Red Faction

Red Faction

Steam Deck Playable

Volition · Action · Aug 6, 2009

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $1.99.

86%
Very Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Performance: 86 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 47 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 40 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 93 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 45 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 7 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise25% are divided33% are caveats
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Definitely check it out if you like old FPS games.
86 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Visually, it is clearly dated, with simple character models and flat textures, but the art direction still sells the tone.
47 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Good sound and decent voice acting.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
- Despite its age, the Multiplayer game mode remains active with more than 30 servers with players (at the moment of writing this review).
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Linux compatibility
Players who bring up Linux compatibility mostly praise it.
Although this was a windows game it was successfully played from start to end under linux on a q4os 4.7 64-bit system running steam, using the compatibilty mode of Proton 7.0-6 in lieu of windows.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Performance86 reviews
Graphics47 reviews
Audio40 reviews
Multiplayer31 reviews
Linux compatibility6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters114 reviews
82%
Gameplay49 reviews
90%
Interface9 reviews
56%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat93 reviews
81%
Difficulty45 reviews
82%
Bugs30 reviews
77%
Crashes11 reviews
91%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $1.99 (−80%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $1.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
86%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.