Insurgency: Sandstorm

Insurgency: Sandstorm

Steam Deck Playable

New World Interactive · FPS · Dec 12, 2018

Yes, worth buying.

At $29.99. It has been as low as $7.49.

85%
Very Positive
133k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Performance: 75 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 43 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Cheating: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 133k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise42% are divided16% are caveats
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
It's fairly optimized, its a nice mix between COD, ARMA, and other tactical FPS games but, as it is now its not worth the price.
75 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Besides that, if you played the 2014 game you know exactly what this mod is like, the gameplay has really not changed much at all and the developers feel like they have wasted the flexibility of the unreal engine and just used it because "it supports consoles!"
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
I strictly play Co-op so the Versus mode might give an entirely different perspective of the game if you plan on playing that, but Co-op is a great starter to the game so I'd advise playing that first.
43 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
In the previous titles, there were many more urban maps, with great lighting and outskirts areas.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
+ Great Sound Design
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Performance75 reviews
Gameplay45 reviews
Co-op43 reviews
Graphics23 reviews
Audio22 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Multiplayer69 reviews
68%
Combat67 reviews
73%
Servers and matchmaking32 reviews
50%
Monetization20 reviews
50%
Story and characters15 reviews
60%
Players complain% still recommend
Cheating19 reviews
42%
Bugs14 reviews
21%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $7.49.

6 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
35
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.