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Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition

Crytek Studios · Electronic Arts · 2011-03-22

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Mar 22, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition is an Action game released in 2011, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 13865 reviews).

8
playing now
85%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Crysis 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Crytek, published by Electronic Arts and released in North America, Australia and Europe in March 2011 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Officially announced on June 1, 2009, the game is the second main installment of the Crysis series, and a sequel to the 2007 video game Crysis, and its expansion Crysis Warhead. The story was written by Richard Morgan, while Peter Watts was consulted and wrote a novel adaptation of the game. It was the first game to showcase the CryEngine 3 game engine and the first game using the engine to be released on consoles. A sequel, Crysis 3, was released in 2013. A remastered version, titled Crysis 2 Remastered and following in the steps of Crysis Remastered, was released in 2021 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, also bundled as part of the Crysis Remastered Trilogy compilation.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 192 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 555k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,881 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.02 at GamesPlanet FR (2018-01-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 14 of 20 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27427420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3982026-09-15 12:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 21 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 31 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 15 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 16 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 39 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 16 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 22 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 28 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 21 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 17 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 27 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 23 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 25 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 33 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
96720Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 612 · peak 1,835Dec 2012 — avg 620 · peak 2,758May 2013 — avg 96 · peak 205Oct 2013 — avg 571 · peak 2,178Mar 2014 — avg 207 · peak 479Aug 2014 — avg 170 · peak 345Jan 2015 — avg 122 · peak 245Jun 2015 — avg 150 · peak 535Nov 2015 — avg 112 · peak 261Apr 2016 — avg 87 · peak 194Sep 2016 — avg 113 · peak 472Feb 2017 — avg 140 · peak 365Jul 2017 — avg 90 · peak 210Dec 2017 — avg 99 · peak 240May 2018 — avg 135 · peak 450Oct 2018 — avg 61 · peak 137Mar 2019 — avg 63 · peak 136Aug 2019 — avg 55 · peak 109Jan 2020 — avg 80 · peak 192Jun 2020 — avg 202 · peak 541Nov 2020 — avg 111 · peak 265Apr 2021 — avg 103 · peak 332Sep 2021 — avg 51 · peak 117Feb 2022 — avg 71 · peak 156Jul 2022 — avg 54 · peak 106Dec 2022 — avg 40 · peak 83May 2023 — avg 35 · peak 84Oct 2023 — avg 29 · peak 62Mar 2024 — avg 34 · peak 82Aug 2024 — avg 29 · peak 64Jan 2025 — avg 30 · peak 69Jun 2025 — avg 27 · peak 56Nov 2025 — avg 28 · peak 76Apr 2026 — avg 26 · peak 70Aug 2026 — avg 22 · peak 50
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$37.66$0.002015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $12.202015-03-20 — best price $29.992015-05-20 — best price $29.952015-06-22 — best price $29.992015-11-25 — best price $7.492016-04-01 — best price $14.992016-11-29 — best price $29.992017-07-18 — best price $7.492018-01-13 — best price $4.022018-11-01 — best price $29.992019-06-20 — best price $29.992019-12-01 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $7.492020-02-16 — best price $20.572020-06-13 — best price $4.992020-09-10 — best price $29.992020-09-28 — best price $29.992020-10-16 — best price $29.992020-11-03 — best price $29.992020-12-01 — best price $29.992020-12-21 — best price $26.992021-01-19 — best price $26.442021-02-11 — best price $29.992021-03-04 — best price $29.992021-03-22 — best price $29.992021-04-08 — best price $26.992021-07-08 — best price $29.992021-10-05 — best price $26.992022-01-11 — best price $29.992022-03-08 — best price $29.992022-09-13 — best price $29.992023-06-29 — best price $7.492024-11-27 — best price $7.492025-09-29 — best price $7.492026-06-18 — best price $7.492026-10-15 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1911052026-05-29 — 154 pageviews2026-06-02 — 174 pageviews2026-06-06 — 157 pageviews2026-06-10 — 146 pageviews2026-06-14 — 139 pageviews2026-06-18 — 179 pageviews2026-06-22 — 140 pageviews2026-06-26 — 133 pageviews2026-06-30 — 125 pageviews2026-07-04 — 152 pageviews2026-07-08 — 144 pageviews2026-07-12 — 146 pageviews2026-07-16 — 150 pageviews2026-07-20 — 150 pageviews2026-07-24 — 160 pageviews2026-07-28 — 171 pageviews2026-08-01 — 148 pageviews2026-08-05 — 132 pageviews2026-08-09 — 135 pageviews2026-08-13 — 162 pageviews2026-08-17 — 156 pageviews2026-08-21 — 155 pageviews2026-08-25 — 150 pageviews2026-08-29 — 191 pageviews2026-09-02 — 131 pageviews2026-09-06 — 152 pageviews2026-09-10 — 150 pageviews2026-09-14 — 145 pageviews2026-09-18 — 135 pageviews2026-09-22 — 126 pageviews2026-09-26 — 136 pageviews2026-09-30 — 131 pageviews2026-10-04 — 117 pageviews2026-10-07 — 147 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Turkish

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSActionAliensSci-fiShooterStealthAdventureBenchmarkFuturisticStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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