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Red Faction II

Volition · Deep Silver · 2009-08-06

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionStrategy

Modes: Single player, Split screen

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.

2
playing now
52%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (70 ratings)
6.7h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 31% of 10,821 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 51k–102k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,281 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 38 of 67 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

702026-08-06 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.382015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $1.992026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

122492026-05-31 — 70 pageviews2026-06-03 — 63 pageviews2026-06-06 — 71 pageviews2026-06-09 — 68 pageviews2026-06-12 — 60 pageviews2026-06-15 — 67 pageviews2026-06-18 — 67 pageviews2026-06-21 — 82 pageviews2026-06-24 — 112 pageviews2026-06-27 — 83 pageviews2026-06-30 — 91 pageviews2026-07-03 — 90 pageviews2026-07-06 — 88 pageviews2026-07-09 — 99 pageviews2026-07-12 — 115 pageviews2026-07-15 — 72 pageviews2026-07-18 — 66 pageviews2026-07-21 — 60 pageviews2026-07-24 — 80 pageviews2026-07-27 — 91 pageviews2026-07-30 — 76 pageviews2026-08-02 — 92 pageviews2026-08-05 — 80 pageviews2026-08-08 — 95 pageviews2026-08-11 — 74 pageviews2026-08-14 — 69 pageviews2026-08-17 — 83 pageviews2026-08-20 — 87 pageviews2026-08-23 — 105 pageviews2026-08-26 — 78 pageviews2026-08-28 — 75 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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