This page lists all release versions of Squad. You can also find a list of the major development milestones. If you want to check with version you are currently running, check the Main menu.
The column "Wiki Update" indicates:
- no: no wiki updated needed, the release changes do not effect the wiki content
- yes: the wiki needs to be updated with the new changes
- started: the updating of the wiki has already started but is not yet complete
- done: the updating of the wiki with the latest changes has been completed
Release[]
Squad was fully released on September 23, 2020.
| Version | Release date | Highlights | Wiki Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | September 25, 2024 | Major Update: Added the new faction, the Western Private Military Contractors, added bots for seeding mode, gameplay & systems were updated, serveral bug fixes and added new weapon skins and emotes. | Yes |
| 8.0.2 | July 17, 2024 | Hotfix: Fixed a bug where low framerates caused increased weapon sway, Fixed a bug where armor values for vehicles changed depending on the orientation of the vehicle. | No |
| 8.0.1 | June 24, 2024 | Hotfix: Balancing adjustments to the M1064 Mortar carrier, Added ATGM tutorial to Jensen's Range and various bug fixes. | Yes |
| 8.0 | June 10, 2024 | Major Update: More Units for USA, TLF and RGF. Lots of new vehicles to the game. TOW/ATGM rework added. Varios bug fixes and gameplay improvements. | started |
| 7.3.1 | May 06, 2024 | Hotfix: Improvements in regards to connection and performance issues introduced in previos versions. | No |
| 7.3 | April 17, 2024 | Update: Various bug fixes and new and updated Team Select Screen, “special characteristics” section in the new Team Select Screen and in the unit preview screen during voting with information button in the top right corner, displaying information such as: “+1 extra HAB per FOB,” “+1 extra ATGM Emplacement per FOB”, “Intel on Enemy Vehicle Spawn Times” etc. | Yes |
| 7.2.1 | March 21, 2024 | Hotfix: Various bug fixes for unit setups and vehicle spawn issues. | No |
| 7.2 | March 13, 2024 | Medium update: Introduction of a new mapvoting system, optimized weapon stats, 2 new vehicles and many bug fixes. | Yes |
| 7.1.1 | February 21, 2024 | Hotfix: Bug fixes in the server browser and small map adjustments for Sanxian Islands | No |
| 7.1 | February 08, 2024 | Update: New map Sanxian Islands added, server browser overhaul, helicopter desync fix and minor bug fixes | not started |
| 7.0.1 | December 14, 2023 | Hotfix: Various bug fixes for player characters, servers, maps and vehicles | not started |
| 7.0 | December 13, 2023 | Update: New faction Turkish Land Forces, 9 new weapons, 6 new vehicles, new map layers for TLF, new class jandarma-essentially the raider class, weapon skin packs, a new emote pack, integration of DLSS PLugin, many bug fixes and optimizations | not started |
| 6.0.2 | November 09, 2023 | Hotfix: Optimization of PiP sights and minor bug fixes | No |
| 6.0.1 | October 04, 2023 | Hotfix: Many optimizations for the handling of weapons (scattering, recoil, suppression effect), general bug fixes | not started |
| 6.0 | September 27, 2023 | Major Update: Infantry Combat Overhaul - Overhaul of all weapons in the game, introduced suppression mechanics, increased fall damage, removed climbing while in the air, introduced proximity icons in the squad list (VoIP distance), introduced picture in picture sights, a number of bug fixes and optimizations | not started |
| 5.1.1 | August 03, 2023 | Hotfix: Minor bug fixes and resolution of server performance issues | No |
| 5.1 | July 26, 2023 | Update: Revised version of Pacific Proving Grounds, adjustments to the map levels, class adjustments for the Russian Airborne Forces, many bug fixes and optimizations | not started |
| 5.0.1 | June 28, 2023 | Hotfix: Minor bug fixes related to update 5.0 | No |
| 5.0 | June 22, 2023 | Update: New factions People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps & Russian Airborne Forces, 20 new vehicles, new map layers for PLANMC & VDV, two new emote packs and bug fixes | not started |
| 4.5 | May 24 2023 | Update: Small kit changes, several small UI changes | not started |
