Want to bring down Redfall’s vampire-loving cultists and their bloodsucking masters? We don’t blame you. But you may have heard rumblings that the game is online-only. So, can you actually play Redfall offline?
Can You Play Redfall Offline?
As of the latest and final patch, you can play Redfall offline. Developer Arkane Austin said, sometime after launch, that they would add an offline mode. It happened before, with Back 4 Blood, and the powers that be did indeed deliver.
Unfortunately, Redfall was not the success Microsoft and Arkane Austin hoped it would be, and the studio has since been closed by Microsoft. The failure of Redfall may not have been the only factor; after all, Tango Gameworks was shuttered after delivering the awesome and near-universally acclaimed Hi-Fi Rush. But it probably didn’t help.
Related: Can You Play MultiVersus Offline?
What Happens If Your Internet Connection Drops While Playing Redfall?
Originally, if your connection dropped and didn’t return within about 30 seconds, you’d get a message complaining that “Arknet Reset Failed.” However, that’s no longer the case.
You can play the whole game in offline mode solo (there’s no split-screen). However, even if you’re playing in online mode, if your connection drops, it’s not game over. Of course, you can expect anyone you were playing with to just disappear, but the game seems to switch into offline mode automatically if the connection drops.
If you’ve got zero interest in playing the game online at all, you can also go into the settings menu and set the game so that, by default, it starts in offline mode. So, on the subject of whether you can play Redfall offline, the answer is that while you originally couldn’t, you can now as long as you’ve updated your game to the latest patch.
Redfall is available now.
The above article was updated on 6/4/2024 by the original author to add additional information about Redfall’s offline capabilities.
