Incursion Red River
Starter Guide
Section 01
Getting Started
Everything a new player needs to know before dropping into their first raid.
What is Incursion Red River?
Incursion Red River is a tactical PvE extraction shooter set in modern-day Vietnam. You are a PMC — a hired gun — working for one of three factions fighting for control of the region.
Every session works like this: you gear up at your safehouse, deploy into a map full of enemy AI soldiers, complete your objectives, grab whatever loot you can carry, and get out alive. If you die before extracting, you lose everything you brought in.
There are no other players trying to kill you. The only threat is the AI — and it flanks, ambushes, and shoots to kill. Do not take it lightly.
Before Your First Raid
Before you jump into a raid there are two things worth checking. Neither is mandatory but both will make your first few hours significantly less frustrating.
Keybinds
Go to Settings → Keybinds and look through the defaults before changing anything. Every player is different and the defaults might work fine for you. The ones most people end up adjusting are crouch, ADS, and the lean/peek keys but review the full list first and see what feels natural. You can always come back and rebind later once you know what actions you use most.
AI Settings
Incursion Red River gives you granular control over how the AI behaves. The settings are split into two distinct sections under Settings → AI: Performance and Difficulty. These are completely independent systems.
Performance: AI Simulation Level
This is not a difficulty setting. AI Simulation Level controls how frequently the game updates bot movement and animations, especially at medium to long range. Think of it as a quality slider for how smooth the AI looks and responds.
Tip
Set this to High if your system can handle it. It makes bot movement look natural at all engagement distances instead of jerky or delayed. If you are getting frame drops, lower it — this is the first setting to reduce for performance.
Difficulty Settings
These control how the AI actually fights you. The game offers presets (Low, Mid, High) or you can select Custom to unlock every individual slider. Custom settings are grouped into three categories.
Perception & Senses
How the AI detects and tracks you.
Damage
How much punishment is dealt on both sides.
Aim & Accuracy
How well the AI shoots at you.
Tip
For your first raids use the Low or Mid preset. Once you understand how the AI fights, come back and tweak individual sliders. Want smarter AI that deals less damage? Turn Perception up and Damage down. The custom options let you build exactly the experience you want.
Warning
AI Simulation Level and Difficulty are completely independent. You can run High simulation (smooth movement) with Low difficulty (forgiving combat) or any combination. Simulation Level is about how good the AI looks. Difficulty is about how hard the AI fights.
Your First Raid
Before you deploy — do these 3 things every time
The moment you spawn in
Press M immediately to open the map. Find the extract point icons — white box with an arrow pointing outward — they sit on the outer edges of the map. There are usually 2 to 3 of them. Know where your exits are before you go anywhere. Players die because they needed to leave and had no idea which direction to run.
Do not run. Sprinting makes noise. The AI hears you before you see them. Walk by default. When near buildings or you hear enemies, crouch. Slow movement keeps you alive far longer than rushing.
How to extract
Navigate to one of the extract points on your map. Walk into the zone — a countdown timer will appear on your HUD that reads "Extract In: X seconds." Stay inside the zone the entire time. Step out and the timer cancels. The AI can still attack you while you wait, so get to cover near the zone and watch your angles until the timer finishes.
Warning
If you deployed with the default provided loadout instead of your own gear, you cannot keep any loot you find. You can still complete tasks but nothing goes to your stash. Always build your own loadout from the shop first.
Tip
Your first few raids will probably end in death. That is fine. Every death teaches you something — enemy patrol routes, how loud you were moving, when to fight and when to run. Treat early raids as learning runs, not loot runs.
Co-op & Squad Play
IRR supports up to 4 players in online co-op. You can also play entirely solo — there is no requirement to squad up. Both are valid ways to play.
In co-op, communication is critical. The game has built-in VOIP with realistic sound occlusion — your voice is affected by walls, distance, and environment just like real sound. Enemies nearby can hear you talking, so use it carefully.
On Easy difficulty, teammate name tags appear over their heads so you can tell friendlies from enemies. On Normal and Hard those tags disappear, making friendly fire a real risk in tight spaces. Coordinate your movements and call out your position.
Tip
If you are brand new, run your first few raids solo on Easy. Learn the map, learn the AI, learn the controls. Then squad up once you know the basics so you are not a liability to your team.