
Paladins is a free-to-play team-based shooter that has drawn a community of more than 25 million players into its fantasy setting. You take the field as a legendary Champion of the Realm, wielding both firearms and magic, and you shape your core abilities to match exactly how you like to play. As an indie action title with MOBA-style hero design, it balances gunplay with a roster of distinct combatants.
The world is bright and varied, and so is its cast. Champions range from sharpshooting humans and mech-riding goblins to mystical elves and jetpack-clad dragons, each arriving with a unique kit, and new faces are added regularly to keep the lineup fresh. The game is fully free-to-play: anything that touches gameplay can be earned simply by playing, while purchases stay cosmetic.
What sets Paladins apart is its deckbuilding system. By choosing from dozens of cards, you can turn a single Champion into an iron-sights sniper, a grenade-slinging demolitionist or a rifle-toting speedster, tailoring abilities until the character feels like yours. Whether you fancy playing an ancient goddess, an interstellar bounty hunter, a cutthroat pirate or a frost giant, the options run deep. Hundreds of skins are already available on PC, and every update tends to bring more to collect.