Insurgency: Sandstorm

Buy85%

Very Positive · 133k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

New World Interactive · FPS · Dec 12, 2018

Player review score
85%
Very Positive
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
35
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
23
Full audio1 of 23
Subtitles23 of 23

Should I buy Insurgency: Sandstorm?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 70 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 63 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Servers and matchmaking: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Cheating: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Monetization: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 133k player reviews · updated

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
58% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews42% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
70 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
You have hardcore realism gameplay, with no lifebar, no hitmarker, and every bullet can be deadly, unlike in games like Call of Duty and Battlefield.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Insurgency is a tactical-based first person shooter that offers you a big amount of weapons, attachments, and character customization.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This is arguably better for PVP game modes as the high frame rate and tight gameplay win me over flashier graphics at slower frames.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised 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.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
War Thunder on max settings goes up to 140 FPS and rarely drops below 100 FPS for me. and even for a free game War Thunder is kinda demanding on hardware, especially the GPU.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
In the previous titles, there were many more urban maps, with great lighting and outskirts areas.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay70 reviews
Combat66 reviews
Multiplayer63 reviews
Co-op49 reviews
Performance28 reviews
Graphics23 reviews
Audio19 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Servers and matchmaking
41% still recommend
Cheating
42% still recommend
Monetization
50% still recommend
Optimization
50% still recommend
Bugs
25% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.99

The lowest we've tracked is $5.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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