Insurgency: Sandstorm
Last updated: 2026-01-08
- Engaging and polished tactical shooter gameplay
- Exceptional sound design enhances immersion
- Strong co-op multiplayer experience
- PvP is unfair and unbalanced
- High ping and frequent server disconnections
- Developers prioritize cosmetics over fixes
Emotions
Frustration29%Disappointment14%Satisfaction11%Excitement9%Appreciation4%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 130,257
- Positive
- 110,59184.9%
- Negative
- 19,66615.1%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 9,566,574
- Estimated revenue
- $286,901,554
- Game price
- $30
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 2002.53%
- Estimated copies lost
- 14,689
- Estimated revenue lost
- $440,523
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 2002.5% Avg playtime 0.9h | 921.2% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 1,26215.9% Avg playtime 160.3h | 6,36680.4% Avg playtime 135.1h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 3.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 17.8 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 162.2 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 2,583.6 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
7,920 total
Organic purchasers6,58183.1%
Voted up: 82%
Key activations1,33916.9%
Voted up: 81%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
7,920 total
First impression0-2h4135.21%
Voted up: 46%
Mid game2-10h1,94024.5%
Voted up: 84%
Late game10-20h1,26816.0%
Voted up: 86%
Endgame20h+4,29954.3%
Voted up: 83%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
93.5%
Global baseline 81.5%
31 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 130,257 total.