Choose Insurgency
Choose Insurgency if you want a Strategy and Indie game with Valve Anti-Cheat enabled. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 92.3% positive across 35,626 reviews.
Insurgency vs Insurgency: Sandstorm
Insurgency and Insurgency: Sandstorm both land in Action on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Action games on Steam. Insurgency (2014) is 4 years older than Insurgency: Sandstorm (2018). Insurgency scores higher on Steam reviews (92.3% positive) than Insurgency: Sandstorm (86.4% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Insurgency: Sandstorm
Choose Insurgency: Sandstorm if you want the Online PvP, Online Co-op, and PvP side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2018) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 59,257 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Insurgency and Insurgency: Sandstorm sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player and Co-op, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Insurgency |  Insurgency: Sandstorm | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2014 | 2018 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie | Action |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Playable |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 29.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 92.3% positive (35,626 reviews) | 86.4% positive (59,257 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | New World Interactive | New World Interactive |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Insurgency (2014) is 4 years older than Insurgency: Sandstorm (2018).
- Insurgency scores higher on Steam reviews (92.3% positive) than Insurgency: Sandstorm (86.4% positive).
- Insurgency is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than Insurgency: Sandstorm (14.99 USD vs. 29.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Steam Deck: Insurgency is Deck Unsupported, Insurgency: Sandstorm is Deck Playable.
Insurgency vs Insurgency: Sandstorm — FAQ
- Which is better, Insurgency or Insurgency: Sandstorm?
- On Steam reviews Insurgency scores higher (92.3% positive) than Insurgency: Sandstorm (86.4% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Insurgency is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Insurgency or Insurgency: Sandstorm first?
- If you want chronology, Insurgency (2014) came out before Insurgency: Sandstorm (2018). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Insurgency and Insurgency: Sandstorm similar?
- They overlap on Action on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do both Insurgency and Insurgency: Sandstorm have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Insurgency ships Co-op; Insurgency: Sandstorm ships Online Co-op, Co-op.