Insurgency

Released: Jan 22, 2014
Platforms: WindowsmacOSLinux
Last updated: 04 Sep 2026, 15:02 GMT

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12 Dec 2025Developer post
Important Notice: Removal of BattlEye Support
Hello players, As of today, the BattlEye support is being removed from both the game client and the Windows Dedicated Server. For Players: To continue playing without issues, please update your game client through Steam. No other actions are required. For Server Owners: If you ar
28 Mar 2020Developer post
Insurgency: Sandstorm Free Week!
10 Dec 2019Developer post
Insurgency: Sandstorm Update 1.5 and Free Week!
This week marks one year since the PC launch of Insurgency: Sandstorm during this time our team at New World Interactive have been busy continuing to build and expand the game. To celebrate our one year anniversary on Steam, we are excited to give all players an opportunity to ex
14 Aug 2019Developer post
Community Update #5: Behind the curtain
Hi everyone, my name is Jon Higgins , Marketing & Communications Director at New World Interactive. Today’s community update is going to be slightly different from our usual development oriented blogs and instead focus more on some of the things that have been going on behind
20 Jun 2019Developer post
Insurgency: Sandstorm's Free Weekend is now LIVE!
After the successful launch of Insurgency: Sandstorm 's version 1.3 Update , New World Interactive invites all players to try the game for FREE this weekend! Now is the perfect opportunity for newcomers or returning players to join the huge community of Insurgency: Sandstorm play
19 Jun 2019Developer post
Insurgency: Sandstorm Free Weekend | June 20th - 24th
After the successful launch of Insurgency: Sandstorm 's version 1.3 Update , New World Interactive invites all players to try the game for FREE this weekend! Now is the perfect opportunity for newcomers or returning players to join the huge community of Insurgency: Sandstorm play
12 Dec 2018Developer post
Insurgency: Sandstorm Launch Trailer! (Last chance to pre-order)
The official Insurgency: Sandstorm Launch Trailer is now live! Insurgency: Sandstorm, the sequel to Insurgency and Insurgency: Modern Infantry combat unlocks on Steam at 6pm CET / 9am PT today. There are just a few hours left to pre-order, saving you 10% and getting instant acces
09 Dec 2018Developer post
Insurgency: Sandstorm FREE Open beta - less than 24hrs left!
New World Interactive's latest title Insurgency: Sandstorm is FREE TO PLAY this weekend during its Open Beta ahead of launch on December 12th. But act quick, there's not much time left! Insurgency: Sandstorm, the FPS sequel to Insurgency, brings action-packed, nerve-wracking mode
08 Dec 2018Developer post
Play Insurgency: Sandstorm FREE this weekend.
New World Interactive's latest title Insurgency: Sandstorm is FREE TO PLAY this weekend during its Open Beta ahead of launch on December 12th. Insurgency: Sandstorm, the FPS sequel to indie smash-hit Insurgency, brings action-packed, nerve-wracking modern military combat to PC on
12 Sep 2018PC Gamer
This month's PC Gamer Club Legendary game is Insurgency
Courtesy of our friends at Fanatical.com , where you can find great deals on game keys, this month's PC Gamer Club game is best-selling indie FPS Insurgency. This is to celebrate the coming sequel Insurgency: Sandstorm, which launches on December 12. You can pre-order it from Fan
30 Aug 2018Developer post
Insurgency: Sandstorm Pre-Order Beta 2 is open!
Hi everyone, We are excited to announce that the second Pre-Order Beta of Insurgency: Sandstorm is now open! You can jump into the Beta and play right now by pre-ordering the game on Steam at a 10% discount. Owners of the original Insurgency, which now boasts a player population
Hi everyone,
We are excited to announce that the second Pre-Order Beta of Insurgency: Sandstorm is now open!
You can jump into the Beta and play right now by pre-ordering the game on Steam at a 10% discount. Owners of the original Insurgency, which now boasts a player population of over five million, will receive an additional 10% loyalty discount, available through the end of the year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DheJOeInks
Pre-Order Beta 2, which is now live, features two new maps compared to the first Beta, for a total of four maps and four modes, including offline coop, from the final version of the game, character customization, dozens of weapons, and hundreds of loadout options (including explosives, armour, and ammo carriers).
Thanks to all the positive feedback Insurgency: Sandstorm received during the first Pre-order Beta earlier this month, the team will be using your feedback to continue to polish and optimize the game up until launch and beyond. We are now happy to let players experience the the intensity of modern combat in this Pre-order Beta phase.
Beta 2 is still a development build of the game and an on-going work in progress. We use betas as an important tool for gathering player feedback, studying system performance, and balancing the game. As such, it is important to stress that this is not a representation of the release version of Insurgency: Sandstorm.
As you can see in the Pre-Order Beta 2 changelog, the team has worked hard on this new version, but you may encounter, bugs, balance and/or performance issues. We encourage all participants to use the and forums to report any issues so that our team can continue working on them for the release.
Before playing, please check out:
Quick Start Guide
Official FAQ]
Known Issues
Join us to celebrate the Beta 2 launch with a Dev Q&A and giveaway at 18h00 (CEST) on www.twitch.tv/focushomeinteractive
There are no NDAs or streaming restrictions on this test, and we're greatly looking forward to getting feedback from all across the gaming community as we work on the launch build. Pre-Order Beta 2 will stay open until the release of the game, September 18th.
Insurgency: Sandstorm releases on Windows PC in September 18, with Linux and Mac support coming later, and on PS4 and Xbox One in 2019.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/581320/Insurgency_Sandstorm/
Please find the Pre-Order Beta 2 Changelog below.
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Insurgency Sandstorm Pre-Order Beta 2 - Update 30/08/18
Optimization
Large reduction in draw calls across all maps to improve framerate.
Full LODs added to all cosmetic characters & gear.
Full LODs added to all 3P weapon and equipment assets.
Full LODs added to all props in the world.
All maps actor-merged.
Large particle optimization pass, set proper render bounds, LODs and tick rates on all particle effects.
Nativize most Unreal blueprints allowing them to run faster.
Improved bot spawning timings for Checkpoint.
Bullet projectiles now trace against lower LOD collision meshes.
Vastly reduced triangle counts on many larger environment rock prop sets.
Gunship and Support Helicopter rounds now use a simple collision trace.
Changed player spawning, to spawn one player per tick instead of two players per tick.
Improved material instances for various cosmetics.
Reworked the bullet hit validation.
Increased performance for player movement in water.
Ensured character cosmetics are not being spawned multiple times per cosmetic slot.
Characters now use data-only blueprints.
Items no longer tick by default.
Reduced the amount of times cosmetics spawn and despawn.
Made weapons only tick when equipped.
Interactable gear now use timers instead of tick functions.
Allowed only certain crew member characters to tick in helicopters.
Utilized texture atlases for certain cosmetic items to reduce draw calls.
Doors and Supply Crates only tick when they are in an opening or closing transition.
Destroyed prop vehicles will now extinguish their flames after 40 seconds so the fire/smoke particle doesn’t stay forever.
New Features
Doors can now be breached by being kicked down.
Added visual feedback system for Commanders, Observers and teammates to indicate where Fire Support is being called in and what type of Fire Support it is. Colored smoke appears on the target area.
Security
Gunship - Green
Autocannon Strafe - Yellow
Explosive Artillery - Red
Smoke Artillery - Blue
Minigun Support - Purple
Insurgents
Rocket Barrage - Green
Bomber Drones - Yellow
Explosive Mortars - Red
Smoke Mortars - Blue
IED Drone - Purple
Chemical Mortars - Pink