| 4.4.1 | April 26, 2023 | Hotfix: Small crash and camera fixes | no |
| 4.4 | April 19, 2023 | Update: Added Significance Manager, and several smaller changes | not started |
| 4.3.1 | March 29 2023 | Hotfix: Fixes some small texture issues | no |
| 4.3 | March 15 2023 | Update: Added Manicouagan and reworked the Irregular Militia Forces. | not started |
| 4.2 | February 8 2023 | Update: Added Emotes. Updated engine to v4.27. | not started |
| 4.1 | December 14 2022 | Hotfix: for 4.0 Fixes server and client side crashes relates to EOS, layer updates, and other hotfixes for 4.0. | no |
| 4.0 | December 6 2022 | Major Update: New Faction People’s Liberation Army including mainland China’s land, sea, and air forces. Seven new vehicles, fifteen unique weapons & deployables, and a JH7A rocket strike Commander ability. | started |
| 3.3.1 | October 12 2022 | Hotfix: VOIP UI and IEDs. | no |
| 3.3 | September 28 2022 | Update: New invasion layers for Black Coast and Skorpo, and flooded versions of Narva for amphibious ops; ability to push boats and helicopters; new Squad HUD. | started |
| 3.2 | August 30 2022 | Update: New layer, Al Basrah Invasion v7 (MEA vs INS); AT mines, deploy screen, and compass UI. | started |
| 3.1 | June 30 2022 | Hotfix: for 3.0. | no |
| 3.0.1 | June 23 2022 | Hotfix: for 3.0. | no |
| 3.0 | June 22 2022 | Major Update: new faction United States Marine Corps, new Amphibious Gameplay and Water Interaction, new map Black Coast, new vehicles, many bugfixes and adjustments to game and maps. Launch trailer | started |
| 2.16 | May 18 2022 | Update: Three new vehicles for Canadian Army, Hell Cannon for Insurgents, renamed CAF layers, and a new Seeding mode. | started |
| 2.15 | April 13 2022 | Major update: new faction Australian Army with new vehicles and weapons, new deployables, improved particle VFX, gameplay adjustments, many bugfixes and adjustments to game and maps. | started |
| 2.14 | March 02 2022 | Small update: adjustments to construction point cost of some deployables, many bugfixes to game and maps. | started |
| 2.12 | February 09 2022 | Update: overhaul of Squad’s visuals, gameplay improvements, map overhauls and bugfixes. | started |
| 2.11 (archive.org) | August 18 2021 | Update: new map Anvil, saveable keybinds, many changes & updates, and many bugfixes. | started |
| 2.10 | July 07 2021 | Small hotfix: various fixes. | no |
| 2.9 | June 28, 2021 | Small update: Updates to the vehicle ammo rack components mechanic, various gameplay changes, new map layers and many bug fixes. | started |
| 2.8 | May 19, 2021 | Small hotfix: various fixes; see also this post | no |
| 2.7 | May 13, 2021 | Small update: Reintroduced dead-dead and fixed major bugs. | started |
| 2.6 | April 16 2021 | Small hotfix: Preventing misuse of the new replay functionality by disabling client-side demo recording on servers by default. | started |
| 2.5 | April 14 2021 | Small update: added new replay functionality, various fixes and optimzations. | started |
| 2.4.1 | March 31 2021 | Small hotfix: various fixes. | started |
| 2.4 | March 25 2021 | Small hotfix: various fixes. | started |
| 2.3 | March 3 2021 | Small hotfix: various fixes, added initial experimental joystick support for helicopters. | started |
| 2.2 | February 27 2021 | Small hotfix: various fixes. | no |
| 2.1 | February 26 2021 | Small hotfix: various fixes. | no |
| 2.0 | February 24 2021 | Major update: new map Goose Bay, new weapons and vehicles, many gameplay changes and optimizations | started |
| 1.1.1 | December 9, 2020 | Minor patch: fixes an issue with the server browser. | no |
| 1.1 | October 2, 2020 | Minor patch: various fixes. | no |
| 1.0.2 | September 27, 2020 | Small hotfix: fixed modding issue - allows connecting to modded servers again. | no |
| 1.0.1 | September 25, 2020 | Small hotfix: fixed server browser issue of server browser list being empty. | no |
| 1.0 | September 23, 2020 | Offical Release: 100 players, new map Fallujah, new faction Middle Eastern Alliance, new game mode Track Attack and much more. | started |
Beta (Steam Early Access)[]
The Beta started with the release of B17.0 on November 26, 2019 and ended with the official release on September 23, 2020.
