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Max Payne

Remedy Entertainment · Rockstar Games · 2011-01-06

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

Action

Franchise: Max Payne · Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 22, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Mar 14, 2002 (Xbox), Jun 14, 2012 (Android), Jan 11, 2002 (PlayStation 2), Apr 12, 2012 (iOS), Jul 16, 2002 (Mac)

Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…

85
playing now
89%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (1783 ratings)
11h
to beat · rushed 7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.49
steam price (US)

85 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Max Payne is a 2001 third-person shooter game developed by Remedy Entertainment. It was originally released for Windows by Gathering of Developers in July 2001. The game centers on former New York City Police Department (NYPD) detective Max Payne, who attempts to solve the murder of his family while investigating a mysterious new designer drug called "Valkyr". While doing so, Max becomes entangled in a large and complex conspiracy involving a major pharmaceutical company, organized crime, a secret society, and the United States Armed Forces. The game features a gritty neo-noir style and uses graphic novel panels with voice-overs as its primary means of storytelling, drawing inspiration from hard-boiled detective novels by authors like Mickey Spillane. It contains many allusions to Norse mythology, particularly the myth of Ragnarök and several names. The gameplay is heavily influenced by the Hong Kong action cinema genre, particularly the work of director John Woo, and it was one of the first games to feature the bullet time effect popularized by The Matrix (1999).

Health check

Healthy
  • · 85 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 765 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~96/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 632k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,809 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$3.49-65%
Steam$3.49-65%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.49-65%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.91 at Nuuvem (2015-07-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 34 of 35 observed days · $14.08 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32632620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

85172026-08-06 21:00 — 49 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 43 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 61 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 44 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 70 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 32 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 46 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 59 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 38 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 40 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 32 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 54 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 22 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 41 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 64 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 37 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 34 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 66 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 57 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 52 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 70 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 43 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 34 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 68 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 85 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.382015-01-012026-08-282015-01-01 — best price $1.382015-03-17 — best price $10.492015-05-20 — best price $9.992015-08-20 — best price $14.992015-12-22 — best price $2.492016-03-01 — best price $8.342016-07-24 — best price $3.492016-11-23 — best price $2.802017-04-09 — best price $3.502017-10-23 — best price $3.492018-02-15 — best price $3.492018-09-28 — best price $12.192019-08-29 — best price $3.492019-12-13 — best price $8.032020-02-16 — best price $8.232020-06-04 — best price $9.992020-07-15 — best price $9.992020-08-17 — best price $8.892020-09-28 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $8.892020-12-17 — best price $3.492021-03-18 — best price $3.492021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-03-02 — best price $11.122022-06-03 — best price $9.992022-08-29 — best price $3.492023-01-10 — best price $8.992023-07-05 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $3.492024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-08-19 — best price $3.492026-05-07 — best price $3.492026-08-28 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.4k4622026-05-31 — 574 pageviews2026-06-03 — 579 pageviews2026-06-06 — 541 pageviews2026-06-09 — 566 pageviews2026-06-12 — 486 pageviews2026-06-15 — 462 pageviews2026-06-18 — 507 pageviews2026-06-21 — 558 pageviews2026-06-24 — 684 pageviews2026-06-27 — 690 pageviews2026-06-30 — 666 pageviews2026-07-03 — 582 pageviews2026-07-06 — 626 pageviews2026-07-09 — 542 pageviews2026-07-12 — 531 pageviews2026-07-15 — 508 pageviews2026-07-18 — 544 pageviews2026-07-21 — 535 pageviews2026-07-24 — 922 pageviews2026-07-27 — 728 pageviews2026-07-30 — 551 pageviews2026-08-02 — 567 pageviews2026-08-05 — 564 pageviews2026-08-08 — 550 pageviews2026-08-11 — 603 pageviews2026-08-14 — 566 pageviews2026-08-17 — 584 pageviews2026-08-20 — 586 pageviews2026-08-23 — 654 pageviews2026-08-26 — 649 pageviews2026-08-28 — 1,394 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)6,37625%11

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

DarkNoirCrimeActionLinearClassicShooterDetectiveStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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