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Insurgency
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.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “realistic satisfying tactical gunplay” (57 of 104 reviews) and “fun co-op and squad play” (13); the most common complaint is “low population and toxic players” (13). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
57 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Honestly I like this more than Insurgency Sandstorm. The art is very clean and the guns / movement feel very weighty. This game is cool. I definitely recommend it, though I don't how populated the servers are in 2026.”
“To this day I'd say it is the best close quarters milsim game we have. Also probably my favorite source engine game ever. Didn't think it was possible to get source to look and feel this good!”
“Found myself a lobby of 30 other players. Got destroyed pretty easy but my team carried and won. Solid war game if you are into the more realistic types.”
13 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Found myself a lobby of 30 other players. Got destroyed pretty easy but my team carried and won. Solid war game if you are into the more realistic types.”
“The Definitive Hardcore Tactical Shooter Insurgency is proof that you don't need a massive AAA budget to create a world-class shooter. It strips away the "arcade" feel of modern shooters and replaces it with lethal,…”
“If you like FPS Games you'll enjoy this! Nothing fancy or flash about this game graphics are okay with loads of maps and achievements. I have played alongside mostly nice, friendly players here in coop & multiplayer.…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“The Definitive Hardcore Tactical Shooter Insurgency is proof that you don't need a massive AAA budget to create a world-class shooter. It strips away the "arcade" feel of modern shooters and replaces it with lethal,…”
“This is a far better and more grounded tactical shooter than the sequal. Mistakes have always felt more punishing, weapons better implimented, gameplay more serious, and the setting more grounded and realistic. The OG…”
“feels good to play this game,this game is from 2014 and its still active and it has a lively servers. feels good to play this,really difficult and fun. Graphics are mid,but the gun physics are good.”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Honestly I like this more than Insurgency Sandstorm. The art is very clean and the guns / movement feel very weighty. This game is cool. I definitely recommend it, though I don't how populated the servers are in 2026.”
“To this day I'd say it is the best close quarters milsim game we have. Also probably my favorite source engine game ever. Didn't think it was possible to get source to look and feel this good!”
“Beautiful game, I hope people keep servers alive for infinity. I want to play this forever.”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“the realism is excellent. the gameplay is exciting and tactical, and the voice acting is great. This ain't no Call of Duty for sure. My only wish is that there were more players these days, but its ok. I'll play till it…”
“I'm in love with this game. I tried Insurgency Sandstorm first and liked it. Then I gave this game a shot and I just can't stop playing, I'm in love with the PvE in this game. I don't want to stop. The steam workshop…”
“some source engine jank here and there. Co-op still goes hard with the right mods installed. Don't bother with PVP. Opposite set of strengths/weaknesses in Sandstorm. Play Sandstorm for PVP. 2014 for Co-op. idk.”
13 of the 104 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“dead game don't buy, just buy something else instead”
“the realism is excellent. the gameplay is exciting and tactical, and the voice acting is great. This ain't no Call of Duty for sure. My only wish is that there were more players these days, but its ok. I'll play till it…”
“If you like FPS Games you'll enjoy this! Nothing fancy or flash about this game graphics are okay with loads of maps and achievements. I have played alongside mostly nice, friendly players here in coop & multiplayer.…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Very cool tactical game. It has a significant initial learning curve though. Especially good game if you can get into a squad or play it with friends.”
“In my first 2hrs of this game I spent more time getting obliterated by bombardments. I check corners I die, I take point, oh guess what? MOREEE BOOMBBSSS WTF!! YOU TRY TO JUST GO ABOUT YOUR DAY SUPPORTING UR TEAM BUT…”
“nice tactical one but is hard. need patience”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“dead game don't buy, just buy something else instead”
“It's okay. Not worth your time in 2026. There are significantly better options available now.”
“Странная игра, лучше поиграть в что-то поприкольнее. Если вернуть меня назад, то я бы не купил игру, но я и не покупал(”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Pretty solid for 2014. For sure, a huge gap between Insurgency 2014 and Sandstorm. There are even 2020s shooters that cannot surpass this game. For now, 2-3 community pvp servers available. A bit more options for coop.…”
“Странная игра, лучше поиграть в что-то поприкольнее. Если вернуть меня назад, то я бы не купил игру, но я и не покупал(”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Impossible to peek, horrificantly long reloading animations... Cool guns tho Love this game, even as it is ass-tearing.”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 91.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“---{ 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…”
— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played“first time playing join international server hearing russian dude talking russian dude play charlie kirk song russian dude start screaming russian dude says something i say " bro lu ngomong apa jirr" russian dude says" hallo nasi goreng" cool game recomend play with mod”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“They should do a mandatory free update to move Insurgency 2014 to the source 2 engine like how CS:GO updated to CS:2. It'll make it playable again and boost popularity. Rename it Insurgency 2, since that's what it was originally going to be called, and so it boosts new player…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-24.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | FPS · Realistic · Tactical · Multiplayer · Shooter · Action · Military · Team-Based · Co-op · First-Person · War · Strategy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Valve Anti-Cheat enabled |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Ukrainian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 100 |
| Official site | https://www.newworldinteractive.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum OS *: Windows® 7 Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Video card must be 512 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 3.0 Hard Drive: 10 GB HD space DirectX: 9.0c