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Burkina Faso: Radical Insurgency
BF:RI is a military tactical shooter and a work of historical fiction set in war-torn Burkina Faso. You are a CIA SAC Tier 1 operator, assigned to Operation Sahel Dominion, a covert manhunt targeting the Leader of the Sahel Caliphate responsible for an act of terrorism on American soil.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“I bought the game on sale. Even though a lot of people talk bad about it, I don't think it's inherently bad. I really like the counter-terrorism setting with realistic skins and flags that you don't usually see in other games. Big kudos to the design itself. Gameplay-wise, it's…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“I'm giving this a thumbs up because it meets the criteria of what makes a functional game. But I'm returning it because it's not really a game for me. What is this game? Put simply, it's an action FPS with the skin of a Tactical Shooter. Think a slower paced Call of Duty kind of…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Promising action/tactical shooter but feels really inconsistent I got the game in early access because it looked like a sort of promising tactical shooter with some really cool visuals and it was alright in early access. It did come to "full release" way faster than I expected…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedLatest official news
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Patch #9
Changelog : - Massively decreased game size from 36.4 GB to 18.5 GB This will help in making future updates for BF:RI easier.
Patch #8
Changelog : - Fixed bug shotgun dealing no damage when buckshot ammo type was chosen - Fixed bug when pressing C you would perform jump even if keybind was not that - Fixed bug AI holding an LMG in ba
1.1 Update
Changelog: - New Side Mission "Supply Depot" - New Weapon "Havran-II" - Enemy AI Tab Advanced Settings - New Profile Slots Save System - Added Swap Weapon 1 Keybind - Added Swap Weapon 2 Keybind - Add
BF:RI 2026 Roadmap
ROUGHLY 2 months apart from each other, with exception of BF:RI's first post 1.0 update will be coming this January and the 1.2 update might also come earlier in February. Thank you for everyone who h
Patch #7
Changelog : - New weapon quickswap keybind - Added restart mission button in pause menu - Added return to base button in pause menu - Changed flashlight cone radius to be bigger and intensity lower -
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Shooter · FPS · 3D · First-Person · Early Access · Violent · Indie · Realistic · Dark · Military · Political (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish, Filipino, Indonesian * |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: 10 Processor: Intel HD 4400 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 770 DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 19 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card Additional Notes: These system requirements may not be accurate