Squad
Shares rank 9 of 17 multiplayer shooters by recommenders
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.
7 people recommended Squad in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
Summary written by Claude from 7 comments.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- mixed feelings
- 0
- warn against or regret it
- 1
The record
Recommended in 6 of 12 months
In 7 different threads.
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
- Recommended in 7 threadsNeeds 5 or more, met.
- The biggest thread supplies 14% of its recommendersNeeds half or less, met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 7 of the 8 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Strong emphasis on teamwork
“It's a lot more realistic, can be slow at times and feel like a management sim due to the emphasis on teamwork”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “No Fun Allowed” “has a lot of similarity to BF2 in terms of teamwork and coordination”
Comment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM”
Other multiplayer shooters people recommend
The four most recommended other multiplayer shooters, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Mixed | Criticize | Approval | Months | Had for | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arc Raiders | 44 | 7 | 10 | 81% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Counter-Strike | 19 | 10 | 17 | 53% | 9 | — | — |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 18 | 8 | 17 | 51% | 9 | — | — |
| Marathon by Bungie | 13 | 2 | 13 | 50% | 8 | — | — |
| SquadThis page | 7 | 0 | 1 | 88% | 6 | — | — |
Also compared with Overwatch 2, Team Fortress 2 and Fortnite.
What people said
7 of the 8 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“make sure another agent reviews and tests the code (QA) under the supervision of a third agent (CTO”
“has a lot of similarity to BF2 in terms of teamwork and coordination”
“But they all feel pointless to me when ARMA 3 exists.”
“Dayz and Squad are fantastic sneaking games, its hard, its fun”
“I pair it with Squad and it’s awesome.”
“It's a lot more realistic, can be slow at times and feel like a management sim due to the emphasis on teamwork”
“I think the ideal middle ground is something like Squad's server system”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.