Squad

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Squad

Developers
	Offworld Industries
Engines
Former	Unreal Engine 4
Since 9.0	Unreal Engine 5
Release dates
Windows	September 23, 2020
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	Cosmetic
Modes	Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS
Vehicles	Helicopter, Tank
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary

Squad is a multiplayer first-person FPS game.

General information

Official forums (defunct since some time after 2023, latest archived version from 2023 at the Internet Archive)

Official Discord server

Official wiki

Steam Community Discussions

/r/joinsquad Subreddit

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming		Not available in all regions.
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Canadian Armed Forces	Free. Includes 2 maps, 3 vehicles, and new character models.
Free Recruit Pack	Free. Includes 2 emotes and 2 gestures: Salute, Shrug, Come Here, and Thumbs Up.
Grunt Pack	Includes 1 emote and 4 gestures: Slow Clap, Horns, Finger Snap, Fist and Palm, and High Ready.
R&R Pack	Includes 1 emote and 4 gestures: Facepalm, Hang Loose, Applause, Finger Wag, and Shh.
Free PT Pack	Free. Includes 2 emotes: Pushups and Jumping Jacks.
Attitude Pack	Includes 3 gestures: Victory, Eyes On You, and Pinched Fingers.
Stand Off Pack	Includes 1 emote and 4 gestures: Finger Guns, Can’t See Me, Fist Pump, Cut Throat and Stop.
Outpost Pack	Includes 1 emote and 4 gestures: Flex, Cease Fire Overwatch, Disregard, Leaders and Join Me.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	Contains cosmetic emote packs available for purchase.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename movie files
Go to <path-to-game>\SquadGame\Content\Movies. Delete or rename squad_intro_movie.mp4.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\SquadGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/393380/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\SquadGame\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/393380/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		[citation needed]
Ultra-widescreen		All ultrawide resolutions are cropped 16:9 which results in a zoomed-in view (FOV is Vert-). See Fixes.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Can be set between 90-120° in-game.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, DLAA, FSRAA, TSRAA, XeSSAA Scope Resolution Scale slider can also be used to apply SSAA when aiming with a scope.
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 4, FSR 3.1, XeSS 2.1, TSR FSR 2.1 was added with the 4.2 update, DLSS 3.7 with the 7.0 update and XeSS 1.3 with the 8.0 update. Update 9.0 added TSR and updated: FSR to 3.1.4, DLSS to 4 and XeSS to 2.1.
Frame generation		DLSS Frame Generation, DLSS Multi-Frame Generation, FSR Frame Generation, XeSS Frame Generation DLSS FG was added with the 7.0 update. FSR FG, DLSS MFG and XeSS FG were added with the 9.0 update.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Separate Menu and In-Game FPS cap sliders available. Scope Update Rate can also be capped to a specific framerate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.

Input

In-game game settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration		Mouse Smoothing option is available.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

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  Keyboard and mouse reference.

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Effects, UI, Music, Out of Game, Command Voice, Squad Voice, Local Voice
Surround sound		May cause performance issues, especially on AMD processors.[citation needed] The solution is to change the sound to stereo in the audio manager.[citation needed]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Adjust Out of Game Volume setting to 0% in order to mute.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Ukrainian
German
French
Italian
Korean
Spanish
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Thai
Japanese
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Polish
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
Norwegian
Swedish
Hungarian
Czech
Romanian
Turkish
Arabic
Bulgarian
Greek
Russian

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP		Interface does not support direct connections. It used to be possible to connect to a server directly using Steam's +connect <ip> launch option, but this appears to no longer be possible.

Issues fixed

Miscellaneous issues

See the FIXED Problems Steam Community sub-forum for miscellaneous fixes.

Stuttering

Disable Control Flow Guard

Open Windows Security. Navigate to the App & browser control and click on Exploit protection settings. Click on the Program settings header, followed by Add program to customize. Add the program by its executable filename or by browsing to it. Scroll down to Control flow guard (CFG). Enable Override system settings and ensure the toggle is set to Off. Click on Apply to save the changes. Restart the system to allow the changes to take effect. Some people will need to additionally change the game to DX11 setting afterwards to see the improvement.

Ultra-widescreen Aspect Ratio

Modify Engine.ini
Go to AppData\Local\SquadGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ Open the Engine.ini file with Notepad or other text editor. Add this to the bottom of the file: [/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer] AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12	Direct3D 11 support was removed with the 9.0 update.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Chaos	Replaced PhysX 3.4.0.0 with the 9.0 update.
Multiplayer	Steamworks
Anti-cheat	Easy Anti-Cheat, Valve Anti-Cheat (VAC)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10		11
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 8400 AMD Ryzen 5 3600		Intel Core i5 12400 AMD Ryzen 5 5600
System memory (RAM)	8 GB		16 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	65 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 6 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible		Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

A 64-bit operating system is required.