Action · December 12, 2018

Insurgency: Sandstorm (2018)

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Insurgency: Sandstorm is a team-based, tactical FPS based on lethal close quarters combat and objective-oriented multiplayer gameplay. Sequel to the indie breakout FPS Insurgency, Sandstorm is reborn, improved, expanded, and bigger in every way. Experience the intensity of modern combat where skill is rewarded, and teamwork wins the fight. Prepare for a hardcore depiction of combat with deadly ballistics, light attack vehicles, destructive artillery, and HDR audio putting the fear back into the genre. An intense atmosphere putting the terror into modern combat Move with speed and caution as you push through the war-torn environments of a fictional contemporary conflict in the Middle East. Death comes fast, ammunition must be carefully managed, and the environment must be tactically navigated at every step toward victory. Insurgency: refined and expanded For the first time in an Insurgency game, customize your character to show your veterancy with diverse sets of clothing, uniforms, accessories, and character voices. Coordinate fire support with your team, engage enemies with vehicle mounted machine guns, and go head to head in small scale high speed PvP and co-op matches. Wield new weapons and new upgrades to outmaneuver, outflank, and outsmart the enemy. War at its realest Continuing Insurgency’s acclaim as the most atmospheric shooter, Sandstorm is built on Unreal 4 to bring its gritty close-quarters combat into a whole new era of realism. Skill is rewarded, and survival is paramount. Feel every bullet, and fear every impact. Key Features Sequel to the indie breakout FPS Insurgency, now with 5 million units sold. Sandstorm is reborn, improved, expanded, and bigger in every way. Character and weapon customisation to show your battle-hardiness. Unprecedented audio design with positional voice-chat for realistic teamwork, and heart pounding ambient audio to bring you into the battlefield. Peek around corners, tactically breach doorways, use smoke to cover your team’s advance, and call in air support. Battle across expansive maps in up to 14-versus-14 player game modes, or 8 player co-operative against AI, now with machine gun mounted drivable vehicles.

Action releases from 2018

175 Action titles launched in 2018 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume126.9k Steam reviewsTop 5% in Action
Positive rating85% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 55%
Metacritic78/100Genre average 77 — top 52% of Action titles
Concurrent peak1.8k playersTop 7% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours37 h averageTop 11% for session depth among Action

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • FPS · 1.2k
  • Realistic · 975
  • Shooter · 935
  • Military · 867
  • Tactical · 758
  • Multiplayer · 753
  • Action · 651
  • First-Person · 587
  • War · 493
  • Online Co-Op · 483
  • Co-op · 431
  • Gore · 359
  • Violent · 324
  • Difficult · 239
  • Atmospheric · 237

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Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Russian
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Korean
  • Danish
  • Finnish

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Turkish

Reception Metrics

Steam community

85%Very Positive · 126.9k reviews

107.9k positive · 19.0k negative

Metacritic

78/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.2/10

Curator recommendations

101.3k

Peak concurrent players

1.8k

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

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

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Stats

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“Insurgency: Sandstorm feels fresh and innovative at every turn” 85/100 – PC Gamer “If ever there was an example of outstanding FPS gunplay, Insurgency: Sandstorm is surely it” 8.8/10 – IGN “It might just have one of the best cooperative modes from any first-person shooter that I’ve played all year” Polygon

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

37h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

13h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

2h

Current engagement

Achievements

35

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateDec 12, 2018
DeveloperNew World Interactive
PublisherFocus Entertainment
Base price$8.99 -70%
Required age17+
DLC / Add-ons55 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Content Notes

Gameplay consists of frequent combat scenarios with characters using their weapons to shoot enemies.

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