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Insurgency: Sandstorm

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App ID 581320
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Focus Entertainment
Franchise Insurgency
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies EasyAntiCheat AntiCheat, Unreal Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK
Last Changenumber 31954070
Last Record Update 28 October 2025 – 20:22:46 UTC ()
Release Date 12 December 2018 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
😎 83.89%
129k reviews
1,178
In-Game
+4
🔫 FPS 🌱 Realistic 🔫 Shooter 🪖 Military 🤔 Tactical

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a team-based, tactical FPS based on lethal close quarters combat and objective-oriented multiplayer gameplay. Experience the intensity of modern combat where skill is rewarded, and teamwork wins the fight.

Additional Information

Developer New World Interactive
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DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Focus Entertainment
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version1
Store Release Date 12 December 2018 – 16:59:00 UTC ()
osarch 64
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Social Media https://discord.gg/insurgencysandstorm
https://www.facebook.com/insurgencygame/
https://www.twitch.tv/newworld
https://x.com/insurgencygame
https://www.youtube.com/insurgencygame/
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1)
Steam Release Date 12 December 2018 – 17:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 22 October 2025 – 16:17:52 UTC () (1761149872)
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Detected Technologies (?) EasyAntiCheat AntiCheat, Unreal Engine, CEF SDK, Discord SDK, EpicOnlineServices SDK, Intel_OID SDK, Intel_oneTBB SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Ansel SDK, NVIDIA_GeForce_Now SDK, NVIDIA_Highlights SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, Vivox SDK, Vorbis SDK, Wwise SDK, XAudio2 SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 24 May 2024 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 12831468
  • configuration:
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    recommended_runtimeproton-9.0-1RC
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Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
controllertagwizard Yes
Anti-Cheat Software Easy Anti-Cheat - Requires manual removal after game uninstall
First seen on SteamDB 13 January 2017 – 14:34:49 UTC (), in changelist #2609216
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

23 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Danish Yes Yes Yes
Finnish Yes Yes Yes
Hungarian Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Norwegian Yes Yes Yes
Dutch Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Portugal Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Swedish Yes Yes Yes
Czech Yes Yes Yes
Thai Yes Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🔫 FPS 🌱 Realistic 🔫 Shooter 🪖 Military 🤔 Tactical 🕹️ Multiplayer 💥 Action 🙌 First-Person ⚔️ War 👥 Online Co-Op 🤝 Co-op 😖 Gore 👊 Violent 😓 Difficult 🌫 Atmospheric 🖥️ Simulation 🌍 Open World 🫶 Massively Multiplayer 🌱 Indie 🧞 Choices Matter

Categories

Online PvP Online Co-op Cross-Platform Multiplayer Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Stats Family Sharing Multi-player PvP Co-op Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

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Steam charts

  • 1,178 players right now
  • 1,612 24-hour peak
  • 14,606 all-time peak 22 June 2019
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  • 21 24-hour peak
  • 52,006 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 83.89% SteamDB Rating
  • 109,654 84.9% positive reviews
  • 19,501 15.1% negative reviews

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Markers

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 1178 players live playing Insurgency: Sandstorm on Steam.

Insurgency: Sandstorm had an all-time peak of 14606 concurrent players on 22 June 2019.

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