Insurgency

Tactical first-person shooter built around lethal, objective-based team combat

New World Interactive · Released Jan 22, 2014

Reviews: Very Positive; 92% of 125K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 80% of 41 in 30 days
Playing now: 97; peak 24h 112
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: 9 months ago; Dec 12, 2025

What is Insurgency?

A tactical military shooter played in first person across multiplayer matches and cooperative missions. Teams fight at close range to capture territory, destroy supply caches, escort targets, and complete other objectives using role-based classes and customizable equipment.

For you if...

+you prefer deliberate, lethal gunfights over running and gunning
+you want objective-based multiplayer and cooperative missions
+you enjoy role-based teamwork and realistic weapon handling

Not for you if...

−you prefer forgiving combat and constant run-and-gun action
−you want a crosshair and detailed on-screen interface

What players say

92% of 124,591 reviews are positive · 80% of 41 in the last 30 days

Players praise the weighty gunplay, deliberate pacing, realism, and teamwork. The most common current complaint is the sparsely populated server selection; many Windows 11 players also report severe launch freezes and crashes tied to the anti-cheat software.

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Insurgency system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows® 7
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Phenom™ X3 8750 processor or better
Graphics: Video card must be 512 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 3.0
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 10 GB HD space
DirectX: 9.0c