Paladins®
Free-to-play fantasy hero shooter with customizable champions and team objectives
Evil Mojo Games · Published by Hi-Rez Studios · Released May 8, 2018
ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerStrategyFree To Play
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 85% of 345K
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 75% of 249 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 402
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 1 year ago
- Feb 3, 2025
Metacritic: 83/100 (critic reviews)
What is Paladins®?
A first-person fantasy hero shooter built around five-versus-five online matches. Players choose champions with damage, flank, frontline, or support roles, customize their abilities, buy items during matches, and compete over payloads and rotating objectives.
For you if...
- +you enjoy team-based hero shooters with flexible character builds
- +you want objective modes built around coordinated five-player teams
- +you prefer fantasy characters with distinct combat roles
Not for you if...
- −you want a solo or story-focused shooter
- −you dislike depending on teammates in objective-based matches
What players say
85% of 345,341 reviews are positive · 75% of 249 in the last 30 days
Players praise the varied champions, flexible builds, and team dynamics. The most common complaints are halted development, a shrinking active community, quitters and bots replacing players, cheating, and persistent bugs or crashes.
Screenshots and trailer
Paladins® system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 64-bit or newer
- Processor
- Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 30 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 8/10 64-bit (latest Service Pack)
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or ATI Radeon HD 7950
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM
- Storage
- 30 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 58
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards, In-app purchases
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Unsupported on Steam Deck because of its anti-cheat
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese.
Tags
- Hero Shooter
- Free to Play
- Multiplayer
- FPS
- Shooter
- Action
- Team-Based
- First-Person
- PvP
- MOBA
- Online Co-Op
- Fantasy
- Controller
- Strategy
- Co-op
- Character Customization
Recent updates
- Feb 3, 2025 · Wekono's Wake Hotfix 1
- Jan 29, 2025 · Wekono's Wake Update Notes
- Dec 17, 2024 · Ska'drin Celebration Hotfix Notes
- Dec 11, 2024 · Ska'drin Celebration Update Notes
- Nov 21, 2024 · Street Style: World Tour Hotfix Notes
8 DLC available.
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