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Insurgency: Sandstorm is a hardcore tactical FPS built on lethal close-quarters combat and ruthless intensity. Every bullet count, every step matters, and teamwork is your only path to survival in the brutality of modern warfare.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a fps, realistic and shooter game developed by New World Interactive and published by Focus Entertainment.
Released on December 12th 2018 is available only on Windows in 23 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Swedish, Czech, Thai and Turkish.

It has received 126,918 reviews of which 107,857 were positive and 19,061 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 5.50€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Insurgency: Sandstorm into these genres:

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

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bits)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-4440 (3.10GHz)/AMD FX-6300 (3.50GHz)
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760/AMD Radeon HD 7970
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 40 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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8 hours played
May 2026
THe pve mode is relaxing compared to most pvp games. I solely play the pve mode and it never gets boring
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183 hours played
April 2026
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☑ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned ☑ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☑ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☑ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price ☑ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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59 hours played
March 2026
I like this game, but DO NOT BUY THIS GAME! You will support the Embracer Group who have sacked their developers. F**CK the Embracer Group!
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136 hours played
March 2026
-The game is based on the Iraqi insurgency war (2003–2011). well, thanks to current events, i'm expecing a sequel soon
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42 hours played
Aug. 2025
Best gunplay among even the most modern FPS shooters. Not a lot of players tho, braindead people prefer to follow loud advertisements, lootboxes and battle passes.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Insurgency: Sandstorm is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.

No, Insurgency: Sandstorm is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.

Yes, Insurgency: Sandstorm received 107,857 positive votes out of a total of 126,918 achieving a rating of 8.40.
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Insurgency: Sandstorm was developed by New World Interactive and published by Focus Entertainment.

Yes, Insurgency: Sandstorm is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, Insurgency: Sandstorm is not playable on MacOS.

No, Insurgency: Sandstorm is not playable on Linux.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a multi-player game.

Insurgency: Sandstorm features PvP mode where you can test your skills against other players.

Yes, there are 63 DLCs available for Insurgency: Sandstorm. Explore additional content available for Insurgency: Sandstorm on Steam.

No, Insurgency: Sandstorm does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, Insurgency: Sandstorm does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Insurgency: Sandstorm is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Insurgency: Sandstorm.

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Insurgency: Sandstorm
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Rating
8.4
107,857
19,061
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
1,678
Developer
New World Interactive
Publisher
Focus Entertainment
Release 12 Dec 2018
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