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Lead a Martian rebellion in an open-world action game where you raid EDF forces and demolish buildings to reshape fights.
Released 15 Sep 2009
Demolish EDF Strongholds
Breach Walls with Hammers
Fight from Tanks and Mechs
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.
Developed by Volition, Reactor Zero, THQ Nordic · Published by Deep Silver









On Mars, you join the Red Faction resistance as it fights to free settlements from the Earth Defense Force. The campaign moves through occupied sectors in a world of mining outposts, settlements, and EDF strongholds.
Take on missions and guerrilla activities in the order you choose, using third-person combat, explosives, a sledgehammer, and vehicles to attack enemy forces and infrastructure. Buildings can be weakened and collapsed, while breaches in walls and other structures can create routes, escapes, or tactical advantages.
Damaging EDF targets helps weaken their control of a sector and supports the resistance’s advance. Collect scrap from wreckage to unlock weapon and equipment upgrades, and use vehicles including tanks and mechs. Destruction persists in the world, leaving the results of raids behind.
Many supplied reviews value the physics-driven destruction, especially the freedom to bring down buildings in different ways and use the resulting wreckage to change encounters. Some also enjoy the lasting damage, Martian setting, and vehicles. Opinions are more divided on the surrounding campaign: repeated activities, a thin story, and dated shooting or driving appear among the criticisms.


| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 60 |
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| Players | From 1 (maximum not specified) |
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| Multiplayer | The store page confirms single-player and multiplayer. The official description says there are "a variety of highly destructive multiplayer combat modes," which supports online competitive multiplayer. Reviews and patch notes also describe Wrecking Crew as a separate destruction mode playable solo or in local co-op, and note join-in-progress and host migration for multiplayer. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Reviews mention mods generally and mention community-made multiplayer maps, but the provided official text does not confirm multiplayer mod support. One review claims Steam Workshop support for custom missions and new multiplayer maps, but this is not corroborated by the listed Steam features. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
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| Metacritic | 82/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
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