{"id":26508,"date":"2026-11-04T12:41:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T12:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igamemag.com\/?p=26508"},"modified":"2026-11-04T12:41:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T12:41:47","slug":"squad-oskil-river-playtest-update-10-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igamemag.com\/en-gb\/squad-oskil-river-playtest-update-10-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Squad’s New Oskil River Map Is Playable This Weekend: Open Playtest Dates, How to Join and What’s in Update 10.7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Squad Oskil River<\/strong> is the military shooter’s new Eastern European map, and you can play it this weekend. Offworld Industries is running an open playtest from 6 November to 9 November<\/a> on the free Squad – Public Testing app. It also tests World Partition<\/strong> performance improvements on four older maps, and previews Update 10.7 changes including a reworked friend-or-foe identification system<\/strong> and new Middle Eastern Insurgent player models.<\/p>\n

Squad Oskil River playtest at a glance<\/h2>\n\n
Dates<\/strong><\/td>6 November to 9 November 2026<\/td><\/tr>\n
Start and end time<\/strong><\/td>11am PT (see below: Offworld’s time label needs care)<\/td><\/tr>\n
Where<\/strong><\/td>Squad – Public Testing app on Steam (separate app, no special branch)<\/td><\/tr>\n
New map<\/strong><\/td>Oskil River: war-torn Eastern Europe, infantry and armour<\/td><\/tr>\n
Performance test<\/strong><\/td>World Partition on Gorodok, Yehorivka, Narva and Mutaha<\/td><\/tr>\n
Update 10.7 preview<\/strong><\/td>New friend-or-foe system, updated MEI player models<\/td><\/tr>\n
Update 10.7 release date<\/strong><\/td>Not announced<\/td><\/tr>\n
Game price<\/strong><\/td>\u00a329.75 \/ $39.99 \/ \u20ac33.99 on Steam<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n

When is the Squad Oskil River playtest?<\/h2>\n

Offworld says the test runs “this weekend from 6 November to 9 November”, starting and ending at 11am PT<\/strong>. One thing to watch: the post labels that as UTC-7, but US Pacific time moved to UTC-8 when the clocks changed on 1 November. So the start is either 18:00 GMT \/ 19:00 CET<\/strong> (if the UTC-7 label is right) or 19:00 GMT \/ 20:00 CET<\/strong> (if 11am Pacific is right). Check the playtest Discord before you plan your evening.<\/p>\n

How do you join the Squad playtest?<\/h2>\n
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  1. Look for Squad – Public Testing<\/strong> in your Steam library. It’s an entirely separate app, so no special branch is needed.<\/li>\n
  2. If you can’t see it, turn on viewing Hidden Apps<\/strong> in your Steam library.<\/li>\n
  3. Install it and join a test server during the playtest window.<\/li>\n
  4. Share feedback on the Squad Community Playtesting Discord<\/a>. Offworld especially wants performance reports from different PC setups.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What is the Oskil River map like?<\/h2>\n

    Oskil River is set in a war-torn Eastern European landscape. Offworld describes heavily damaged settlements and urban areas alongside open terrain and trenches, with room for both infantry and armoured fights, and more detailed environmental set dressing than usual. It’s still a work in progress: many textures and props aren’t final, and Offworld warns the trenches may be hard to vault out of<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    What is World Partition in Squad?<\/h2>\n

    World Partition is the performance work Offworld wants to stress-test. It says performance is “a frequent topic of discussion” in the community, so it wants real data from players on all kinds of hardware. Oskil River already runs on World Partition, and hosts will be asked to run extra World Partition layers on Gorodok, Yehorivka, Narva and Mutaha<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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    How does the new friend-or-foe system work?<\/h2>\n

    Telling friend from enemy has always been a big part of Squad. The new identification system being tested changes how that works:<\/p>\n