Paladins
In Paladins, a fantasy first-person shooter, champions clash five on five, and before a match each player builds a deck. It holds up to five cards that boost the hero's abilities, plus one of three talents.
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The game's roots are in science fiction. In 2012 Hi-Rez announced it as Global Agenda 2, a sequel to its own 2010 team shooter. Later the setting switched to fantasy. According to Hi-Rez COO Todd Harris, most of its roughly 85 combat abilities came over from Global Agenda.
According to the developers, Blizzard revealed Overwatch before they could show the game. They feared the comparisons, but internal testing suggested players liked it as it was, so it stayed. The clone label stuck anyway.
IGN praised its room for experimentation, while a Pocket Gamer reviewer felt it never committed to its own ideas. In February 2025, after layoffs at Hi-Rez, no further major updates were planned, and the servers were to stay available for the foreseeable future. Players leave 85% positive out of 345,282 reviews, critics give it 83 on Metacritic. By our Recommended Score it is #898 of 4,736 games.
Liked it? Next, try Team Fortress 2, the game Hi-Rez gives the most credit for the genre, and Marvel Rivals, where Marvel heroes fight six on six and borrow each other's abilities.
Major updates
Wekono's Wake Update Notes · Jan 2025All 5
System requirements
Minimum GeForce 8800 · 4 GB RAM · 30 GB✕Steam Deck UnsupportedMin & recommended
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 7 64-bit or newer | Windows 8/10 64-bit (latest Service Pack) |
| Processor | Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz | Intel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz |
| Memory | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Graphics | Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or ATI Radeon HD 7950 |
| Storage | 30 GB | 30 GB |
From the game’s Steam store page.
