Is Red Faction®: Armageddon™ playable on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck verdict
Runs great
Yes — Red Faction®: Armageddon™ runs great on the Steam Deck.
Red Faction®: Armageddon™ runs great on the Steam Deck. Valve rates it Playable on the Steam Deck. The Linux/Proton community rates it Gold on ProtonDB across 47 reports. As a action game with full controller support, it's a comfortable fit for handheld play.
Game info
- Genres
- Action
- Developer
- Volition
- Publisher
- Deep Silver
- Release
- June 6, 2011
- Price
- $19.99
- Metacritic
- 74
System requirements
Windows specs from Steam — the Deck runs these through Proton.
- OS *: Windows® XP
- Processor: 2GHz Dual Core Processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon™ X2) or higher
- Memory: 2GB System RAM or more
- Graphics: 320MB Video RAM, GPU w/ Shader Model 3.0 support, NVIDIA® GeForce® 88xx series or better, ATI Radeon™ HD30xx series or better
- DirectX®: 9.0c
- Hard Drive: 7.5 GB
- Sound: 100% DirectX® 9.0C compliant sound card or equivalent onboard sound
- OS *: Microsoft® Windows® 7
- Processor: Any Quad Core Processor(Intel® Core i5 or AMD Phenom™ II X4) or 3.0+ Dual Core CPU
- Memory: 4GB System RAM or more
- Graphics: 1GB Video RAM, GPU w/ Shader Model 4.0 support, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 400 series or better, ATI Radeon™ HD5000 series or better
- DirectX®: 11
- Hard Drive: 7.5 GB
- Sound: 100% DirectX® 9.0C compliant sound card or equivalent onboard sound
Is Red Faction®: Armageddon™ compatible with Steam Deck?
Does it run?
- Valve rating
- Playable
Community rating · 47 reports (ProtonDB)
Does it run well?
Runs well with the default settings.
- ✓Shows a launcher / extra setup step
- ✓Controller glyphs don't match the Deck
- ✓Full controller support out of the box
- ✓Interface text is legible
- ✓Good performance with default settings
- ✓External controllers not supported for the main player
Red Faction®: Armageddon™ performance & FPS on Steam Deck
We don't have enough Steam Deck framerate reports for Red Faction®: Armageddon™ yet. Runs well with the default settings.
Battery & recommended settings
Estimated battery life
- Recommended preset
- ultra
- Typical power draw
- ~9 W
💡 SteamDeckPlayable tip: System Proton version 8.0-4 Steamos version 3.5
Tips for playing Red Faction®: Armageddon™ on Steam Deck
- •You may need to click through a launcher each time you start the game.
- •Button prompts may show Xbox or PlayStation icons instead of Steam Deck glyphs.
- •Default settings already run well — no major tweaks needed to play comfortably.
Frequently asked questions
›Is Red Faction®: Armageddon™ playable on Steam Deck?
Red Faction®: Armageddon™ <strong>runs great</strong> on the Steam Deck. Valve rates it <strong>Playable</strong> on the Steam Deck. The Linux/Proton community rates it <strong>Gold</strong> on ProtonDB across 47 reports.
›Is Red Faction®: Armageddon™ Steam Deck Verified?
Not Verified, but Valve rates Red Faction®: Armageddon™ as Playable on the Steam Deck.
›How many FPS does Red Faction®: Armageddon™ get on Steam Deck?
We don't publish a single FPS figure — framerate depends on your settings, the scene and your TDP limit. Valve reports good performance with the default settings.
›How long does the battery last playing Red Faction®: Armageddon™ on Steam Deck?
Steam Deck players report roughly 5h 33m at 40 fps on Red Faction®: Armageddon™ (from ShareDeck community reports). Capping the framerate and TDP lower stretches it further; higher brightness shortens it.
›Can you play Red Faction®: Armageddon™ multiplayer on Steam Deck?
Yes — Red Faction®: Armageddon™ has no Deck-blocking anti-cheat reported, so its online and multiplayer modes should work like on any PC.
›Can you play Red Faction®: Armageddon™ on Steam Deck?
Yes. Red Faction®: Armageddon™ runs on the Steam Deck straight from Steam — no manual Proton setup or config files needed.
›Can the Steam Deck run Red Faction®: Armageddon™?
Yes — Valve reports that Red Faction®: Armageddon™ performs well on the Steam Deck with its default settings.
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Community configurations
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