Can I Run Insurgency: Sandstorm?
New World Interactive released Insurgency: Sandstorm in 2018. It is an action game, published by Focus Entertainment. It offers cooperative play. Over 103 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Being 8 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. 23 languages are covered by the store listing. Completionists have 35 achievements to work through. It handles controllers properly rather than leaving the player to bind buttons by hand. Steam gates it behind an age check at 17. The game ships for Windows alone. Metacritic places it at 78. Cloud saves are enabled.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i5-4440 (3.10GHz)/AMD FX-6300 (3.50GHz) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760/AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB |
| OS | Windows 10/11 (64 bits) |
| DirectX | 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-8700 (3.20GHz)/AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (3.20GHz) |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980/AMD Radeon R9 390X |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB SSD |
| OS | Windows 10/11 (64 bits) |
| DirectX | 11 |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in a military setting, moving through combat arenas. 10 storefront images show what the game actually looks like in motion. The view is from a first person view.
Why Insurgency: Sandstorm is demanding
Demand in Insurgency: Sandstorm is ordinary. The publisher has NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980/AMD Radeon R9 390X in mind, which our tables place around the RTX 3060. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Insurgency: Sandstorm at the floor and Insurgency: Sandstorm at the recommended tier are not the same experience. Insurgency: Sandstorm takes about 40 GB of disk space, SSD specified. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. Insurgency: Sandstorm needs 64 bit Windows.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Insurgency: Sandstorm?
Older hardware holds up here: Insurgency: Sandstorm runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760/AMD Radeon HD 7970 enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 1.73x |
| 1440p | Borderline | 0.98x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.43x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs well |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Insurgency: Sandstorm's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Insurgency: Sandstorm?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Insurgency: Sandstorm?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 (3.10GHz)/AMD FX-6300 (3.50GHz); GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760/AMD Radeon HD 7970; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bits).
How much storage does Insurgency: Sandstorm need?
Insurgency: Sandstorm needs about 40 GB of available storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Insurgency: Sandstorm?
The RTX 3060 runs Insurgency: Sandstorm comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Insurgency: Sandstorm?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Insurgency: Sandstorm is the GPU.