The Game Census
Freedom Force cover art

Freedom Force

Irrational Games · 2K · 2009-05-29

SteamGOG

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Mar 17, 2003 (Mac), Mar 26, 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

From a distant corner of the galaxy, an evil alien race sets in motion a sinister plan to conquer the Earth. They unleash a powerful catalyst — Energy X — that imbues the planet's worst miscreants with super-powers to bring the planet to its knees. Now Earth's only hope lies with a new breed of heroes... The Freedom Force!

1
playing now
56%
positive of 547 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.24
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Freedom Force is a real-time tactical role-playing game developed by Irrational Games and published by Electronic Arts and Crave Entertainment in 2002. The player guides a team of superheroes as they defend Patriot City from a variety of villains, monsters, and other menaces. The game's budget was around $2 million. A sequel, Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich, was self-published in early March 2005. The games were made available on Steam on May 29, 2009.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 44% of 6,171 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 547 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.24-75%
GOG$1.25-75%
GOG$1.25-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.25-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at GamersGate (2014-06-16) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 28 of 53 observed days · $0.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-06 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.49$1.242015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $7.492016-06-23 — best price $1.242017-03-06 — best price $1.492017-07-27 — best price $4.992017-08-25 — best price $3.992017-10-16 — best price $4.992017-12-06 — best price $3.992018-01-30 — best price $4.992018-03-11 — best price $3.992018-07-06 — best price $3.992018-08-05 — best price $3.992018-08-29 — best price $3.992018-09-22 — best price $4.992018-10-08 — best price $3.992018-10-28 — best price $4.992019-02-18 — best price $4.992019-09-05 — best price $3.992020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-05-12 — best price $4.992020-09-14 — best price $4.992020-12-17 — best price $1.242021-04-05 — best price $5.992021-11-03 — best price $5.992022-02-10 — best price $1.242022-06-23 — best price $1.242022-11-04 — best price $4.992023-01-31 — best price $4.992023-05-26 — best price $4.812023-10-16 — best price $1.242024-02-22 — best price $1.242024-06-04 — best price $4.812024-10-08 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $1.242025-08-02 — best price $4.992025-12-03 — best price $4.992026-04-03 — best price $4.992026-07-23 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $1.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

124382026-06-01 — 76 pageviews2026-06-04 — 51 pageviews2026-06-07 — 71 pageviews2026-06-10 — 50 pageviews2026-06-13 — 49 pageviews2026-06-16 — 51 pageviews2026-06-19 — 49 pageviews2026-06-22 — 58 pageviews2026-06-25 — 41 pageviews2026-06-28 — 66 pageviews2026-07-01 — 52 pageviews2026-07-04 — 51 pageviews2026-07-07 — 124 pageviews2026-07-10 — 61 pageviews2026-07-13 — 41 pageviews2026-07-16 — 44 pageviews2026-07-19 — 56 pageviews2026-07-22 — 117 pageviews2026-07-25 — 63 pageviews2026-07-28 — 66 pageviews2026-07-31 — 59 pageviews2026-08-03 — 82 pageviews2026-08-06 — 64 pageviews2026-08-09 — 54 pageviews2026-08-12 — 61 pageviews2026-08-15 — 41 pageviews2026-08-18 — 47 pageviews2026-08-21 — 57 pageviews2026-08-24 — 81 pageviews2026-08-27 — 58 pageviews2026-08-29 — 68 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGClassicStrategyTacticalSuperheroComic BookMultiplayerSingleplayerReal-Time with Pause

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

Aarklash: LegacyBreach & ClearStar Control®: OriginsBattle BrothersBorderlands 3LEGRAND LEGACY: Tale of the FateboundsGreedFallDragon Age™ Inquisition

Similarity via IGDB.

Wikipedia ↗