Red Faction

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JOIN THE REVOLUTION! Lured to Mars by the Ultor Corporation's promise of a better life, thousands have come to seek their fortune and work for the massive mining company.

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Developer:
Graphsim Entertainment
Publisher:
Deep Silver
Engine:
Geo-Mod
Release date:
05 August 2009
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Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (10)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (1571)

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JOIN THE REVOLUTION!
Lured to Mars by the Ultor Corporation's promise of a better life, thousands have come to seek their fortune and work for the massive mining company. But all is not as it seems. A deadly plague is sweeping through the barracks, and miners suffer daily abuse at the hands of the Ultor guards. Is a revolution on the horizon?
Red Faction revolutionizes gaming with Geo-Mod technology, the ability to completely alter and destroy the environment in real-time. Featuring 5 controllable vehicles, 15 weapons of mass destruction, unparalleled multiplayer action, and a setting on Mars in the midst of a deadly plague and rebellion, Red Faction sets the gold standard in gaming!
  • Geo-Mod technology — the only FPS with real-time, arbitrary geometry modification
  • Unparalleled multiplayer action, with Geo-Mod specific strategies
  • Advanced physics simulation - supports falling geometry, particles and liquid
  • Five land, sea and air vehicles to commandeer and control
  • A compelling storyline across 20 diverse levels
  • Stealth and action driven objectives
  • Varied environments including natural settings unique to the genre
  • Dynamic, real-time lighting including lightmaps, object shadow casting and more
  • Advanced AI behavior
  • Real-time skeletal deformation and interpolation for silky smooth animations
  • Location-based damage system
  • Multiplayer support for LAN and TCP-IP (up to 32 players)

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Operating System:
Windows® 2000/XP
DirectX Version:
DirectX 8
Processor:
Pentium II 400 MHz or greater
Memory:
64 MB RAM
Video Card:
3D Graphics Accelerator Card (8MB)
Sound:
Direct X Certified audio hardware

recommended*

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User reviews

Finn
Recommended | 14 Feb 2026
8.4h played

10/10 Red Faction (2001) – old game with some real ancient wisdom hidden in the explosions Feb 14, 2026. Im 42, been stuck in the same dull routine: work, home, scroll, crash. Felt like my life was one long hallway with

Helpful: 55
gachnar
Recommended | 26 Mar 2026
30.1h played

I love this game a lot. Red Faction is one of those games I've returned to several times over the years since its release. I bought it on PS2 when it was released, bought the emulated version on PS3, and the enhanced

Helpful: 7
Luca_4
Recommended | 27 Feb 2026
11.1h played

Red Faction is an iconic fps game from the early 2000s. Even if you don't give a f about video games you might have heard the name. It reminds me a bit of Half-Life 1 in a way that its fast phased sci-fi action from

Helpful: 2
Golan Trevise
Recommended | 17 Mar 2026
27.6h played

It's a classic. I don't generally like shooting games, but I've done this on Impossible setting. That tells you something. Only issue is that submarine blowing up thing. Carrying on without a sub from there is almost

Helpful: 0
Vexel
Recommended | 26 Jan 2026
13.9h played

I feel like people give this game way too much credit. While the first two-thirds are solid, the final act feels rushed and becomes a slog. Enemies toward the end are far too tanky and significantly more accurate than

Helpful: 0
doomdood
Recommended | 11 Apr 2026
7.7h played

I played a lot of this game on ps2 as a kid and was always amazed by the destruction, i thought it was revolutionary. Playing it again today I'm still amazed by the destruction, but it doesn't play as big of a role in

Helpful: 2