| Console: | PC |
| TV Standard: | Region Not Set |
| Developer(s): | Volition, Inc. |
| Publisher(s): | THQ |
| Release Date: | 2011-06-07 |
| Co-op: | No |
| ESRB: | M - Mature 17+ |
| Type: | Shooter |
The game takes place on the planet Mars. It is set in the year 2170, fifty years after the events of Red Faction: Guerrilla. Since the liberation of Mars, the surface of the planet has become uninhabitable. This occurred when the massive Terraformer machine on Mars which supplied it with its Earth-like atmosphere was destroyed by Adam Hale, the games key antagonist, causing super-tornados and violent lightning storms to engulf the planet. In order to survive, the Colonists were forced to flee to the underground mines of Mars built by their ancestors, creating a network of habitable caves under the surface of the planet and setting up colonies there.