Servers will now kick players who have been idle for 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
Tessellation has been added for improved terrain visuals. The quality/performance of this can be scaled by adjusting the effects quality in your video settings.
New Local Play experience which allows you to play solo with AI teammates. This game mode is based on Checkpoint, but adds objective-based reinforcement wave gaining similar to as in Push.
Lesson system including browsable menu texts which explain game mechanics and video hint pop ups when performing certain actions for the first time in-game. The full collection of Lessons will be added during Pre-order Beta 2.
Add game options for the following:
Always show compass.
Enable and disable contextual key kints for use and vault.
Enable and disable in-game Lesson hint pop ups.
New Content
New maps “Crossing” and “Summit”
New Greased Bolt upgrade option for bolt action rifles under the new “Chamber” upgrade category.
Added Hoodie Camo cosmetic and variations.
Added Leather variations.
New optic rail for AK’s.
New water explosion particles for artillery shells.
Proper third person meshes for C4, IEDs and detonators.
New bus model and textures.
New music for the Loadout menu.
Gameplay Improvements
Player Movement
Reworked character equipment weights which impact top sprint speed and stamina.
Reduced top sprint speed for characters by 5% before weight and stamina based slowdowns are applied.
Removed sprint speed increase for players when they were in a suppressed state.
Slightly reduced standing movement speed.
Reduced standing move backward speed.
Decreased sliding speed.
Increased slow walk speed.
Increased slow crouch walk speed.
Slightly increased jump height.
Slightly increased vault radius.
Characters
Increase the brightness of certain Security camo textures for gameplay balance.
Removed black and dark grey variations from Insurgents torso and leg items for gameplay balance.
Weapons
Increased ADS speed.
Increased 5.56 and 5.45 top damage slightly.
Reduced effectiveness of hip fire by increasing free aim recoil and radius slightly.
Balanced FOVs for optics when using Focus to be more consistent between low and high quality scope options.
Increased G3 recoil slightly.
Decreased FAL recoil slightly.
Decreased AK-74 recoil slightly.
Decreased UZI recoil slightly.
Increased reload speed for the M249 slightly.
Decreased lateral recoil on the MP7 slightly.
Increased lateral recoil for the AKS-74U slightly.
Increased Mk 14 EBR’s supply cost to 5.
Increased supply cost of Extended Magazine for MP7 from 2 to 3 supply.
Adjusted Mosin and M24 penetration power to be more balanced.
Vehicle mines are now throwable.
Gamemodes
All Modes
Removed Mk 14 EBR from Advisor class for gameplay balance.
Team kicks for team kills will now use the cooled down value instead of the total value when defining if a player has killed enough teammates to warrant a kick.
Skirmish
Increased match length by adding a second round, with a team swap beforehand as in Push.
Checkpoint
Added all available weapon upgrades to all Insurgent coop classes.
Ensured Security Coop classes get all Insurgent weapon upgrades.
Added Flashbang to all Insurgent coop classes.
Added M4A1 to Rifleman, Demolitions, Commander, and Observer
Insurgent Coop classes.
Added M870 to Breacher Insurgent Coop class.
Add M249 to Gunner Insurgent Coop class.
Versus Firefight
Match length is now 6 rounds, with a team swap after 3 rounds.
Reduced player count to 24 players.
Removed Commander, Observer, and Demolitions classes.
Competitive Firefight
Increased supply costs for various weapons and upgrades.
Added more primary weapons to the Assaulter class.
Added 1x and 2x optics for the Sharpshooter class.
Removed Mk 14 EBR and SVD from the Sharpshooter.

