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Game data
Metacritic 95- Released
- 2010-05-18
- User rating
- 4.42 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Action
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series S/X, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
- ESRB
- Mature
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Game details · IGDB
A modern-day Western epic, Red Dead Redemption takes John Marston, a relic from the fast-closing time of the gunslinger, through an open world filled with wildlife, mini-games, and shootouts. Marston sets out to hunt down his old gang mates for the government, who have taken away his family. Along his journey, he meets many characters emblematic of the Wild West, heroism, and the new civilization.
- Released
- 2010
- Genres
- Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Engine
- RAGE
- Developer
- Rockstar North, Rockstar San Diego
- Publisher
- Rockstar Games, Take-Two Interactive
Key facts
- Developer
- Rockstar San Diego
- Publisher
- Rockstar Games
- Producers
- Steve Martin Josh Needleman David Kunkler
- Designers
- Christian Cantamessa Leslie Benzies
- Programmer
- Ted Carson
- Artists
- Joshua Bass Daren Bader Nick Trifunovic
- Writers
- Dan Houser Michael Unsworth Christian Cantamessa
- Composers
- Bill Elm Woody Jackson
- Series
- Red Dead
- Engine
- RAGE
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Windows Android iOS Nintendo Switch 2 PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S
- Release
- May 18, 2010 PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 NA : May 18, 2010 PAL : May 21, 2010 Switch , PlayStation 4 WW : August 17, 2023 Windows WW : October 29, 2024 Android , iOS , Switch 2 , PS5 , Xbox Series X/S WW : December 2, 2025
- Genre
- Action-adventure
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.rockstargames.com/reddeadredemption
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- publication date
- 2025-12-02
- Commons category
- Red Dead Redemption
- units sold
- 8000000
- review score
- 86/100
- software version identifier
- 1.08
- social media followers
- 23500
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Red Dead Redemption is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games. A successor to 2004's Red Dead Revolver, it is the second game in the Red Dead series. Red Dead Redemption is set during the decline of the American frontier in the year 1911. It follows John Marston, a former outlaw who, after his wife and son are taken hostage by the government in ransom for his services as a hired gun, sets out to bring three members of his former gang to justice. The narrative explores themes of the cycle of violence, masculinity, redemption, and the American Dream.
The game is played from a third-person perspective. The player can freely roam in its interactive open world, a fictionalized version of the Western United States and Northern Mexico, primarily by horseback, and on foot. Gunfights emphasize a gunslinger gameplay mechanic called "Dead Eye" that allows players to mark multiple shooting targets on enemies in slow motion. The game uses a morality system by which the player's actions affect their character's levels of honor, fame, and how other characters respond to the player. An online multiplayer mode is included with the original release, allowing up to 16 players to engage in both cooperative and competitive gameplay in a recreation of the single-player setting.