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Intravenous 2: Mercenarism

2024

Should you play it?

Playing as Gideon, a cold-hearted mercenary willing to kill for money without any moral principles, you'll have tactical freedom with a wide variety of weapons and special gadgets to complete your mission in the prologue of Intravenous 2.

What works

  • Deep weapon customization
  • Engaging stealth and combat mechanics
  • Intelligent and reactive ai
  • High replayability and multiple approaches
  • Free demo with substantial content

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited stealth weapon customization
  • Some ai behavior issues reported
  • Short length as a demo
  • Occasional control and ui clunkiness
  • Loud guns limit stealth options

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Mark of the Ninja: Remastered

  • Castle Of Alchemists

  • Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

  • Katanaut

  • Hyper Light Drifter

  • Ghost 1.0

More social

Games that feels like Intravenous 2: Mercenarism but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Police Stories

  • Police Stories: The Academy

  • Neon Chrome

  • Party Hard 2

  • Mana Spark

  • Party Hard

Less expressive

Games that feels like Intravenous 2: Mercenarism but with less self-expression and customization

  • The Hong Kong Massacre

  • Evil Tonight

  • Diary of Lucie

  • Crossing Souls

  • Larva Mortus

  • Spaceport Hope

More intense

Games that feels like Intravenous 2: Mercenarism but with a more intense feel

  • Intravenous 2

  • Quasimorph

  • ZERO Sievert

  • Night Raider

  • Lovecraft's Untold Stories

  • ZED ZONE

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like Intravenous 2: Mercenarism but with more leadership over others

  • City of Chains

  • Halfway

  • Shardpunk

  • Phantom Doctrine

  • Templar Battleforce

  • Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Intravenous 2: Mercenarism: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Value, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 04/08/2026