community? Surprisingly wholesome (most of the time). Yes, you get the occasional mic warrior who thinks he's auditioning for a war movie, but you'll also find amazing people willing to guide you even if you just joined and don’t know your FOB from your elbow.

The gameplay? When it works, it really works. Coordinated assaults, base-building, logistics, medics dragging you to safety while whispering sweet nothings like “Don't give up, ill give you some sexual healing”

Graphics? Chef's kiss. The immersion is next level. Especially when you’re lying prone in a bush, questioning your life decisions because you heard a distant BMP and you're carrying nothing but a bandage and hope.

In short:
Would I recommend Squad?
Yes.
Would I trust my life to half the squad leads I’ve had?
Absolutely not.
Will I keep playing it until the servers die or I do?
Also yes.

10/10 – Would get yelled at by a British commander in a panic again.

Squad's code of conduct policy enforcement on server hosts is insane. you cant even have regular gamer banter without these fucking losers adding you to community ban list. lame ass OWI, hope you guys find your downfall.

Game would be fun, but 70% of the community is toxic. Join a squad, immediately get kicked. Join a squad, participate in voice chat and follow orders, also get kicked. Community needs to be more like Hell Let Loose and more people would likely play.

The game also runs like trash. Wish I could say better things about the game, but it isnt worth your money as is. The community ruins it, and what isnt ruined by the community is instead ruined by the game's poor optimization.

becareful!!!!! you say one thing wrong to an admin.... banned you do it one more time.... you cant even play the game anymore. then you think... admins losers who are police officers during video games.... ya makes sense. cant cuss... unless your an admin.... i get into a vehicle for already 5mins. some person joins in and says its mine now cuz i named it. idc if you had it already fro 5 mins... im an admin,...... if you argue its ban!!!! dont worry this is war!!!! but if you cuss at me your banned!!!!

launching the game causes my audio to cut out . tried multiple settings in game and outside of game, game is too much of a hassle just to get working requesting refund!

great game, very tactical, cool teamwork

I've put many hours into Squad, hoping for a true milsim experience, but what I’ve found is a community that leans more toward arcade-style gameplay. While Squad has all the mechanics to support realism and teamwork, most public servers tell a different story. Squadmates rarely coordinate, command chat is often silent or filled with irrelevant chatter, and there’s little to no structured leadership.

It may be a server-dependent issue, but I expected players to prioritize realism and teamwork. Instead, the general approach feels more like Battlefield 4 with a larger map. Without proper coordination, the game loses much of what makes it unique, reducing battles to disorganized firefights rather than tactical engagements.

If you're looking for a milsim experience, you won't find in squad. As it stands, Squad has the potential for realism, but the public community seems to prefer a much more relaxed style of play.

it runs like ass, i have a 6750XT, 32gb ram and a ryzen 5 5600X and i get around 45 fps on 1080p low settings and FSR2 on quality mode when literally anything is happening, i only get decent fps in the pre-game prep phase, apart from that best game ever

Thought I'd leave a review as I recently retried squad since the ICO

I have 1700 hours on Squad, loved it, was my go to game after work and would enjoy logging onto the same servers, having an immersive, tactical, deep fps to play that occupied a niche that I hadn't experienced with any other fps game. I could not ask for more from offworld, sure it had it's bugs but overall was an amazing experience

ICO gets announced, I'm more than willing to give it a chance, as are many of the players I'd gotten to know on specific servers, we were all excited. Personally, it killed the game for me, gunplay doesn't feel fun, it's almost as if you're a civilian thrown onto the battlefield with how you handle weapons now, PIP scopes now kill my framerate and cause stutters and I have a decent rig.

I thought I'd give them some time to figure out the kinks, and leave squad for a while and come back, and I see quite literally nothing has changed, aside from them adding new factions and cosmetics.

I'd reccomend the game, three years ago, whole-heartedly, but now it's just unfun.

I’ve spent a whopping 36 hours in the *Galactic Contention Star Wars Mod*, and let me tell you, it’s *phenomenal*. The base game? Yeah, it’s great. But the Star Wars mod? That’s the stuff of legends. Here’s how my experience went down:

So, there I am, ready for action, when the pilot of our LAAT Gunship gives me the old "Hop in, soldier, we're going HOT DROP." As if the adrenaline wasn’t high enough, he’s blasting *One Last Breath* by Creed. The music is blaring, and we're dodging lasers on our way into Geonosis. As we’re plummeting toward the surface, I can literally feel the intensity of the moment *and* the power ballad (they’re inseparable). The clones—aka my fellow players—are screaming in sheer terror. It’s chaos. It's beautiful.

