Choose Insurgency: Sandstorm
Choose Insurgency: Sandstorm if you want the Online PvP and PvP side of the pairing. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 86.4% positive across 59,257 reviews.
Insurgency: Sandstorm vs Ready or Not
Insurgency: Sandstorm and Ready or Not 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: Sandstorm (2018) is 5 years older than Ready or Not (2023). Insurgency: Sandstorm scores higher on Steam reviews (86.4% positive) than Ready or Not (76.6% 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 Ready or Not
Choose Ready or Not if you want an Indie and Adventure experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 144,933 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Insurgency: Sandstorm and Ready or Not sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online Co-op, 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: Sandstorm |  Ready or Not | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2023 |
| Genres | Action | Action, Indie, Adventure |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Verified |
| Price | 29.99 USD | 49.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 86.4% positive (59,257 reviews) | 76.6% positive (144,933 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | New World Interactive | VOID Interactive |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Insurgency: Sandstorm (2018) is 5 years older than Ready or Not (2023).
- Insurgency: Sandstorm scores higher on Steam reviews (86.4% positive) than Ready or Not (76.6% positive).
- Insurgency: Sandstorm is currently ~40% cheaper on Steam than Ready or Not (29.99 USD vs. 49.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Steam Deck: Insurgency: Sandstorm is Deck Playable, Ready or Not is Deck Verified.
Insurgency: Sandstorm vs Ready or Not — FAQ
- Which is better, Insurgency: Sandstorm or Ready or Not?
- On Steam reviews Insurgency: Sandstorm scores higher (86.4% positive) than Ready or Not (76.6% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Insurgency: Sandstorm 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: Sandstorm or Ready or Not first?
- If you want chronology, Insurgency: Sandstorm (2018) came out before Ready or Not (2023). 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: Sandstorm and Ready or Not 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: Sandstorm and Ready or Not have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Insurgency: Sandstorm ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Ready or Not ships Online Co-op, Co-op.