| Version | Release date | Highlights | Wiki Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beta 21.1 | August 19, 2020 | Update: Substantial gameplay changes to rally points and FOB mechanics. | started |
| Beta 21.0 | August 5, 2020 | Major Update: 2 New vehicles, 2 new CAF variants, and VOIP improvements. | started |
| Beta 20.2 | July 15, 2020 | Hotfix: Various bux fixes and map vehicle adjustments. | started |
| Beta 20.1 | July 8, 2020 | Hotfix: Fixes various crashes. | no |
| Beta 20.0.01 | June 30, 2020 | Hotfix: Fixes a major crash. | started |
| Beta 20 | June 29, 2020 | Major Update: New map (Lashkar Valley); two new vehicles (the MSVS Truck for the Canadian Army, and the L37A2 RWS variant of the FV432 for the British Armed Forces); optimizations and bug fixes. | started |
| Beta 19.5.1* | June 8, 2020 | Hotfix: General serverside performance fixes. | started |
| Beta 19.5 | June 4, 2020 | Hotfix: General bug fixes | started |
| Beta 19.4.2 | June 1, 2020 | Hotfix: General bug fixes and optimizations | started |
| Beta 19.4.1.43 | May 26, 2020 | Hotfix: General bug fixes and optimizations | started |
| Beta 19.4.0.37 | May 19, 2020 | Hotfix: Fixes for server freezes | started |
| Beta 19.4 | May 15, 2020 | Hotfix: Bugfixes and performance improvements. | started |
| Beta 19.3 | May 11, 2020 | Hotfix: Addresses compatibility issue and performance improvements | started |
| Beta 19.2 | May 8, 2020 | Hotfix: Addresses server browser behavior as well as some other small fixes | started |
| Beta 19.0 | May 6, 2020 | Major Update: Added the ability to drag incapacitated players and to destroy helicopter tail rotor components with projectiles, upgraded Squad to Unreal Engine 4.23, and many gameplay changes, map changes, fixes and optimization | started |
| Beta 18.0 | December 18, 2019 | Major Update: Removal of Buddy Rally, abandoned vehicle cleanup | started |
| Beta 17.3 | December 6, 2019 | Hotfix | started |
| Beta 17.2 | December 5, 2019 | Small update and hotfix: CAF Updates and a few bug fixes | started |
| Beta 17.1 | November 29, 2019 | Hotfix | started |
| Beta 17.0 | November 26, 2019 | Major update: Introduction of the commander role, the vehicle recovery/reset system, and many small additions, changes, fixes and optimizations. |
* Indicates a server version. Clients will show the previous version.
Alpha (Steam Early Access)[]
The Alpha started with the Steam Early Access on December 15, 2015 and lasted until November 26, 2019.
