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Squad 44
Team up and join the frontline in Squad 44, the most authentic tactical WW2 shooter. Experience ruthless realism with an immense arsenal of faithfully recreated weapons and vehicles across massive WW2 battlefields.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
67 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I bought and tried to play a while ago and all the veteran players were complete a holes that refused to offer any guidance and expected you to know every inch of the map. Now I know Its not their responsibility to baby…”
“Squad 44 (formerly Post Scriptum) is a tactical online shooter that strongly focuses on teamwork, communication, and realistic combat during World War II. Unlike many fast-paced arcade shooters, the game emphasizes…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Squad 44 (formerly Post Scriptum) is a tactical online shooter that strongly focuses on teamwork, communication, and realistic combat during World War II. Unlike many fast-paced arcade shooters, the game emphasizes…”
“Squad 44 is a great realistic milsim shooter. I personally prefer it to Hell Let Loose, even though the two are close comparisons. Squad 44's gunplay and vehicle play is more gratifying to me, and feels more immersive.…”
“games dead which sucks because its a beautiful looking game”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Squad 44 (formerly Post Scriptum) is a tactical online shooter that strongly focuses on teamwork, communication, and realistic combat during World War II. Unlike many fast-paced arcade shooters, the game emphasizes…”
“Absolute garbage. Broken game with childish UI. The sounds are the only good thing in this game. Play project reality instead.”
“From my experience, honestly, it is a very good, demanding and interesting game that finally takes World War II very seriously and realistically. I have played many World War II games and Squad 44 is one of the best.…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“enjoyable from the times it was at it's peak, more people buy it and stay active the better the community grows. I hate people that want to say "dont buy it cause my preferences aren't met" even to this day the game…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“From my experience, honestly, it is a very good, demanding and interesting game that finally takes World War II very seriously and realistically. I have played many World War II games and Squad 44 is one of the best.…”
“I bought this hoping it was a more realistic Hell let loose. The game looks fantastic, and seems to be well put together. I'll be honest the amount of Tanks got me here, That's what I do. tank combat. I would rate the…”
45 of the 104 reviews raise this · 27 of them still recommend the game.
“I bought and tried to play a while ago and all the veteran players were complete a holes that refused to offer any guidance and expected you to know every inch of the map. Now I know Its not their responsibility to baby…”
“This is dead game for South east asia gamers. Zero servers. Zero players. even no PVE so atleast can get some fun. why launch dead game. only few servers up in EU and NA but the ping 300+. GG. Dont waste money in this…”
“look how they massacred my boy... this game was my first steam bought game and it was the reason i got my first PC. I didn't play it THAT much but it always had a special place for me. I recently played it again and it…”
13 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Game became totally unplayable, very weak developer and QA team: 1. Lot's of critical bugs, well known - with Anti Cheat, that makes windows crash. They promised to fix it in '25, now its '26 and nothing was done. 2.…”
“Still riddled with the same bugs as it had 2 years ago. Players being stuck in objects after reviving is unacceptable when only one and a half maybe one and a half servers are full on a friday afternoon. I am not gonna…”
“To save the people who only read the first line time, don't buy this in its current state, it is a dead game. While I find this game more fun than its direct competitors, it has really regressed into simply a misery…”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Game became totally unplayable, very weak developer and QA team: 1. Lot's of critical bugs, well known - with Anti Cheat, that makes windows crash. They promised to fix it in '25, now its '26 and nothing was done. 2.…”
“The game had a "Singleplayer" tag. It is in no way single player.”
“Still riddled with the same bugs as it had 2 years ago. Players being stuck in objects after reviving is unacceptable when only one and a half maybe one and a half servers are full on a friday afternoon. I am not gonna…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“this game started off not to bad, but its turned into over the wire tbh...”
“To save the people who only read the first line time, don't buy this in its current state, it is a dead game. While I find this game more fun than its direct competitors, it has really regressed into simply a misery…”
“Absolute garbage. Broken game with childish UI. The sounds are the only good thing in this game. Play project reality instead.”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This is dead game for South east asia gamers. Zero servers. Zero players. even no PVE so atleast can get some fun. why launch dead game. only few servers up in EU and NA but the ping 300+. GG. Dont waste money in this…”
“Still riddled with the same bugs as it had 2 years ago. Players being stuck in objects after reviving is unacceptable when only one and a half maybe one and a half servers are full on a friday afternoon. I am not gonna…”
“On paper this game is better than Hell Let Lose and a lot of fun. Stratospheric highs, hadal lows, and vicious gun play. Tanks are generally very good if difficult. The map variation is very pleasing. Currently,…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 75.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I want there to be more and more players...its a great game....just lacks players.......it hurts”
— a player, Steam review · 144 hrs played“The best ww2 simulator there is. I can't understand why people choose HLL over this... This game is so DAMN good, lets save Squad 44 (Post Scriptum forever) Please give it a try if this is your kind of genre, if its not then refund it. You won't regret it.”
— a player, Steam review · 854 hrs played“At its peak this game was by far the best ww2 shooter on the market, unfortunately those years are gone and the current state of the game is a very loose version of life support, repeatedly poor prioritisation from the devs have left the game with a tiny community and the…”
— a player, Steam review · 233 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:35 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Strategy |
| Player tags | World War II · FPS · Simulation · Military · Singleplayer · Multiplayer · Realistic · Massively Multiplayer · Action · War · Strategy · First-Person (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, German, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian * |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://joinsquad44.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (x64) Processor: Intel i3 9th gen or AMD Ryzen 3 3300X Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1080 or Radeon RX 6600 with at least 8GB of VRAM DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 100 GB available space Additional Notes: To fully experience our virtual battlefield, a microphone is strongly advised.