Then, the unthinkable happens: the LAAT gets shot down, and I’m the only survivor. I wake up, all groggy and confused from the crash, only to immediately get blown to bits by a wrist rocket. Classic. As if that wasn't enough of a punch to the face, a MagnaGuard Droid appears out of nowhere, starts teabagging me like it’s the most natural thing in the galaxy, and I’m just left there in a puddle of shame.

10/10, would recommend. It’s not just like the simulations. *FOR THE REPUBLIC!*

it's a very good game if you have good graghics but it takes months to get good at.

Great milsim. If you are willing to play 1-2+ hour matches in a full scale team environment, this is your game. Its very similar to Arma Reforger, just slightly scaled back in length and gametypes. Worth picking up.

after having a few hundred hours playing I can say this is one the BEST and MOST REALISTIC first person shooters on the market. The guns feel amazing and the sound is crisp. You can feel the amount of work and effort put into the mechanics and how well they compliment each other. Another thing this game does very well is vehicle damage when it comes to trucks and tanks. It is important where you shoot and what you are shooting with. IMO this is the best first person shooter on the market right now. Only things I wish could change is rocket damage on helicopters. unless it is AA or a mini gun heli copters wont go down after being shot with a rocket from a HAT (heavy anti tank) or LAT (Light anti tank). Everything else is amazing

I don't like the ICO changes. Infantry combat is not enjoyable anymore

I hate the fact i cant use my fcking names becouse UNICODE CHARACTERS ARE NOT ALLOWED, pls give a name system into the game where you can set your ingame name

I CANT PLAY IT i need help pls i cant play the game after buying it i got server massege internet error or untrusted file

Battlefield without the EA curse

-Open game
-Enter a server
-Select a squad
-Select a class
-Spawn
-Get in a truck
-Listen to the most random conversations/musics possible while driving 5 min to the objective
-Be exploded almost on objective
-Blame the driver
-Spawn again
-Repeat

I've never been happier, this game fulfilled all my dreams, THE best FPS i've played

10/10

How is this piece of fuck is "very positive" shit is not even funny, not mentioning it's look like a ps3 game but with sucks performance, i am just... FRUSTRATED And i Want my Money BACK

Movement mechanics are awful, bad enough that it ruined the rest of the game for me. Reading reviews about this, dating as far back as 2016 and seeing that it's still just as bad as alpha, I'm going to opt for a refund and move my money to something else. Other mechanics in the game are awesome, but something as basic as movement feeling like garbage isn't going to fly for that price.

I really wanted to love this game, but its extremely clunky and every movement feels like im carrying 1000lbs. Firing a weapon is like your a 10 year child and cant hit fish in a barrel. I should have bought Arma Reforger instead fml.

This games gives u real life what war is like. like crazy but i wish that the buliding would turn into rubble like when u bomb they dont break they stay same so it would be realistic if they make em turn to rubble.

Squad is a tactical first-person shooter that offers a highly immersive and teamwork-oriented experience. Developed by Offworld Industries, it's designed to simulate the intensity of modern military combat with a strong focus on communication, coordination, and strategy. Here’s a breakdown of its key aspects:

Pros
Realistic Gameplay: Squad emphasizes realism with large-scale battles, detailed weapon mechanics, and authentic sound design.
Teamwork-Centric: Success relies heavily on communication through in-game voice chat, creating a strong sense of camaraderie.
Massive Maps and Variety: Maps are expansive and meticulously designed, providing opportunities for dynamic engagements.
Vehicle Combat: Tanks, helicopters, and armored vehicles add to the strategic depth.
Mod Support: The community has created numerous mods that enhance replayability.
Cons
Steep Learning Curve: New players may struggle without prior experience in tactical shooters.
Reliance on Others: A poor squad leader or lack of team coordination can lead to frustrating matches.
Occasional Performance Issues: Due to the large-scale battles, lower-end PCs may experience lag or frame drops.
Final Thoughts
If you enjoy strategic gameplay and thrive in cooperative environments, Squad is an excellent choice. However, solo players or those seeking fast-paced action might find the slower, more methodical pace a bit challenging. It’s a rewarding experience for those willing to invest time into mastering its mechanics.

Fps was terrible, i'm usually not too picky but made the game unplayable. My PC is more than powerful enough to run this.