| Version | Release date | Highlights | Wiki Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha 16.1 | October 17, 2019 | Small update: various fixes | started |
| Alpha 16.0 | October 9, 2019 | Major update: helicopters and new map Mutaha added, various changes and additions plus many fixes and optimizations | started |
| DLC Update | August 28, 2019 | Small update: update to DLC Canadian Armed Forces | started |
| Alpha 15.4 | August 2, 2019 | Small update: Server filter bug fixed and introduction to some experimental changes to the “dead dead” mechanic, as well as the way “instadeath” works | started |
| Alpha 15.3 | July 27, 2019 | Small update: release of first free DLC Canadian Armed Forces with new faction, maps, vehicles and weapons | started |
| Alpha 15.2 | July 26, 2019 | Medium update: Modding 2.0 was released; server browser put modded servers with whitelisted mods on top, various small fixes | started |
| Alpha 15.1 | July 23, 2019 | Small update: a lot of fixes and a few gameplay tweaks | started |
| Alpha 15.0 | July 16, 2019 | Major update: Infantry and Interface tutorials added, new vehicle BMP-2, UI QoL changes, map optimization and improvements | started |
| Alpha 14.1 | July 09, 2019 | Small update: re-enabled modding support, small UI changes and map fixes | started |
| Alpha 14.0 | June 06, 2019 | Major update: new game mode Territory Control, new map Skorpo, new vehicles FV4034 and BMP-1, new weapons, and much more | started |
| Alpha 13.1 | May 15, 2019 | Small update: only fixes | done |
| Alpha 13.0 | May 02, 2019 |
Major update: role Combat Engineer added, game mode Destruction added, other game modes updated, new weapons added, T-62 main battle tank added, and much more||started | |
| Alpha 12.2 | December 14, 2018 | Small update: only bug fixes | no |
| Alpha 12.1 | December 9, 2018 | Small update: lots of bug fixes and optimizations and some new/changed gameplay features | started |
| Alpha 12.0 | November 9, 2018 | Major update: main battle tanks added, new map Tallil Outskirts, new game mode RAAS, new weapons and much more | started |
| Alpha 11.2 | June 16, 2018 | Small update | started |
| Alpha 11.1 | May 21, 2018 | Small update | started |
| Alpha 11.0 | May 4, 2018 | Major update: new faction British Armed Forces, new map Kamdesh Highlands, many new vehicles and weapons and much more | started |
| Alpha 10.2 | April 3, 2018 | Small update | started |
| Alpha 10.1 | March 2, 2018 | Small update | started |
| Alpha 10.0 | February 5, 2018 | Major update: many many things | started |
| Alpha 9.17 | November 25, 2017 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 9.16 | November 25, 2017 | Fix | no |
| Alpha 9.15 | November 18, 2017 | Modding support added, various fixes | done |
| Alpha 9.14 | November 10, 2017 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 9.13 | November 9, 2017 | New map Mestia added, fixes | done |
| Alpha 9.12 | October 28, 2017 | New map layers, various changes and bug fixes | started |
| Alpha 9.11 | September 19, 2017 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 9.10 | September 15, 2017 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 9.9 | September 8, 2017 | Various fixes and performance improvements | no |
| Alpha 9.8 | August 26, 2017 | Update to Unreal Engine 4.16, various changes and fixes | ??? |
| Alpha 9.7 | August 26, 2017 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 9.6 | July 13, 2017 | New map Narva added, many gameplay changes (locking squads, destructable deployables, sandbags for riflemen, logistics, mercy bleed, ...), various fixes | started |
| Alpha 9.5 | June 12, 2017 | Various adjustments, optimizations and fixes | ??? |
| Alpha 9.4 | April 29, 2017 | Various gameplay changes/additions (added: M-ATV, anti-tank mines, motars and IED), various map adjustments and fixes | started |
| Alpha 9.3 | April 5, 2017 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 9.2 | April 5, 2017 | Added: New map Al Basrah, server queuing; various fixes; see also release preview | started |
| Alpha 9.1 | August 26, 2017 | Various fixes and some adjustments (no gameplay changes) | no |
| Alpha 9.0 | March 19, 2017 | Major update, update to Unreal Engine 4.14; see also release preview | started |
| Alpha 8.11 | not startednuary 16, 2017 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 8.10 | not startednuary 12, 2017 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 8.9 | December 15, 2017 | Various gameplay and map changes/additions (added: SPG-9), localization added, many fixes | started |
| Alpha 8.8 | November 25, 2016 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 8.7 | November 11, 2016 | Added: New map Kokan, various fixes | done |
| Alpha 8.6 | November 10, 2016 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 8.5 | November 9, 2016 | Fix | no |
| Alpha 8.4 | November 9, 2016 | Fix | no |
