Every Red Faction game, ranked
All 3 Red Faction games we hold, spanning 2009 to 2011: 3 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 15,704 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition (GamingPickz Score 7.6), the highest-rated entry we can score.
- For the money: Red Faction gives the most score per dollar right now.
The Red Faction games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 3 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
3 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 3 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
3 best Red Faction games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
- 1
Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition
Best for: Playing with other people
7.6GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceRed Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition at a glance Released 2009 Studio Volition Player sentiment 90% positive of 7,702 Critics 82/100 Price Not listed Steam Deck verified Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 90% shrinks to 89.7 on 7,702 reviews, then blends with the 82 critic aggregate, giving 7.6.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Red Faction at a glance Released 2009 Studio Volition Player sentiment 86% positive of 2,983 Critics 78/100 Price $9.99 Steam Deck playable Install size Not stated Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 86% shrinks to 85.7 on 2,983 reviews, then blends with the 78 critic aggregate, giving 7.2.
Red Faction: Armageddon at a glance Released 2011 Studio Volition Player sentiment 73% positive of 5,019 Critics 74/100 Price $19.99 Steam Deck playable Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 73% shrinks to 73.8 on 5,019 reviews, then blends with the 74 critic aggregate, giving 6.5.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Red Faction game we can score is Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition at 7.6. The lowest is Red Faction: Armageddon at 6.5, a 1.1-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
How the series scored over time
GamingPickz Score against release year, 2009 to 2011. The later entries score lower than the earlier ones: the series has been trending down.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Red Faction at $9.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Red Faction, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Red Faction entries on Steam:
- Verified: Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition
- Playable: Red Faction, Red Faction: Armageddon
Platforms across the series
Where the 3 Red Faction games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 3 of 3 |
The Red Faction series, game by game
Every Red Faction game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2009
Set 50 years after the climactic events of the original Red Faction, Red Faction: Guerrilla allows players to take the role of an insurgent fighter with the newly re-established Red Faction movement as they battle for liberation from the oppressive Earth Defense Force. (Steam)
- 2009
Red Faction
7.2JOIN THE REVOLUTION! Lured to Mars by the Ultor Corporation's promise of a better life, thousands have come to seek their fortune and work for the massive mining company. But all is not as it seems. A deadly plague is sweeping through the barracks, and miners suffer daily abuse at the hands of the Ultor guards. (Steam)
Reception
The series has generally received positive reviews, with the original Red Faction and third installment Red Faction: Guerrilla getting the most acclaim, while Red Faction II and Red Faction: Armageddon received lower scores. Some common flaws are that the graphics are considered behind their time or unremarkable. Also, the scattered story and limited interactivity in the levels have been criticized overall. (Wikipedia)
- 2011
Red Faction: Armageddon Path to War includes 4 new missions, 2 unlockable items and 10 new achievements! (Steam)
Plot
Setting One of the new areas of the game is underground, in the abandoned Ultor mining complex, with sinister beasts among the antagonists. The game takes place on the planet Mars . It is set in the year 2175, 50 years after the events of Red Faction: Guerrilla . (Wikipedia)
Reception
Critical reception Red Faction: Armageddon The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Red Faction: Armageddon received "mixed or average" reviews, while the Windows version received "generally favorable" reviews, according to the review aggregator platform Metacritic . According to GameSpot , " Red Faction: Armageddon returns to the linear roots of the series with great success. Thanks to an enjoyably powerful arsenal and remarkably thorough… (Wikipedia)
Red Faction, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
Red Faction vs other series
How Red Faction stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
Also: Red Faction vs Just Cause, Red Faction vs Saints Row, Red Faction vs Serious Sam, Red Faction vs Borderlands, Red Faction vs Car Mechanic Simulator, Red Faction vs Crysis, Red Faction vs Dead Island, Red Faction vs Dishonored, Red Faction vs Mafia, Red Faction vs Max Payne, Red Faction vs Sniper Elite, Red Faction vs Sniper Ghost Warrior, Red Faction vs Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Red Faction vs America's Army, Red Faction vs Bright Memory, Red Faction vs Burnout Paradise, Red Faction vs Homefront, Red Faction vs Jurassic World Evolution, Red Faction vs Metal Gear, Red Faction vs POSTAL, Red Faction vs RAGE, Red Faction vs Red Dead Redemption, Red Faction vs Sea of Thieves, Red Faction vs Shadow Warrior, Red Faction vs Slime Rancher, Red Faction vs Sniper, Red Faction vs Squad, Red Faction vs Subnautica, Red Faction vs Thief, Red Faction vs Transport Fever, Red Faction vs Universe Sandbox, Red Faction vs Z1 Battle Royale, Red Faction vs Zombie Army
Common questions
How many Red Faction games are there?
We hold 3 Red Faction games in the catalogue, released between 2009 and 2011. 3 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Red Faction game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition rates highest at 7.6. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Red Faction games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2009 to 2011. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
More franchises
Browse every game franchise ranked the same way, or head to the full grid.