Pioneering Geo-Mod destruction
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“I could just blow a hole in the wall and go around it. Like literally anyone carrying explosives would do.”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
Red Faction
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Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Volition2009FPS · Shooter · Action
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A short, influential 2001 Half-Life-style shooter with pioneering Geo-Mod destruction, but the Steam build needs a fan patch. Skip it if you hate save-scumming, forced stealth or wall-piercing late-game enemies.
Great for
Retro FPS fans and nostalgic players who will install Alpine Faction and enjoy blowing holes in walls
Main risk
The exploding-submarine bug and other softlocks block progress without a fan patch
What players love
Nostalgic, still holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Nostalgia game and it's still soo good! It aged like a fine wine!”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
Half-Life-like old-school feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the game plays and feels exactly like Half Life 1 if it had destruction physics”
Steam review · 6.2 h played ↗
Fun weapon variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The arsenal is a ton of fun, probably the game's strongest feature.”
Steam review · 6.6 h played ↗
Vehicles and varied gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Surprisingly good the even the tutorial it lets you drive a fkn submarine”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Great soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“OST by Dan Wentz is 2000 SF peak which I still love to listen to on its own”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Exploding submarine softlock
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“theres a bug in the early game that hardlocks your progress if you're running more than 30FPS”
Steam review · 10.7 h played ↗
Needs fan patches to run
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Seriously this game does not work and needs external patches to just play basic parts of the game.”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗
Destruction underused after early game
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The whole game has this awesome gimmick of destroyable invironments but the game never really uses this feature in any meaningful way.”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗
One-shot wall-piercing railgun enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“It's a great game until the magic mercenary fairies show up with their wallhacks and one-hit kill railguns.”
Steam review · 7 h played ↗
Erratic enemy AI and inaccurate guns
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“enemies dart around like a pinball and are locked on your crosshair, so you can hardly hit them.”
Steam review · translated · 8.5 h played ↗
Frustrating forced stealth sections
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Was cool up until the ridiculous stealth segment.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable
Minimum
OSWindows® 2000/XP
ProcessorPentium II 400 MHz or greater
Memory64 MB RAM
Graphics3D Graphics Accelerator Card (8MB)
OSWindows® 2000/XP
ProcessorPentium II 400 MHz or greater
Memory64 MB RAM
Graphics3D Graphics Accelerator Card (8MB)
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