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Red Faction II

Volition · Deep Silver · 2009-08-06

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player, Split screen · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 15, 2002 (PlayStation 2), Aug 28, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Mar 31, 2003 (Nintendo GameCube), Apr 09, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 06, 2003 (Xbox)

Twenty-second century Earth. Five years after the rebellion on Mars. For the last 15 years, Sopot, the corrupt dictator, has oppressed the people of the Commonwealth. His relentless pursuit of unification with the neighboring United Republic has left the country soaked in unnecessary bloodshed and poverty.

Red Faction II is a 2009 Action and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Mixed reviews (52% of 1281 reviews).

1
playing now
52%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (70 ratings)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (863 ratings)
6.7h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Red Faction II is a 2002 first-person shooter video game developed by Volition and published by THQ for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Windows and Xbox. It is the sequel to Red Faction and the second installment in the Red Faction series. The game changed the direction of the first game by introducing a greater emphasis on action and a new setting on Earth, rather than Mars.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 42 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 51k–103k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,285 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%
Microsoft Store$2.29-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2014-07-31) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 73 of 104 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
141Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2012 — avg 4 · peak 19May 2013 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2013 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2014 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2014 — avg 14 · peak 84Jan 2015 — avg 5 · peak 15Jun 2015 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2015 — avg 5 · peak 24Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 10Sep 2016 — avg 3 · peak 12Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2017 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 11May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5Feb 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.382015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-03-23 — best price $9.952015-06-15 — best price $2.492015-08-12 — best price $1.992015-11-02 — best price $9.992016-01-08 — best price $9.952016-03-11 — best price $2.492016-07-07 — best price $2.312016-11-11 — best price $2.492017-01-08 — best price $9.992017-06-12 — best price $2.492017-08-18 — best price $8.572017-12-12 — best price $2.492018-05-01 — best price $2.492018-08-06 — best price $1.622018-10-31 — best price $8.392019-01-18 — best price $9.992019-04-27 — best price $8.392019-08-04 — best price $7.222019-10-22 — best price $1.862019-12-16 — best price $2.502020-02-14 — best price $9.742020-07-15 — best price $9.992021-04-02 — best price $2.492021-11-26 — best price $2.492022-05-06 — best price $2.492022-10-27 — best price $2.492023-03-02 — best price $1.692023-07-29 — best price $9.992024-01-05 — best price $9.992024-06-20 — best price $1.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-06-17 — best price $9.992025-11-22 — best price $1.992026-04-08 — best price $9.992026-08-25 — best price $1.992026-09-22 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

115492026-05-31 — 70 pageviews2026-06-04 — 60 pageviews2026-06-08 — 80 pageviews2026-06-12 — 60 pageviews2026-06-16 — 56 pageviews2026-06-20 — 63 pageviews2026-06-24 — 112 pageviews2026-06-28 — 87 pageviews2026-07-02 — 65 pageviews2026-07-06 — 88 pageviews2026-07-10 — 85 pageviews2026-07-14 — 83 pageviews2026-07-18 — 66 pageviews2026-07-22 — 79 pageviews2026-07-26 — 113 pageviews2026-07-30 — 76 pageviews2026-08-03 — 81 pageviews2026-08-07 — 77 pageviews2026-08-11 — 74 pageviews2026-08-15 — 79 pageviews2026-08-19 — 100 pageviews2026-08-23 — 105 pageviews2026-08-27 — 69 pageviews2026-08-31 — 94 pageviews2026-09-04 — 90 pageviews2026-09-08 — 86 pageviews2026-09-12 — 92 pageviews2026-09-16 — 84 pageviews2026-09-20 — 78 pageviews2026-09-24 — 64 pageviews2026-09-28 — 83 pageviews2026-10-02 — 55 pageviews2026-10-06 — 95 pageviews2026-10-10 — 64 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)2,03915%41

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FPSActionSci-fiClassicShooterStrategyDestructionMultiplayerFirst-PersonSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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