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Red Faction®: Armageddon™

Third-person sci-fi shooter on Mars with destruction and reconstruction

Volition · Published by Deep Silver · Released Jun 6, 2011

Action

Reviews
Mostly Positive
70% of 2,802
Recent reviews
Mixed
60% of 15 in 30 days
Players
6
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
10 years ago
Aug 21, 2016
Minimum PC
320MB RAM
2 GB RAM · 7.5 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 74/100 (critic reviews)

What is Red Faction®: Armageddon™?

A third-person shooter set on Mars, where Darius Mason fights through a linear campaign after opening a shaft that releases a threat to the colonists. You battle enemies in underground caves and on the storm-damaged surface, destroy structures, and use the Nano Forge to rebuild damaged defenses.

For you if...

  • +you want a straightforward sci-fi shooting campaign
  • +you want cooperative fights against waves of enemies

Not for you if...

  • −you want open-world exploration rather than a linear campaign
  • −you want to destroy terrain as well as buildings

What players say

70% of 2,802 reviews are positive · 60% of 15 in the last 30 days

Players praise the weapons and the ability to destroy and rebuild structures. Many find the underground combat repetitive and the story weak. Some also report crashes.

How many players finish Red Faction®: Armageddon™?

23% of Steam players have unlocked «Breathe Easy», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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Red Faction®: Armageddon™ system requirements

Minimum: 320MB RAM, 2 GB RAM, 7.5 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows® XP
Processor
2GHz Dual Core Processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon™ X2) or higher
Graphics
320MB Video RAM, GPU w/ Shader Model 3.0 support, NVIDIA® GeForce® 88xx series or better, ATI Radeon™ HD30xx series or better
Memory
2GB System RAM or more
Storage
7.5 GB

Recommended

OS
Microsoft® Windows® 7
Processor
Any Quad Core Processor(Intel® Core i5 or AMD Phenom™ II X4) or 3.0+ Dual Core CPU
Graphics
1GB Video RAM, GPU w/ Shader Model 4.0 support, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 400 series or better, ATI Radeon™ HD5000 series or better
Memory
4GB System RAM or more
Storage
7.5 GB

Does Red Faction®: Armageddon™ have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op (mode not specified). It also has a single-player mode.

Does Red Faction®: Armageddon™ run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • The launcher or setup tool may need the touchscreen or virtual keyboard
  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
58
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Age rating
17+
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Spain.

Does Red Faction®: Armageddon™ use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

Tags

2 DLC available.

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