# Squad

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/squad/

7 people recommended Squad in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 12 months, in 7 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People praise its realistic, teamwork-driven combat and coordination, likened to Battlefield 2. Critics say it can be slow and feel like a management sim.

Summary written by Claude from 7 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong emphasis on teamwork (2 comments in the sample): "It's a lot more realistic, can be slow at times and feel like a management sim due to the emphasis on teamwork" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46344541)) "has a lot of similarity to BF2 in terms of teamwork and coordination" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49243589))

## Other multiplayer shooters people recommend

- [Arc Raiders](https://hackerapproved.com/p/arc-raiders/): 44 recommend, 7 mixed, 10 criticize
- [Counter-Strike](https://hackerapproved.com/p/counter-strike/): 19 recommend, 10 mixed, 17 criticize
- [Counter-Strike 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/counter-strike-2/): 18 recommend, 8 mixed, 17 criticize
- [Marathon by Bungie](https://hackerapproved.com/p/marathon/): 13 recommend, 2 mixed, 13 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Squad", https://hackerapproved.com/p/squad/ (7 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.