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Intravenous 2

Intravenous 2

Explosive Squat Games · released Aug 14, 2024

ActionAdventureStrategyPC

Intravenous 2 is the ultimate blend of tactical gameplay and immersive storytelling. Will you embrace the shadows or confront your foes head-on? The choice is yours. Experience a new era of tactical stealth action. Save lives. Uncover secrets. Take vengeance.

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 7.9 ↗
88
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Version 1.4.1” (1y ago)

90%
At launch
95%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
93%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews95%891000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)93%881261
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 88.1, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 4,738 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Aug 10, 2025) · 300 reviews sampled · 1261 total reviews in window · weighted 213.5 up / 16.5 down · computed 4h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. Version 1.4.12HF3
    Jun 18, 2026
  2. Version 1.4.12HF1
    Jun 18, 2026
  3. Version 1.4.12
    Jun 18, 2026
  4. Version 1.4.11
    May 21, 2026
  5. Version 1.4.10
    May 17, 2026
  6. Version 1.4.9
    Apr 3, 2026
  7. Version 1.4.8
    Mar 22, 2026
  8. Version 1.4.7
    Dec 26, 2025
  9. Version 1.4.6
    Nov 7, 2025
  10. Version 1.4.5
    Aug 27, 2025
  11. Version 1.4.4
    Aug 22, 2025
  12. Version 1.4.3
    Aug 13, 2025
  13. Version 1.4.2
    Aug 11, 2025
  14. Version 1.4.1
    Aug 10, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  15. Version 1.4.0 - One Year Anniversary! New side-missions and game improvements!
    Aug 7, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  16. Version 1.4.0 RC11
    Aug 6, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  17. Version 1.4.0 RC10
    Aug 3, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  18. Version 1.4.0 RC9
    Aug 2, 2025
  19. Version 1.4.0 RC8
    Jul 31, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  20. Version 1.4.0 RC6.4
    Jul 30, 2025
  21. Version 1.3.20
    Jul 29, 2025
  22. Version 1.4.0 RC6
    Jul 29, 2025
  23. Version 1.4.0 RC4
    Jul 28, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  24. Version 1.4.0 RC2
    Jul 25, 2025
  25. Version 1.4.0 RC1
    Jul 24, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  26. Version 1.4.0 BETA 15
    Jul 23, 2025
  27. Version 1.4.0 BETA 11
    Jul 22, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  28. Version 1.3.19
    Jul 22, 2025
  29. Version 1.4.0 BETA 10
    Jul 21, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  30. Version 1.4.0 BETA 8
    Jul 20, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  31. Version 1.4.0 BETA 7
    Jul 15, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  32. Version 1.3.18
    Jul 14, 2025
  33. Version 1.4.0 BETA 5
    Jul 13, 2025
  34. Version 1.4.0 BETA 4
    Jul 12, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  35. Version 1.4.0 BETA 2
    Jul 11, 2025
  36. Version 1.4.0 now in open BETA!
    Jul 10, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  37. Version 1.3.17
    Jun 20, 2025
  38. Version 1.3.16
    May 26, 2025
  39. Version 1.3.15
    Apr 30, 2025
  40. Version 1.3.14
    Apr 21, 2025

…and 46 earlier patch announcements.