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Intravenous 2
Intravenous 2 is the ultimate blend of tactical gameplay and immersive storytelling. Will you embrace the shadows or confront your foes head-on? The choice is yours. Experience a new era of tactical stealth action. Save lives. Uncover secrets. Take vengeance.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Flexible stealth-combat systems” (62 of 103 reviews) and “Hard-hitting adaptive soundtracks” (12); the most common complaint is “Clunky or underdeveloped stealth” (10). 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 2026-09-30 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
62 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Top-down stealth-action excellence: Volume II. A very good sequel to an already great game. More and better. Simple as, really. Instant classic offering at least ~15-20hrs of tense, engaging and brutal action with a lot…”
“If you love Hotline Miami and are into stealth games, you should purchase this indie game. Despite the big, twin paragraphs of grievances coming right after this, I still think it's a must-try. Intravenous 2's gameplay…”
“Stealth games are a surprisingly niche genre. It feels like they constantly output great games, with several of the best games in history being stealth titles, but they are also fairly rare. They don't appeal to a lot…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“If you love Hotline Miami and are into stealth games, you should purchase this indie game. Despite the big, twin paragraphs of grievances coming right after this, I still think it's a must-try. Intravenous 2's gameplay…”
“What if Hotline Miami was a hardcore tactical shooter? It comes with an amazing adaptive soundtrack that lets you say "♥♥♥♥ it, ill try" when you eventually get spotted. Compounded with the interesting save system, this…”
“11/10 game Simply put, this game is a love letter to the classic Splinter Cell games. Intravenous builds off this using darkness and sound like Chaos Theory, while also allowing the player to just say " ♥♥♥♥ it" and go…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Top-down stealth-action excellence: Volume II. A very good sequel to an already great game. More and better. Simple as, really. Instant classic offering at least ~15-20hrs of tense, engaging and brutal action with a lot…”
“Intravenous 2 is essentially the tactical shooter version of Hotline Miami. In short, the story was alright, but the rest of the game was great in all regards. Bonus points for including a remaster of the first game as…”
“Game runs well on just about anything, with adjustments to settings of course. Its extremely fun with lots of replay value, the story and gameplay is incredible. Stealth and combat are difficult in fun ways. Its so good…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I've only played this game for 7 hours (At the time of writing this review) But every minute, I've had so much fun. There is quite literally an infinite amount of missions you can play. There's so much vanilla content,…”
“Intravenous 2 is essentially the tactical shooter version of Hotline Miami. In short, the story was alright, but the rest of the game was great in all regards. Bonus points for including a remaster of the first game as…”
“story is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ terrible and i kind of wish they didnt bother writing it (sorry brother but you gotta get someone else on this ♥♥♥♥) but, playing stealth-ish, the rest of the game is phenomenal – the systems and feel…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Top-down stealth-action excellence: Volume II. A very good sequel to an already great game. More and better. Simple as, really. Instant classic offering at least ~15-20hrs of tense, engaging and brutal action with a lot…”
“I've only played this game for 7 hours (At the time of writing this review) But every minute, I've had so much fun. There is quite literally an infinite amount of missions you can play. There's so much vanilla content,…”
“Intravenous 2 is essentially the tactical shooter version of Hotline Miami. In short, the story was alright, but the rest of the game was great in all regards. Bonus points for including a remaster of the first game as…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“story is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ terrible and i kind of wish they didnt bother writing it (sorry brother but you gotta get someone else on this ♥♥♥♥) but, playing stealth-ish, the rest of the game is phenomenal – the systems and feel…”
“Hyper-realism at the detriment of fun. The game encourages you to stealth and play tactically, even calling you "careless" if you don't. Unfortunately, just about every gun aside from the starting weapons are almost…”
“Not recommended. Bad gameplay. Stealth is way too clunky and its far too easy to just shoot up everything in the map. Overrated. By far one of the worst plot and stories I've seen maybe ever. Visuals are fine but it…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“story is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ terrible and i kind of wish they didnt bother writing it (sorry brother but you gotta get someone else on this ♥♥♥♥) but, playing stealth-ish, the rest of the game is phenomenal – the systems and feel…”
“Not recommended. Bad gameplay. Stealth is way too clunky and its far too easy to just shoot up everything in the map. Overrated. By far one of the worst plot and stories I've seen maybe ever. Visuals are fine but it…”
“I can honestly say after sinking 60H into this game that this game is AMAZING the stealth and the guns are so fun! pretty take it or leave it story but the game is exceptional. 9.8/10”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Not recommended. Bad gameplay. Stealth is way too clunky and its far too easy to just shoot up everything in the map. Overrated. By far one of the worst plot and stories I've seen maybe ever. Visuals are fine but it…”
“Pros: - Tacticool shootan action - Its got that "gun autism" feel to it - Banging OST Cons: - Its got that "gun autism" feel to it - Stealth feels a bit unbalanced but this could absolutely be a skill issue”
“Its really solid but the stealth is annoyingly difficult since the enemies will just constantly check where you ACTIVELY are and not where you last were, not to mention alerting one enemy with a single noise…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Got the game a couple days before Intravenous 3 was announced, and it was everything I hoped for and more, coming from splinter cell/deux ex. Love the attention to detail and thought put into the game, it's just so…”
“peak... i already halfway through the mission and couldn't stop myself from buying the DLC, no bugs so far, except for one... i'll just say don't trust too much on the bushes that you could phase through.... a really…”
“Hilarious when the NPCs thinks I'm somewhere in a dark room and just open fire into their own team.”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“If Hotline Miami had stealth mechanics, customization, and better attention to detail. Music is just as good if not better too. Worth every penny of $10.”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“lured an entire security team into a bathroom before hitting the breaker box, blocking the door, and stabbing them to death. underwent enlightenment shortly after.”
— a player, Steam review · 45 hrs played“This review is done right after finishing the game with all missions done, including side missions. I also would like to point out that I never played the first Intravenous, so I can't say what changed and what didn't. With that out of the way, Intravenous 2 is a pretty good…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 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 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Strategy |
| Player tags | Tactical · Shooter · Stealth · Realistic · Singleplayer · Action · Gun Customization · Violent · Combat · Crime · Top-Down Shooter · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 55 |
| Official site | https://explosivesquatgames.com/index.php |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10, 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i3-2125, AMD Phenom II X4 960 or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 512 MB VRAM, Radeon Vega 7/GTX 1030/Intel Iris 550 or equivalent DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: 1920x1080 Normal settings, 60+ FPS