Intravenous 3: Borderline

Intravenous 3: Borderline

Released Oct 2026

Tense stealth action, tactical hardcore gunplay, and missions & story shaped by the way you play. Step into the shoes of Gideon, a feared mercenary with nothing left to lose, and carve a bloody path of revenge through deep systemic stealth and brutal tactical gunplay.

96% positive · 323 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

Intravenous 3: Borderline is a free standalone prologue to Intravenous 3, released on October 2, 2026. The store description explicitly defines its scope: two missions built to showcase the gameplay systems coming in the full game. The developer describes it as "a first taste of Intravenous 3" — a complete, self-contained promotional product with a fixed scope. Since launch, the developer has been very active with patches (versions 1.0.2 through 1.1.2 between October 2 and October 8, 2026), but all of these are bug fixes, optimizations, and quality-of-life improvements — not new content additions. The October 8, 2026 patch note for version 1.1.2 mentions "a really cool feature that we will show in the future," but the context makes clear this refers to a future showcase of an optimization-related feature (improved performance for low-end hardware), not a content expansion for Borderline itself. The launch post on October 2, 2026 directed players to wishlist Intravenous 3 — the upcoming full game — rather than announcing anything additional for Borderline. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no roadmap for Borderline-specific content, and no developer statement indicating additional missions, story content, or other expansions to this title are planned. Borderline launched as a finished, scoped product: two missions, a complete prologue story, and no communicated plans for further content. The post-launch patch activity confirms the developer considers the product shipped and is simply maintaining it. This game is complete as released.
Evidence
Launch post describes Borderline as featuring two full missions and directs players to wishlist Intravenous 3 for 'what's coming next' — pointing forward to the separate full game, not additional Borderline content
news post · Oct 2, 2026 source development ending
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Store description defines Borderline as a 'completely free standalone prologue to Intravenous 3' built to showcase systems coming to the next game, with two missions as its complete scope
description source development ending
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Details

Publisher
HypeTrain Digital
Achievements
21
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

INTRAVENOUS 3: BORDERLINE

Intravenous 3: Borderline is a completely free standalone prologue to Intravenous 3.

Nothing left to lose. No reason to hold back.

Once hired to protect a corrupt politician, Gideon has now lost everything. What remains is a trail leading back to those responsible — and a simple, uncompromising desire for revenge.

TWO MISSIONS. YOUR WAY.

Strike from the shadows or tear through everyone standing in your way.

Use darkness, sound, distractions, gadgets, and the environment to stay unseen. Observe enemy patrols, create openings, and take them apart without ever letting them know you were there.

Or abandon subtlety altogether.

Engage in fast, lethal firefights where positioning, weapons, ammunition, and split-second decisions can mean the difference between walking away and bleeding out on the floor.

A FIRST TASTE OF INTRAVENOUS 3

Borderline is built to showcase the major gameplay additions and improvements coming to Intravenous 3.

Experience deeper systemic stealth, more reactive enemies, expanded tactical options, extensive weapon customization, new equipment and gadgets, and the brutal gunplay at the heart of the series.

Whether you ghost through a location without leaving a trace or turn it into a killing ground, the game gives you the tools — and leaves the approach to you.

REVENGE HAS A NAME

Gideon survived.

For everyone responsible, that was the mistake.

Last evaluated Oct 8, 2026
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