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Games like Red Faction

2001PCPlayStationSteam Deck playable85 % positive9.99 €

A first-person shooter set on Mars where you play a miner joining a rebellion. Its Geo-Mod tech lets you blast through walls and terrain in real time, which made for standout moments back then.

  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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In short: Games like Red Faction

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Red Faction special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Quake 4

93 %Match

2005PCXbox88 % positive

Brings what grabs you about Red Faction: good gunplay, a sci-fi setting and action-packed real-time combat.

A linear sci-fi shooter on the Doom 3 engine where marine Matthew Kane takes the fight to the Strogg homeworld, featuring the infamous stroggification twist. Squad missions, vehicle sections and fast arena multiplayer round it out.

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Quake II

Shooting and gunplay

A landmark sci-fi shooter: a lone marine fights through the industrial hellscape of Stroggos against a cybernetic alien army. It delivers fast gunplay, interconnected hub levels, a pounding metal soundtrack, and influential deathmatch multiplayer.

Killzone

Dark, serious atmosphere

A grim sci-fi first-person shooter set in the war between the Helghast and the ISA, letting you switch between four heroes with different strengths. It also offered 16-player online multiplayer, though the servers are now shut down.

Shogo: Mobile Armor Division

Shooting and gunplay

A 1998 anime-flavored first-person shooter where you fight both on foot and inside huge mechs, with vehicle transformation mixed in. A story about a civil war on a colony world is told through cutscenes, with multiplayer matches on top.

Halo: Reach

Shooting and gunplay

A tragic last stand on the planet Reach: as part of the Spartan squad Noble Team, you fight a hopeless war against the Covenant in a gripping, somber campaign. Co-op, Firefight, Forge and legendary competitive multiplayer round it out.

Chaser

Shooting and gunplay

A fast-paced 2003 sci-fi first-person shooter set on a Mars colonized by humanity, built around quick gunfights and a story-driven campaign.

Killzone 2

Dark, serious atmosphere

A grim, cinematic first-person shooter set in the war between humans and the Helghast, featuring heavy cover-based gunplay and a squad-based multiplayer mode called Warzone.

Halo 2

Shooting and gunplay

Bungie's landmark sci-fi shooter tells its war story from both sides, switching between Master Chief and the Arbiter, with dual-wielding, vehicle hijacking and co-op. Its pioneering Xbox Live matchmaking multiplayer made it a console online legend.

Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force

Shooting and gunplay

A story-driven first-person shooter in the Star Trek universe built on the Quake 3 engine. As a Voyager crew member you fight the Borg and other foes alongside AI squadmates from the show, with a separate multiplayer mode too.

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