Alpine Faction is an actively developed, free, and open source patch/modification for the 2001 FPS game Red Faction. It's not a source port, but its goals and features are similar to what you might expect from one. Alpine Faction is a fork of and uses Rafalh's incredible Dash Faction project as its foundation.

Alpine Faction endevours to fix bugs and resolve security vulnerabilities in the stock game, improve compatibility with modern systems, restore cut content, enhance engine performance and graphical quality, and modernize your experience by adding features that are expected in modern games.

Alpine Faction provides players, mappers, mod developers, and server operators with the tools to truly realize what their experience with this fantastic game can be.

Major new features in Alpine Faction v1.2.0 (Willow) are:
* New multiplayer gametypes:
- King of the Hill (KOTH)
- Damage Control (DC)
- Revolt (REV)
- Escalation (ESC)
- Run (RUN)
* Improved scoreboard with client status icons
* Many new level editor capabilities for mod developers
* Enhanced Direct3D 11 support
* Servers can run multiple gametypes in the same rotation and customize gameplay rules per-level
* Scroll wheel support for lists in the menus
* TOML-based configuration for dedicated servers

More information: Alpine Faction 1.2.0 Highlights
Website: Alpine Faction Website
Source code: Alpine Faction on GitHub

Bannasty · Sun 7 Dec 2025, 0:17 · Oddball and 4 others like this User Rating: 👍 Recommended!   ⚠️ The file has been updated since this review was written. The comments may not apply to the newest version. Alpine Faction is hands down the best way to play RF1 in 2025. It's a must have imho. The developer is also incredibly active in the discord so it's so easy to get in touch. 10/10 will recommend to every red faction player

Name	Date Added	Downloads	Quick Links
Alpine Faction 1.2.2 (Willow) (newest)	01/04/2026	3195	[Download]
Alpine Faction 1.2.1 (Willow)	12/31/2025	446	[Download]
Alpine Faction 1.2.0 (Willow) (you are here)	12/07/2025	4603	[Download]
Alpine Faction 1.1.0 (Tamarack)	04/19/2025	10835	[Download]
Alpine Faction 1.0.0 (Maple)	01/25/2025	2230	[Download]

(Old revisions are provided for historical reference purposes. They may be incomplete, or have bugs or other issues.)