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Intravenous

Intravenous

Teeth-clenching stealth, followed by tactical hardcore gunplay for those not looking for a quiet way in. Intravenous redefines challenging stealth-action and will keep you on the edge of your seat!

Released Jul 26, 2021 Developer Explosive Squat Games Publisher HypeTrain Digital Platforms Windows StealthTacticalDifficultAssassinTop-Down Shooter
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

90.1%positive4,813 reviews
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“[h3] ---{ Graphics }--- [/h3] ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS [h3] ---{ Gameplay }--- [/h3] ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't [h3] ---{ Audio }--- [/h3] ☐…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“The game is like Hotline Miami with stealth mechanics, and it's very good. The story is okay, it only serves to explain why you're doing what you're doing. After playing this one, I'll definitely play the second game.”

— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“i got this game for free and i was instantly hooked its pretty solid game i recommend it 9/10”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:41 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

33playing at last check
4624-hour peak
3,804all-time peak
0 250 500 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 341 avg · Jul 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

45achievements
8.0%median completion
2.7%rarest: Unrelenting Anger
69.7% of players 53.1% of players 46.7% of players 38.8% of players 25.2% of players 20.3% of players 19.0% of players 18.2% of players 18.1% of players 17.7% of players 17.1% of players 15.8% of players 15.2% of players 12.8% of players 12.6% of players 12.2% of players 12.0% of players 10.0% of players 9.8% of players 8.9% of players 8.6% of players 8.5% of players 8.0% of players 7.7% of players 7.2% of players 7.1% of players 7.0% of players 7.0% of players 6.8% of players 5.9% of players 5.8% of players 5.2% of players 5.2% of players 4.0% of players 3.7% of players 3.7% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.7% of players 69.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
69.7%Sweet Dreams — Choke an enemy out.
53.1%Lucky Shot — Kill 3 enemies with guns under 5 seconds.
46.7%Rude to Interrupt — Knock a startled enemy out
Rarest badges of honor
2.7%Unrelenting Anger — Kill everyone throughout the campaign.
2.7%Professional Boxer — Finish the campaign without using any weapons.
2.8%Sniper — Obtain a 100% accuracy rating with 40 or more shots fired.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$3.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK16.75 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan2,300 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China80.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$12 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$23

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 08, 2026
Intravenous 3 Soundtrack Preview

Hey folks! We're aware how important the soundtrack was to both Intravenous 1 & 2 - elevating the polar opposites of stealth and action gameplay.Xtrullor is once again composing for Intravenous 3, and

Apr 10, 2026
Intravenous 3 Reached over 30,000 wishlists in a week

Hey folks! A week ago, the Steam page for Intravenous 3 went live together with the game’s first trailer. And in just one week, the page has already gathered 33k wishlists. For comparison, the origina

Apr 03, 2026
Intravenous 3 Revealed

Hey folks! I'm happy to announce Intravenous 3 is now available for wishlisting on Steam! Together with HypeTrain Digital, we are developing the third entry in the series, one that is more ambituous t

Mar 03, 2025
Intravenous 1 Remaster DLC Available Now!

Hey folks! Today is an exciting day - the Intravenous 1 Remaster DLC for Intravenous 2 is now available! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3391540/Intravenous_2_IV1_Remaster/ Also, if you own both In

Dec 16, 2024
Intravenous 1 Remaster DLC Coming Soon

Hey folks! I'm excited to announce the plans I have in store for Intravenous 2 for 2025! Starting today, you can wishlist the DLC page to be among the first to experience it when it launches on March

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsStealth · Tactical · Difficult · Assassin · Top-Down Shooter · Top-Down · Action · Pixel Graphics · Immersive Sim · Indie · 2D · Simulation (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Russian, Spanish - Spain, German, Turkish, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean
ControllerFull support
Achievements45
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://explosivesquatgames.com/index.php
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10, 64-bit Processor: Athlon II X2 270 or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 256 MB VRAM, Intel HD 5500 Graphics or equivalent DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 654 MB available space Additional Notes: 1280x720 Normal settings, 60+ FPS