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Square Heroes
Join the Galactic Tournament in this fast-paced comical action shooter. Level-up your Hero and unlock an arsenal of weapons. Lay waste to your friends and foes in local, LAN and online multiplayer matches, or hone your skills in single player and custom games.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Square Heroes is a multiplayer focused arena shooter from Australian Developer Gnomic Studios. In Square Heroes you create your owngenetically engineered killing machine that's only goal in life is to kill anything that moves, fight off aliens or even collect gnomes because…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“At first I was a bit skeptic, but then I joined some friends and played a match with them, and then I played another match with them, and another, and another. That's the best description I'll ever be able to come up with for this game. A game that's meant to be played with…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“**Key for game received for review purposes** Square Heroes is a funny explosive mess with lots of weapons and hats to collect, there are a few maps and it's really fun to play with friends! +Lots of weapons +Lots of collectibles +Leveling up rewards the player +Enjoyable with…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Square Heroes gets Korean language support
Patch 1.6.2 was recently released with the following changes: Korean language support. Many thanks to the very generous fan dollppin for translating and testing it for us. Please tell all your Steam b
Square Heroes gets Korean language support
Patch 1.6.2 was recently released with the following changes: Korean language support. Many thanks to the very generous fan dollppin for translating and testing it for us. Please tell all your Steam b
Square Heroes 1.6 Major Update
Square Heroes 1.6 released in conjunction with the upcoming release of Square Heroes on PlayStation® 4 There are a raft of new features and fixes, so let's get right to it: NEW FEATURES / CHANGES Cros
Square Heroes 1.6 Major Update
Square Heroes 1.6 released in conjunction with the upcoming release of Square Heroes on PlayStation® 4 There are a raft of new features and fixes, so let's get right to it: NEW FEATURES / CHANGES Cros
Square Heroes coming to PS4 soon!
If you've been wondering why you haven't heard from us, this is why. We are building Square Heroes for PlayStation® 4! If you have any friends who are also PlayStation® Plus subscribers, tell them the
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Indie · Multiplayer · Online Co-Op · Twin Stick Shooter · Arena Shooter · Local Co-Op · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 31 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.squareheroes.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows: XP (SP3), Vista, 7, 8 or 10 Processor: Any with 2 or more Cores Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: ATI or NVIDIA with at least 256MB, Intel GMA 950 and above DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 256 MB available space