| Alpha 8.3 | November 8, 2016 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 8.2 | November 8, 2016 | Various gameplay changes/additions, various fixes | started |
| Alpha 8.1 | November 4, 2016 | Various gameplay and map changes/additions, various fixes | started |
| Alpha 8.0 | November 1, 2016 | Major update (among others: artillery and CROWS variants for vehicles, bullet penetration, many optimizations) | started |
| Alpha 7.7 | Oktober 15, 2016 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 7.6 | September 30, 2016 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 7.5 | September 19, 2016 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 7.4 | Septmber 13, 2016 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 7.3 | August 31, 2016 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 7.2 | August 19, 2016 | Various fixes, renaming of internal map names (relevant for server admins only) | no |
| Alpha 7.1 | August 10, 2016 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 7.0 | August 7, 2016 | Major update - added: vehicles (finally!) and vehicle claiming system, logistic system, new weapons, new map Yehorivka, new US Army soldier models; changes: UI, kits, deploaybles, weapon damages; update to Unreal Engine 4.12; see also release preview | started |
| Alpha 6.5 | July 21, 2016 | Small fixes | no |
| Alpha 6.4 | June 23, 2016 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 6.3 | June 7, 2016 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 6.2 | June 3, 2016 | Small fixes | no |
| Alpha 6.1 | May 27, 2016 | Small fixes | no |
| Alpha 6.0 | May 26, 2016 | Major update - added: deployable M2A1, map Gorodok, founder's weapon skins; changes: various gameplay change, map updates, UI; optimizations; update to Unreal Engine 4.11 | started |
| Alpha 5.3 | April 26, 2016 | Fix | no |
| Alpha 5.2 | April 12, 2016 | Some fixes, tournament mode added | done |
| Alpha 5.1 | March 28, 2016 | Many fixes, small UI changes | no |
| Alpha 5.0 | March 22, 2016 | Many changes to UI and map updates, balance and performance optimizations, many fixes | started |
| Alpha 4.2 | ???, 2016 | Changes to map UI, various fixes | no |
| Alpha 4.1 | ???, 2016 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 4.0 | February 2, 2016 | Added: Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC), Dome of Defense, bleed; many gameplay changes (kits, roles, equipments, weapons, rally point); and more | started |
| Alpha 3.11 | not startednuary 15, 2016 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 3.10 | not startednuary 15, 2016 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 3.9 | not startednuary 12, 2016 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 3.8 | December 24, 2015 | Many fixes | no |
| Alpha 3.7 | December 19, 2015 | Various fixes | no |
Closed Alpha[]
The Closed Alpha started on September 26, 2015 and ended with the Alpha on Steam Early Access on December 15, 2015.
| Version | Release date | Highlights | Wiki Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha 3.6 | December ???, 2015 | Various fixes, temporarily removed founders skins | no |
| Alpha 3.5 | December ???, 2015 | Map updates, various fixes | done |
| Alpha 3.4 | December ???, 2015 | Added new map Chora, various fixes | done |
| Alpha 3.3 | December ???, 2015 | Many map updates, gameplay changes and fixes | done |
| Alpha 3.2 | December ???, 2015 | Various fixes | no |
| Alpha 3.1 | December ???, 2015 | (No release notes found) | ??? |
| Alpha 3.0 | December 4, 2015 | Major update - added: Squad moved to Steam, new faction Russian Ground Forces, new maps Fool's Road, Sumari Bala and Jensen's Range, role limitations, and many more; changes: many; update to Unreal Engine 4.10 | done |
| ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Alpha 1.0 | September 26, 2015 | Major update - added: bleeding heartbeat sounds, Main menu music by Alkali, new gunfire and reload sounds for several weapons, more footstep sounds and bullet impact sounds, rocket flyby sounds and many more updates and fixes, changes: many | yes |
Closed Pre-Alpha[]
| Version | Release date | Highlights | Wiki Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| PreAlpha v4 Build 1776 | August 7, 2015 | Hotfix - many bugfixes; changes: several | yes |
| PreAlpha v3 Build 1710 | August 1, 2015 | Major update - added: teamkill notification, ability to go prone, health indication while healing, new maps Kohat Sunrise and Kohat Conquest and many more updates and bugfixes; changes: many | yes |
| Build 1566 | July 24, 2015 | Major update - added: 'ShowNextMap' console command for all players, LAT Kit to the US Army, ammo crates to all main bases + map icon for the ammo crate, new Kohat flag layer, sound delay by distance (Speed of Sound simulation), 'ChatToAdmin' console command and many more updates and bugfixes; changes: many | yes |
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