Explosives
Tweaked explosive penetration.
Frag grenades now only penetrate weaker materials.
Fire Support will still penetrate most surface types, but deal reduced damage.
Increased time taken for Incendiary and Molotov grenades to detonate cache objectives.
Fire Support
Gunship
Increased autocannon burst cooldown to 4 seconds instead of 2.
Decreased minimum and maximum burst times.
Increased flyover time to 15 seconds from 10 seconds.
Bomber Drones
Increased explosive radius slightly.
Improved positional audio.
IED Drone
Increased explosion radius.
AI
Bots who are directly exposed at mid range will crouch and fire at their target instead of rushing to cover.
Bots suppressed in cover will reload if there's a larger magazine and they haven't fired recently.
Bots should turn slightly faster.
Bots should react slightly faster.
Bots will fire in a much tighter cone before zeroing on target.
Increased target zeroing time by a few seconds.
Reduced accuracy of suppressed bots.
Encouraged bots to sprint to objectives if the round timer is low allowing bots to arrive faster during counter attacks.
Updated Content
Animation
Updated animations and blending for character movement.
Reworked ragdoll physics to use correct weight and limb rotation limits, resulting in more natural looking ragdolls on death.
New animations for characters using bipods.
New animations for characters using binoculars.
Weapons
New model and texture for the M9 pistol.
New smoke effect for rocket and grenade launcher barrels.
Improved textures for the M249.
Improved textures for the rail mounted pistol laser.
Added drum magazines to the following weapons
AKM
AK-74
AKS-74U
M16A2
M16A4
M4A1
Uzi
L85A2
Added grenade launcher sight for the M16A2’s M203.
Compensator and Flash Hider upgrades will only use a mesh if it’s meant for that weapon.

