Action · July 26, 2021

Intravenous (2021)

trophy45 achievementsextension1 DLClocal_offer-80% current discountgroup1M–10M ownersrecommend2.7k recommendations
A LOVE LETTER TO EARLY SPLINTER CELL GAMES You just entered the warehouse through the vent shaft as you hear voices from outside. They know you’re here. Someone must have tipped them off. You continue to stay in the shadows. You shoot out lights, flip off circuit breakers and lockpick doors. You are a silent assassin. You distract the guards by throwing bottles or imitating their wives voices. One by one you pick their lights out. Fuck. You’ve been compromised. You shoot out the next door lock and go in guns-blazing. In an adrenaline filled shootout you eliminate your target and barely manage to escape. Well done! Enter the world of Intravenous as Steve Robbins - a man set out for revenge after losing his brother to low-life junkies. Delve deep into the criminal world under the guise of darkness or go armed to the teeth, guns-blazing, and padded with armor. Old-school stealth. Your visibility depends on how well-lit the environment is, and every step you take makes noise. Teeth-grinding action. Fun stealth gameplay does not exclude fun gunplay. Intravenous is meticulously designed to offer stealth for those looking for it, as well as no-brakes gunplay to those itching for a gunfight. Reactive AI. Your enemies will do more than just rush straight at you. If they've found a dead body they will alert their friends in hopes of finding you. If they hear you sneaking about, they will investigate. If they see you, they will open fire. If they're unarmed, they will try to find their friends and warn them of you. Capable enemies. Enemies take cover during gunfights, use flashlights in darkness, and radio in suspicious activity. Any misstep you make will result in your opponents responding appropriately. Lots of weapons. Multiple weapons, each with their unique handling. Each works best in a specific situation. You're sure to find your personal favorite here. Choose your loadout. Pick a rifle, a pistol, and a bulletproof vest to be ready for combat, or just a pistol and naught else, to be quick, agile, and silent- ready for improvisation. Adapt to your surroundings. Shoot lights out, crawl through vent shafts, flip circuit breakers off, throw bottles to distract your foes, lockpick doors to find alternative ways in - or simply shoot the door lock out, and go in guns-blazing. A gritty story. Steve Robbins lost the single most important person in his life - his brother. With aid from a mysterious person claiming to have suffered a similar fate, he decides it's time to take matters into his own hands after the police turns up empty-handed. Nothing is as clear cut as it seems to be. Uncapped frames per second. 60hz display? Yep. 144hz? No problem. Enjoy the swift action or edge-of-the-seat stealth on your preferred monitor refresh rate.

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198 Action titles launched in 2021 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

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

  • Stealth · 366
  • Tactical · 345
  • Difficult · 331
  • Assassin · 327
  • Top-Down Shooter · 170
  • Top-Down · 158
  • Action · 154
  • Pixel Graphics · 152
  • Immersive Sim · 135
  • Indie · 132
  • 2D · 131
  • Simulation · 131
  • Singleplayer · 123
  • Shooter · 122
  • Atmospheric · 118

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.8k Steam reviewsTop 60% in Action
Positive rating90% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 37%
Engagement hours3 h averageTop 86% for session depth among Action

Press Quotes

“Intravenous is an indie gem. There genuinely isn't enough good I can say about this game.” Mitchell Godsend “Awesome hardcore stealth action tactics with such a pleasant flavor of Splinter Cell that it gives you goosebumps. A definite must-have from the very first seconds of gameplay - this happens very, very rarely.” One More Game [OMG] “I have nothing but positive things to say about Intravenous, its fast paced, action packed and holds a hint of an original 90's gameplay…

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Includes level editor
  • Family Sharing

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (8)

  • English
  • Russian
  • Spanish - Spain
  • German
  • Turkish
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Korean

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

3h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

1h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

4h

Current engagement

Achievements

45

Steam unlocks available

Reception Metrics

Steam community

90%Very Positive · 4.8k reviews

4.3k positive · 481 negative

Curator recommendations

2.7k

Release & Availability

Release dateJul 26, 2021
DeveloperExplosive Squat Games
PublisherHypeTrain Digital
Base price$3.99 -80%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · [email protected]

Content Notes

Violence, implied drug use, swearing & crude language.

Editions & Packages

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