Also, it's a skill issue, and I'm sure if i stuck around and figured out the roles and uniforms, I would get the hang of it, but I joined a "beginner friendly" server and people were very much not beginner friendly.

i like how realistic everythinng is, but i have to say that the game logic needs a little work cuz when i see that a 62ton tank cant take down a tree its a little sad. the game is really great tho but i would like it if they use real armor model like war thunder and remove this trash hp system,

It will be a very fulfilling game if you join a Mil-Sim Server thru Discord. You will likely go thru layers or levels of training done by live players who higher ranked officers and in doing so, it will begin to rank you up to more responsiobility/leadership roles with the group. Also, almost everyone uses voice com's, so it quite fun conversating and strategically planning team pushes and flanks, ect.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☑ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☑ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☑ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☑ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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☑ 10

SQUAD is fun when it works. Which is only about 1% of the time.

The other 99% of the time is waiting in a queue to get into a decent server, the game being 30 tickets from ending by the time you get in, and then waiting to load a new map. Once you get into a new game, it's a race to join a squad so that you're not penalized, and if you lose the race, you're fucked. Either you have to create your own squad, or wait for someone to leave or unlock their squads.

Nevermind the fact that the game is a walking simulator. You're lucky if you even make it that far.

Like I said, when it works, it works. This just isn't the type of game to play if you're not ready to throw away hours of your life to find a consistent group to play with so you don't have to deal with randoms. If you're the type of person who only games for a few hours after a long day of work, this game is not for you. Hours of time must be invested into this game in order for it to be worth it.

this game is excellent for walking around for an hour and getting shot to die and redo over again
10/10 highly recommend

This game is really fun to play, the realism in infantry combat is amazing to me.

Except I cannot enjoy this game when my GPU sounds like a jet engine getting ready to explode.
I'm running a RTX 3070 on the lowest graphics and my frame rate capped at 72.

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Flooded Manicouagan. The gameplay is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of strategic thinking most of the gameplay will go over a typical player's head. There's also a squad leaders outlook, which is deftly woven into how the map is played- their personal playstyle draws heavily from previous matches, for instance. The enjoyers understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of this map, to realize that the map is not just good- it is the pinnacle of Squad gameplay. As a consequence people who dislike Flooded Manicouagan truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the brilliance in having squad leaders work together towards a unified objective, constantly outthink their opponents, and commanding respect and loyalty, inspiring their squad mates to perform at a supreme level I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as OWI's genius unfolds itself on their computer screens. What fools... how I pity them. 😂 And yes by the way, I DO have a Flooded Manicouagan tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.

too hard to tell friend from foe. played for a hour and only got team kills. you have to constantly look at the map for teammates as there is no friendly indicator unless you're aiming directly at them. scoped weapons are useless the scope is too small to look through

good game. but the optimization could be better. squad lags a lot and the servers can be shaky. other than that its amazing.

Nearly all experience is depandend on the server you pick. Either you are joking with a bunch of 40 year olds in the truck with real military expireince or just sitting in sielence. I reccomend to look for ones on youtube and joining this servers discord. On my another account i have played this game way more and the best advice i can give is to start talking first. Always someone will respond and then nearly everyone will fell comfortable talking and this can make your games much more fun to play.
if you are a litlle more introvert bringing a friend or 2 might work aswell.

I experience new levels of PTSD(Post-Traumatic stress disorder) every time I play
thats perfect.

After 100 hours of playing this game and after trial and error I finally have a grasp of what do do in most situations. There is about a 50 - 70 hour learning curve that you have to get through before you can really enjoy the game. One of the first things you should learn in this game is predict where the enemy is going to flank (Defending) If you are on attack make sure you flank where the enemy wont expect you to flank (Attacking) which takes experience to really know. The 2nd thing is make sure your Squad Leader or whoever puts the Respawn Point (Hab) close to the point hidden away for attack and the same goes for defending so you don't have to run miles for no reason that is what really made me not like the game at first. After learning those 2 simple but complicated mechanics the experience of the game was finally fun and it turns into some sort of chess match with guns if you know what your doing.

cool game play global escalation mod or steel divison pretty cool mods

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☑ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☐ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☑ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☑ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☑ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☑ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☑ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☑ 9
☐ 10

Highlight: Atmosphere

Sometimes I'm lost and confused seeing no combat for hours, sometimes I'm lost and confused being shot at from every direction. love this. Really feels like the real thing sometimes.