Cosmetics
Updated cosmetic costs and rarities to be more based on the item rather than its colors.
Improved dirt layer on all cosmetic items.
Added gender switch button.
Added ability to save a preset of a character’s cosmetics.
Updated camo scaling to be more consistent across all cosmetic items.
Renamed DPM camo to Desert DPM.
Improved glasses under Insurgent Headgear.
Gear
Made Gas Mask goggles less opaque.
Audio
Improved audio experience in Loadout rooms for all maps.
Added muffled effect for players wearing a Gas Mask.
Sprint breathing and Focus breathing with and without Gas Masks are now character voice specific.
Vehicles
Disabled leaning out of vehicles.
Disabled the use of all weapons in vehicles except pistols.
Melee can now be used in vehicles to break vehicle glass.
Fixes
User Experience
Taglines now populate correctly into the player’s profile.
Characters
Characters seen at longer ranges through scopes should now tick at the correct rate.
Fixed an issue where a ragdoll’s skin tone would be set incorrectly.
Removed hit reactions from fire damage, preventing characters from bleeding when damaged by fire.
Fixed player’s camera from clipping into their head if they had the Loadout menu open when spawned.
Fixed finger posing on the Binoculars to prevent fingers clipping through gloves.
Fixed certain torso cosmetic assets that had clipping issues.
Weapons
Fixed weapon audio breaking if previously killed by a headshot.
Fix an issue where the weapon overheat audio would not be terminated when exiting the Gunner seat.
Prevent cases where weapons get multiple Foregrip, Compensator or
Suppressor options.
Fixed Laser Sight not working correctly when equipping a grenade launcher.
Fixed AR Scope not showing correctly on the M16A2 world model.
Fixed Hunting Scope not showing correctly on the Mosin world model.
Fixed 2x Kobra Sight not showing correctly on the AK-74 world model.
Fixed Mk 18 CQBR secondary magazine showing during the up and down animations state when using a Foregrip.
Fixed some optics not being correctly aligned when in ADS.
Shells and secondary magazines on weapons should no longer show in the Loadout selection.
Explosives
Updated Molotov and Incendiary grenades to they align properly to surfaces and leave the correct sized scorch marks.
Voice Over
Fixed a bug where flying vehicle pilots would not play their “Leaving” lines.
Fixed a bug where objective destruction lines were not being played.
Fixed a bug where helicopter radio events continued playing after the helicopter had left or crashed.
Create a queuing system for both proximity and radio VO.
Melee VO lines will now only play if an enemy is in front of you.
Fixed suppression response VO for machine guns and snipers.
Fixed a bug where enemy bot VO was showing in the chat menu for dead or spectating players.
Fixed a bug where death VO would not be attached to the ragdoll of the dead player or bot correctly.
AI
Removed grenade launcher bots.
Bot will no longer flee from grenades they can’t see.
Bots now have very short visibility inside smoke.
Various bot pathing fixes.
User Interface
Penetration is now represented as “PP” (Penetration Power) instead of “Joules” in the Loadout menu.
Rearranged the upgrade category order in the Loadout menu.
Movement and vehicle controls can now be bound to the same key.
Weapon in the Loadout menu can now be rotated slightly.
Added generic Extended Magazine description.
Added weapon selection icons for the GP25 Explosive and GP25 Smoke.
Compass can now be toggled on and off in spectator mode.
Map Balance & Fixes
Crossing
Actor merge pass.
HLOD pass.
Farmhouse
Actor merge pass.
HLOD pass.
Made minor gameplay tweaks.
Tweaked Checkpoint scenarios.
Tweaked restricted zones for Push scenarios to add a bit more breathing room for defenders to set up a defensive perimeter.
Tweaked playable areas.
Adjusted spawn locations and spawn point angles in all scenarios.
Tweaked Checkpoint scenarios.
Tweaked interior lighting throughout the map.
Small adjustments for global lighting.
Fixed several issues across all scenarios.
Particle gameplay/optimizing pass.
Blocking volume pass.
Road fixes and polishing.
Made foliage placement tweaks to improve readability.
Visual polish interior and exterior.
Soundscape polish.
Loadout selection room polish pass.
Decal polish pass.
Fixed miscellaneous issues to improve both gameplay and visuals.
Hideout
Reduced sun flare effect.
