Players go around completing missions for the Red Faction and perform guerrilla actions to liberate various sectors of Mars from the control of the Earth Defense Force.

[1] The Geo-Mod engine enables the player to destroy parts of the walls, floors, and other features of the levels in a non-predefined manner using various explosive weapons.

A plague of an unknown origin sweeps through the colony, but Ultor does nothing to halt its propagation or to provide for the sick, prompting an uprising from the miners.

Taking place on Earth in the year 2080, the protagonist, Alias, is a genetically enhanced supersoldier formerly employed by the Ultor Corporation.

Nanotechnology developed by Dr. Capek (see Red Faction) has fallen into the hands of the EDF (who is now associated with Ultor) and many other terrorist groups.

The Earth Defense Force (EDF), the allies in the original "Red Faction", have become the main antagonist of Guerrilla.

Earth's natural resources have run scarce, and as a result, its global economy has collapsed from rampant speculation of commodities and lack of production.

[3] On June 4, 2010, the first footage of Red Faction: Armageddon debuted in the form of a short teaser trailer on GameTrailers.

In this game, the player can use a device called a Nano Forge to repair structures such as stairs, allowing them to progress through the caves.

[7] On June 27, 2011, THQ announced it was dropping the long-running Red Faction franchise; no more installments are in development due to poor sales of Armageddon.

While developer Volition was picked up by Deep Silver along with Saints Row, Red Faction was not a part of the transaction.

[12] Volition shut down in August 2023[13] and Red Faction was transferred back to Koch Media which was now named Plaion.

was never officially announced, a trailer and screenshots leaked on January 15 after the cancellation by THQ employees were released and the game's existence was confirmed.

It featured a cover system akin to Red Faction: Guerrilla and earned positive comparisons to that of Gears of War.

Red Faction: Battlegrounds is a top-down twin-stick vehicle-based shooter which is available via Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.

On the positive side, the series has been deeply commended for its unique geometry modification capabilities, intelligent AI, and prevalent storytelling themes.

[35] GameSpy awarded the game an overall score of 89/100 and called the PC version, "the best and most well-rounded first-person shooter released in a long time.

"[36] Red Faction II's short campaign and lack of online multiplayer has diminished reviews by many critics.

[37] IGN's positive side of their review called the game "a very solid, well-produced first-person shooter", but their complaints stated that: "Volition still shows some room for improvement when it comes to level design, spots of AI, and implementing the vast potential of the Geo-Mod concept".

[38] The PC version of Red Faction II was far less well-received, with IGN criticizing the port's average looking graphics and incredibly short, though enjoyable while it lasted single player mode.