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Black Squad vs Foxhole

Black Squad is an FPS open-world game from VALOFE (2019) while Foxhole is a mmorpg open-world game from Siege Camp (2022).

Black Squad

2019 · VALOFE

7.1GamingPickz Score

Free

Steam: Mostly Positive

Foxhole

2022 · Siege Camp

7.2GamingPickz Score

$29.99

Steam: Mostly Positive

What each one is

Steam files Black Squad under FPS and Open-World. In contrast, it files Foxhole under Mmorpg and Open-World.

Black Squad

Black Squad is a free-to-play military first-person-shooter. Players can master their skills and show off their strategies with a wide range of game maps, modes, and weapons to choose from. Join thousands of FPS players worldwide in one of the most played games on Steam!

Description from its Steam store page

Foxhole

Foxhole is a massively multiplayer game where thousands of players shape the outcome of a persistent online war. Every individual soldier is a player that contributes to the war effort through logistics, base building, reconnaissance, combat, and more.

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Black SquadFoxhole
GamingPickz Score7.1/107.2/10
Steam ratingMostly Positive (76%, 81,225)Mostly Positive (79%, 52,962)
Critic aggregateNo aggregateNo aggregate
PriceFree$29.99
Install size8 GB20 GB
Steam Deckunsupportedplayable
Released20192022
DeveloperVALOFESiege Camp

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Black Squad vs Foxhole, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Black SquadFPS open-world game
    FoxholeMmorpg open-world game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Black SquadFree to Play, FPS, Shooter
    FoxholeMassively Multiplayer, Wargame, Military

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    Black SquadScore 7.1 · 76% on Steam
    FoxholeScore 7.2 · 79% on Steam

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    Black Squad81,225 reviews · 2 add-ons · 8 GB
    Foxhole52,962 reviews · 1 add-on · 20 GB

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    Black SquadFree
    Foxhole$29.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Black SquadUnsupported
    FoxholePlayable

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Foxhole takes 2 of the marked rounds to 1. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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01000100PlayersPopularity

Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Foxhole (GamingPickz Score 7.2)
  • The cheaper right now: Black Squad (Free)
  • Better on a Steam Deck: Foxhole (playable)
  • Lighter on storage: Black Squad (8 GB)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

ShooterMultiplayerActionMilitaryPvPCo-opWarTactical

Where they differ

Black Squad is also

Free to PlayFPSEarly AccessFirst-PersonSingleplayerViolent

Foxhole is also

WargameBase-BuildingWorld War IISandboxTop-DownTop-Down Shooter

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Black Squad is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Foxhole is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

Black SquadFoxhole
Minimum GPUNVIDIA GEFORCE 8600Nvidia GTX GTX 960 / AMD Radeon R9 380
Minimum CPUCORE2 DUO 2.2GHZ / AMD Athlon 64 X2 2.66GHzIntel Core i5-6200U / AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
Minimum RAM6 GB8 GB
Install size8 GB20 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Black Squad · Foxhole.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Black Squad and 0 for Foxhole. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Black Squad and Foxhole in scope?

Black Squad has drawn 81,225 Steam reviews, ships 2 add-ons and installs in 8 GB. Foxhole has drawn 52,962 Steam reviews, ships 1 add-on and installs in 20 GB.

Is Black Squad or Foxhole better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Foxhole rates higher (7.2 to 7.1). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, Black Squad or Foxhole?

Black Squad is cheaper right now at Free, against $29.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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