Games like Red Faction II
If Red Faction II is your kind of game, the closest matches are Red Faction, Fireteam Breach and Block N Load — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its explosion physics enhance immersion, dark and grim. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Red Faction II: 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.
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Steam players who put hours into Red Faction II also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Red Faction
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Red Faction II.
Top pick for Red Faction II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
JOIN 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.
Fireteam Breach
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Red Faction II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Red Faction II.
Fireteam Breach is a tactical 5v5 FPS where precision and teamwork decide victory. Master round-based combat as Attackers or Defenders in Bomb, Hostage, and Secure Area modes. Use strategy, destruction, and unique operators with gadgets to outplay the enemy.
Block N Load
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Red Faction II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Red Faction II.
Five of you. Five of them. Face off in a battle where everything you build, destroy, construct or shoot has a devastating impact on the entire game. Build defences using a crazy range of block types and work together in this FPS where no game is EVER the same. NOW FREE TO PLAY.
Red Faction®: Armageddon™
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Red Faction II.
Ranked #4 for Red Faction II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Red Faction: Armageddon Path to War includes 4 new missions, 2 unlockable items and 10 new achievements!
Natural Selection 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Red Faction II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Red Faction II.
A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!
Void Bastards
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Red Faction II.
Ranked #6 for Red Faction II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Red Faction II.
Inspired by BioShock and System Shock 2, Void Bastards is a revolutionary new strategy-shooter that will test your wits as well as exercise your aim. Can you lead the misfit prisoners of the Void Ark through the derelict spaceships and myriad dangers of the Sargasso Nebula?
Crysis® 3
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Red Faction II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Red Faction II.
The fate of the world is in your hands. New and old enemies threaten the peace you worked so hard to achieve 24 years ago. Your search for the Alpha Ceph continues, but this time you'll also need to expose the truth behind the C.E.L.L. corporation.
Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
WHY THIS
Shares destructible environments, weapon variety and a retro mood with Red Faction II.
Ranked #8 for Red Faction II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Red Faction II.
Shogo is an anime-inspired first-person shooter. Fight on foot or pilot a giant mech in both open and urban levels. You will know the true power of giant robots!
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Red Faction
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Red Faction II.
Reviewers of Red Faction II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
JOIN 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.
Red Faction®: Armageddon™
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Red Faction II.
Reviewers of Red Faction II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Red Faction: Armageddon Path to War includes 4 new missions, 2 unlockable items and 10 new achievements!
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with Red Faction II.
Reviewers of Red Faction II cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.
Project: Snowblind
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Red Faction II cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Experience the dramatic intensity of the frontlines of a war through the eyes of the first of a new breed of super soldiers in this gritty and epic first-person action game. An augmented super-soldier must stop a renegade regime from eradicating the civilized world. Hong Kong, 2065. 2nd Lt.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Red Faction II at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Red Faction II on Steam right now. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Red Faction II on Steam right now. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Red Faction II on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Red Faction II.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Red Faction II on Steam right now. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Red Faction II on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Red Faction II.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Red Faction II on Steam right now. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Red Faction II on Steam right now. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Red Faction II on Steam right now. Shares Action and Strategy with Red Faction II.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!
Hog Hunter 2021
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Hog hunter is a short atmospheric game about catching hogs out in the wild, be careful though not everything in the woods is safe...
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More from Volition
Other recommendable Steam games by Volition, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Saints Row: The Third
WHY THIS
Another title from Volition, the studio behind Red Faction II. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Get ready for the most out-landish gameplay scenarios ever seen as the Third Street Saints take on the Syndicate!
Saints Row 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Volition, the studio behind Red Faction II. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Saints Row 2 brings true freedom to open-world gaming. Players can play as who they want, how they want, and with whomever they want in this sequel to the much acclaimed and tremendously successful Saints Row.
Red Faction Guerrilla Steam Edition
WHY THIS
Shares destructible environments with Red Faction II.
Another title from Volition, the studio behind Red Faction II. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
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.
Saints Row
WHY THIS
Another title from Volition, the studio behind Red Faction II. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Welcome to Santo Ileso, a vibrant fictional city in the American Southwest. In a world rife with crime, where lawless factions fight for power, a group of young friends embark on their own criminal venture, as they rise to the top in their bid to become Self Made.
Red Faction Guerrilla Re-Mars-tered
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with Red Faction II.
Another title from Volition, the studio behind Red Faction II.
Red Faction: Guerrilla re-defines the limits of destruction-based game-play with a huge open-world, fast-paced guerrilla-style combat, and true physics-based destruction.
Red Faction®: Armageddon™
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Red Faction II.
Another title from Volition, the studio behind Red Faction II. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Red Faction: Armageddon Path to War includes 4 new missions, 2 unlockable items and 10 new achievements!
Red Faction
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Red Faction II.
Another title from Volition, the studio behind Red Faction II. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
JOIN 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.
Summoner
WHY THIS
Another title from Volition, the studio behind Red Faction II. Shares Action with Red Faction II.
Summoners have toppled empires and challenged gods. They are venerated as saviours and feared as destroyers. With rings crafted by the ancient Khosani, the gifted can call forth demons, dragons, and elementals, but only the strongest can control the forces they unleash.
Frequently asked about Red Faction II
- Does Red Faction II run on Steam Deck?
- Red Faction II is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Red Faction II cost?
- Red Faction II is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Red Faction II?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Red Faction II are Red Faction, Fireteam Breach, Block N Load.
- Who developed Red Faction II?
- Red Faction II was developed by Volition and published by Deep Silver.
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