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Freedom Force

Irrational Games · 2K · 2009-05-29

SteamGOG

RPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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!

Freedom Force is an RPG and Strategy game released in 2009, priced at $1.24, with Mixed reviews (56% of 547 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.

1
playing now
56%
positive of 548 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
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)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.24
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 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

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 22k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 548 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.24-75%
GOG$1.25-75%
GOG$4.99

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 55 of 92 observed days · $0.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-14 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
61Jul 2012Nov 2023Jul 2012 — avg 6 · peak 15Nov 2012 — avg 3 · peak 14Mar 2013 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2013 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2013 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2014 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2014 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2014 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2015 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2015 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2016 — avg 3 · peak 18Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 7Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Oct 2022 — avg 2 · peak 5Jul 2023 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.49$1.242015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $7.492016-07-05 — best price $4.992017-05-15 — best price $3.992017-08-11 — best price $4.992017-10-09 — best price $1.492017-12-06 — best price $3.992018-02-18 — best price $3.992018-04-06 — best price $3.992018-07-20 — best price $3.992018-08-23 — best price $3.992018-09-22 — best price $4.992018-10-11 — best price $6.552018-11-07 — best price $3.992019-06-18 — best price $5.992020-01-21 — best price $4.992020-05-12 — best price $4.992020-10-05 — best price $5.992021-02-01 — best price $4.992021-07-31 — best price $5.992022-02-03 — best price $1.242022-06-23 — best price $1.242022-11-24 — best price $4.992023-03-20 — best price $1.242023-08-28 — best price $1.242024-01-25 — best price $1.242024-06-04 — best price $4.812024-11-27 — best price $1.242025-05-12 — best price $1.242025-10-26 — best price $4.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-07-23 — best price $4.992026-09-08 — best price $1.252026-09-26 — best price $1.252026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

124332026-06-01 — 76 pageviews2026-06-05 — 50 pageviews2026-06-09 — 52 pageviews2026-06-13 — 49 pageviews2026-06-17 — 61 pageviews2026-06-21 — 54 pageviews2026-06-25 — 41 pageviews2026-06-29 — 59 pageviews2026-07-03 — 71 pageviews2026-07-07 — 124 pageviews2026-07-11 — 66 pageviews2026-07-15 — 52 pageviews2026-07-19 — 56 pageviews2026-07-23 — 58 pageviews2026-07-27 — 69 pageviews2026-07-31 — 59 pageviews2026-08-04 — 56 pageviews2026-08-08 — 49 pageviews2026-08-12 — 61 pageviews2026-08-16 — 51 pageviews2026-08-20 — 66 pageviews2026-08-24 — 81 pageviews2026-08-28 — 70 pageviews2026-09-01 — 55 pageviews2026-09-05 — 67 pageviews2026-09-09 — 64 pageviews2026-09-13 — 48 pageviews2026-09-17 — 43 pageviews2026-09-21 — 38 pageviews2026-09-25 — 45 pageviews2026-09-29 — 52 pageviews2026-10-03 — 62 pageviews2026-10-07 — 55 pageviews2026-10-11 — 52 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.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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