The best way to honor the legacy of Project I.G.I. isn't by clicking sketchy links. It is by buying the $5 version on Steam, turning off the lights, turning up the volume to hear those distant footsteps in the snow, and remembering that in 2000, no crosshairs made you feel like a real spy.

In the pantheon of early 2000s first-person shooters, few titles hold as much nostalgic weight as Project I.G.I.: I’m Going In . Released in 2000 by Innerloop Studios, this tactical shooter didn't hold your hand. There were no waypoints, no health regen behind cover, and no crosshairs. You had a map, a pistol, and a mission to infiltrate a Russian arms depot.

GOG specializes in taking old games and coding them to run perfectly on Windows 11. If I.G.I. is available there (it rotates), that is the definitive version.