Actor merge pass.
HLOD pass.
Made minor gameplay tweaks.
Tweaked Checkpoint scenarios.
Tweaked restricted zones for Push scenarios to add a bit more breathing room for defenders to set up a defensive perimeter.
Tweaked playable areas.
Adjusted spawn locations and spawn point angles in all scenarios.
Tweaked interior lighting throughout the map.
Made small adjustments for global lighting.
Fixed several issues across all scenarios.
Particle gameplay/optimizing pass.
Blocking volume pass.
Road fixes and polishing.
Foliage placement tweaks to improve readability.
Visual polish interior and exterior.
Soundscape polish.
Loadout selection room polish pass.
Decal polish pass.
Blocking volume pass.
Fixed miscellaneous issues to improve both gameplay and visuals.
Summit
Reduced sun flare effect.
Actor merge pass.
HLOD pass.
Decal polish pass.
Original post
23 Aug 2018Developer post
Watch Sandstorm's Gamescom Trailer!
Insurgency: Sandstorm is a reborn, improved, and expanded sequel to indie multiplayer FPS hit Insurgency, coming September 18 to PC and 2019 to consoles. Thanks to all the positive feedback the game received during the first Pre-order Beta last month. The team will be using your
14 Aug 2018Eurogamer
Hardcore multiplayer shooter Insurgency is free on Steam right now
Developer New World Interactive's hardcore multiplayer tactical shooter Insurgency is currently free on Steam - and if you pick it up now, it'll remain in your library to play whenever you want. Insurgency, if you're unfamiliar, originally released for PC in 2014 and was the full
13 Aug 2018PC Gamer
Insurgency is free until Wednesday, and you can keep it forever
The team-based (not turn-based) tactical shooter Insurgency: Sandstorm will be out on September 18, and to convince everyone to give it a try, New World Interactive is giving the original Insurgency away for the next two days. Insurgency is a multiplayer tactical shooter that enc
13 Aug 2018Developer post
Insurgency Free to Keep for 48 Hours!
In advance of the release of Insurgency: Sandstorm on September 18th New World Interactive invite all First Person Shooter fans to try the game which inspired the much-anticipated sequel, Insurgency: Sandstorm. Starting at 10:00 AM PDT today the original ' Insurgency ' will be FR
02 Aug 2018Developer post
Sandstorm Raw PvP Gameplay & Pre-order Beta 1
Check out the intense new raw gameplay footage for Insurgency: Sandstorm and prepare for the first exclusive Pre-order Beta on August 9! Insurgency: Sandstorm is a reborn, improved, and expanded sequel to indie multiplayer FPS hit Insurgency, coming September 2018 to PC. See how
09 Jul 2018Developer post
Sign-ups For Sandstorm Closed Technical Alpha End Soon!
Make sure you sign up for the Insurgency: Sandstorm Closed Technical Alpha now before it's too late! We're looking for Insurgency fans to help give feedback on the game before it releases this September. This is your opportunity to let your voices be heard! Our previous Closed Al
03 Jul 2018Developer post
Sandstorm Closed Alpha Sign-ups Re-opened!
Hi everyone, Insurgency: Sandstorm releases in a few months and we’re all very excited to get it in your hands . In order to ensure the best possible experience on release, we are doing another round of Windows PC-only Alpha testing . There have been a lot of changes since our la
12 Jun 2018Developer post
Insurgency: Sandstorm Now Available for Pre-Order!
We are excited to announce that Insurgency: Sandstorm is now available for pre-order on Steam! Sandstorm is the reborn, improved and expanded sequel Insurgency fans have been waiting for. PC players can pre-order with a 10% discount and get access to the Beta a few weeks before t
31 May 2018Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Insurgency: Sandstorm to launch on PC this September
Despite having to drop its exciting-sounding solo campaign , upcoming competitive FPS Insurgency: Sandstorm remains firmly on our radar for its uncompromising, brutal and tactile depiction of modern urban combat . Today, developers New World Interactive outlined their launch plan

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Optimization

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Watch Sandstorm's Gamescom Trailer!

Hardcore multiplayer shooter Insurgency is free on Steam right now

Insurgency is free until Wednesday, and you can keep it forever

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