Insurgency
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ActionIndieStrategyFPSRealisticTacticalMultiplayerShooter

93 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 219

Peak in the last 7 days: 261

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Game description

Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.

Basic info

DeveloperNew World Interactive
PublisherNew World Interactive
PlatformsWindows · macOS · Linux
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateJan 22, 2014
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows® 7
ProcessorIntel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better
Memory4 GB
GraphicsVideo card must be 512 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for P…
Storage10 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 363 reviews from the past 1 year

78.5/ 100
Bottom 50%

Steam rating: Very Positive (92%)

Metacritic: 74 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 23, 2026)

A slow, lethal tactical shooter where one wrong move ends the round, Insurgency scores 78.5 across 124,514 Steam reviews.

👍 Strengths

102 reviews find it fun, and some say they keep coming back to it, calling the tension brutal and addictive. 37 enjoy playing together with friends or a team, with the most upvoted saying it is fun to mess around in with friends. 29 praise how the shooting feels, and a few describe weighty, responsive guns and movement with realistic ballistics. Gameplay ranks 233rd of 1396, Story & World ranks 232nd of 1096, and Visuals & Sound ranks 521st of 1249.

👎 Where it falls short

Multiplayer ranks 418th of 642. 42 reviews worry about the community, and some say the game is dead or down to one or two active servers. 24 find it hard to learn as a new player, and a few mention no tutorial, no crosshair and no ammo counter. 18 report stability problems, and several describe crashes and system freezes at launch that they blame on the anti-cheat. Tech & Support ranks 577th of 1399, and Pricing & Fairness ranks 659th of 1399.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“legendary game too good to stop returning to” · 102 reviews
“fun to mess around with friends” · 37 reviews
“tactical, tense gameplay rewarding careful play and teamwork” · 25 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 42% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Difficulty +2.55 · How hard it is, how the challenge ramps, and whether it feels fair
Positive “tactical, tense gameplay rewarding careful play and teamwork” · 25 reviews
Negative “difficulty spikes cause frustration, especially in PvP” · 10 reviews

Progression 1% · Onboarding 13% · Freedom 2% · Strategy 10% · Controls & feel 18%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 19% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.50 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “realistic portrayal of atmosphere and setting” · 17 reviews

Story 1% · Characters 0%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value

Not enough data — only 9% of reviews mention this.

Variety +1.65 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition

Volume 4% · Replayability 2%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 22% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Audio +3.45 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting
Positive “sound design creates complete immersion with reloading, footsteps, shots” · 16 reviews

Visuals 15%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 44% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +2.95 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “fun to mess around with friends” · 37 reviews
Negative “grenades on spawn, solo rushing, team cannot communicate” · 2 reviews

Community 23% · Servers & Connection 6%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 22% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing +0.18 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Positive “good price with lots of cool mods and runs on low-end hardware” · 5 reviews
Negative “charging $15 for a 2014 dead game requiring heavy mods” · 1 review

Anti-cheat 4% · Balance 5% · Matchmaking 6%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 22% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Performance +0.21 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
Positive “runs smoothly with good graphics on low-end hardware” · 12 reviews
Negative “frequent lag spikes at critical moments” · 5 reviews

Stability 7% · Developer support 9%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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