Every Insurgency game, ranked
All 2 Insurgency games we hold, spanning 2014 to 2018: 2 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 257,723 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Insurgency (GamingPickz Score 8.1), the highest-rated entry we can score.
The Insurgency games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 2 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
2 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 2 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
2 best Insurgency games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
- 1
Insurgency
Best for: Players who trust other players over critics
8.1GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceInsurgency at a glance Released 2014 Studio New World Interactive Player sentiment 92% positive of 124,644 Critics 74/100 Price $14.99 Steam Deck unsupported Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 92% shrinks to 92.0 on 124,644 reviews, then blends with the 74 critic aggregate, giving 8.1.
What the data supports- 92% positive across 124,644 reviews is a strong signal at that volume, where a few enthusiasts cannot move the number.
Worth checking first- Players rate it well above critics, 92 against 74. Usually a sign it improved after launch, or that it delivers something reviewers undervalued.
- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- Valve rates it Unsupported on the Steam Deck.
- 2
Insurgency: Sandstorm
Best for: Playing through with a friend online
7.8GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceInsurgency: Sandstorm at a glance Released 2018 Studio New World Interactive Player sentiment 85% positive of 133,079 Critics 78/100 Price $29.99 Steam Deck playable Install size 40 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 85% shrinks to 85.0 on 133,079 reviews, then blends with the 78 critic aggregate, giving 7.8.
What the data supports- Cloud saves and cross-platform play, so progress follows you between machines.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- Multiplayer only. There is no solo mode to fall back on.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Insurgency game we can score is Insurgency at 8.1. The lowest is Insurgency: Sandstorm at 7.8, a 0.3-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Insurgency at $14.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Insurgency, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Insurgency entries on Steam:
- Playable: Insurgency: Sandstorm
- Unsupported: Insurgency
Platforms across the series
Where the 2 Insurgency games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 2 of 2 |
The Insurgency series, game by game
Every Insurgency game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2014
Insurgency
8.1Take 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. (Steam)
- 2018
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. (Steam)
Reception
Reception Insurgency: Sandstorm received acclaim from critics for its realistic gameplay and atmospheric sound design. VG247 rated Sandstorm as "one of the best multiplayer games of the year". Sandstorm received an 88/100 from IGN , writing "[it] nails the balance between realism and fun", though it criticized unclear map boundaries. (Wikipedia)
Insurgency, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
Insurgency vs other series
How Insurgency stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
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Common questions
How many Insurgency games are there?
We hold 2 Insurgency games in the catalogue, released between 2014 and 2018. 2 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Insurgency game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Insurgency rates highest at 8.1. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Insurgency games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2014 to 2018. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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