Choose Insurgency: Sandstorm
Choose Insurgency: Sandstorm if it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 86.4% positive across 59,257 reviews.
Insurgency: Sandstorm vs Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6
Insurgency: Sandstorm and Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 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 8 years older than Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 (2026). Insurgency: Sandstorm scores higher on Steam reviews (86.4% positive) than Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 (44.1% 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 Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6
Choose Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 if you want the DualShock Controller Support, Adjustable Text Size, and Subtitle Options side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2026) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 15,672 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Insurgency: Sandstorm and Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 sit in Action on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and Online 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 |  Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2026 |
| Genres | Action | Action |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 29.99 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 86.4% positive (59,257 reviews) | 44.1% positive (15,672 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op |
| Developers | New World Interactive | Treyarch, Raven Software, Beenox, High Moon Studios, Activision Shanghai, Sledgehammer Games, Infinity Ward, Demonware |
Side by side
- Both are Action games on Steam.
- Insurgency: Sandstorm (2018) is 8 years older than Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 (2026).
- Insurgency: Sandstorm scores higher on Steam reviews (86.4% positive) than Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 (44.1% positive).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Insurgency: Sandstorm is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 has no Deck rating yet.
Insurgency: Sandstorm vs Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 — FAQ
- Which is better, Insurgency: Sandstorm or Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6?
- On Steam reviews Insurgency: Sandstorm scores higher (86.4% positive) than Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 (44.1% 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 Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 first?
- If you want chronology, Insurgency: Sandstorm (2018) came out before Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 (2026). 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 Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 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 Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: Insurgency: Sandstorm ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 ships Online Co-op, Co-op.
- Does Insurgency: Sandstorm run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Insurgency: Sandstorm is rated Deck Playable by Valve. Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.