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Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition cover art

Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition

Crytek Studios · Electronic Arts · 2011-03-22

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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

Aliens are decimating New York City, only you have the technology to survive. Be The Weapon.

44
playing now
85%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

44 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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
  • · 44 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 9% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 555k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 13,865 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 8 of 15 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

4662026-08-06 21:00 — 23 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 23 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 25 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 24 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 30 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 30 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 26 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 40 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 38 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 24 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 35 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 26 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 29 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 24 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 23 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 44 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$37.66$0.002015-01-012026-08-272015-01-01 — 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 $7.492026-08-27 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1991152026-05-29 — 154 pageviews2026-06-01 — 166 pageviews2026-06-04 — 142 pageviews2026-06-07 — 165 pageviews2026-06-10 — 146 pageviews2026-06-13 — 145 pageviews2026-06-16 — 177 pageviews2026-06-19 — 149 pageviews2026-06-22 — 140 pageviews2026-06-25 — 148 pageviews2026-06-28 — 191 pageviews2026-07-01 — 171 pageviews2026-07-04 — 152 pageviews2026-07-07 — 150 pageviews2026-07-10 — 134 pageviews2026-07-13 — 137 pageviews2026-07-16 — 150 pageviews2026-07-19 — 196 pageviews2026-07-22 — 146 pageviews2026-07-25 — 170 pageviews2026-07-28 — 171 pageviews2026-07-31 — 136 pageviews2026-08-03 — 125 pageviews2026-08-06 — 137 pageviews2026-08-09 — 135 pageviews2026-08-12 — 150 pageviews2026-08-15 — 133 pageviews2026-08-18 — 138 pageviews2026-08-21 — 155 pageviews2026-08-24 — 158 pageviews2026-08-25 — 150 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

Player tags

FPSActionAliensSci-fiShooterStealthAdventureBenchmarkFuturisticStory Rich

Census log

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

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