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Max Payne

Remedy Entertainment · Rockstar Games · 2011-01-06

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Action

Franchise: Max Payne · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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…

Max Payne is an Action game released in 2011, priced at $3.49, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 15,854 reviews).

44
playing now
89%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (1783 ratings)
29
Nexus mods (45k downloads)
11h
to beat · rushed 7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.49
steam price (US)

44 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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).

Trailer

Max Payne trailer thumbnail

Max Payne - Official® Trailer [HD]

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 44 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 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 634k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,854 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$8.99-40%

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 32 of 38 observed days (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

117142026-09-15 12:00 — 29 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 43 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 24 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 36 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 71 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 40 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 26 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 49 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 37 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 33 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 46 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 49 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 28 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 48 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 81 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 37 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 49 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 76 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 28 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 54 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 117 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 51 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 44 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10012Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 61 · peak 165Dec 2012 — avg 29 · peak 144May 2013 — avg 39 · peak 143Oct 2013 — avg 18 · peak 88Mar 2014 — avg 72 · peak 407Aug 2014 — avg 75 · peak 393Jan 2015 — avg 44 · peak 158Jun 2015 — avg 33 · peak 126Nov 2015 — avg 20 · peak 65Apr 2016 — avg 22 · peak 47Sep 2016 — avg 34 · peak 179Feb 2017 — avg 19 · peak 46Jul 2017 — avg 30 · peak 79Dec 2017 — avg 52 · peak 159May 2018 — avg 29 · peak 64Oct 2018 — avg 28 · peak 59Mar 2019 — avg 24 · peak 61Aug 2019 — avg 32 · peak 62Jan 2020 — avg 52 · peak 173Jun 2020 — avg 48 · peak 194Nov 2020 — avg 42 · peak 179Apr 2021 — avg 50 · peak 132Sep 2021 — avg 39 · peak 79Feb 2022 — avg 52 · peak 115Jul 2022 — avg 40 · peak 99Dec 2022 — avg 33 · peak 83May 2023 — avg 32 · peak 77Oct 2023 — avg 30 · peak 92Mar 2024 — avg 43 · peak 117Aug 2024 — avg 35 · peak 86Jan 2025 — avg 53 · peak 166Jun 2025 — avg 41 · peak 100Nov 2025 — avg 52 · peak 128Apr 2026 — avg 47 · peak 110Aug 2026 — avg 47 · peak 121
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.382015-01-012026-10-092015-01-01 — 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 $3.492026-09-04 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k4622026-05-31 — 574 pageviews2026-06-04 — 515 pageviews2026-06-08 — 580 pageviews2026-06-12 — 486 pageviews2026-06-16 — 462 pageviews2026-06-20 — 562 pageviews2026-06-24 — 684 pageviews2026-06-28 — 751 pageviews2026-07-02 — 563 pageviews2026-07-06 — 626 pageviews2026-07-10 — 554 pageviews2026-07-14 — 549 pageviews2026-07-18 — 544 pageviews2026-07-22 — 552 pageviews2026-07-26 — 1,011 pageviews2026-07-30 — 551 pageviews2026-08-03 — 555 pageviews2026-08-07 — 515 pageviews2026-08-11 — 603 pageviews2026-08-15 — 555 pageviews2026-08-19 — 555 pageviews2026-08-23 — 654 pageviews2026-08-27 — 795 pageviews2026-08-31 — 995 pageviews2026-09-04 — 702 pageviews2026-09-08 — 639 pageviews2026-09-12 — 619 pageviews2026-09-16 — 604 pageviews2026-09-20 — 808 pageviews2026-09-24 — 901 pageviews2026-09-28 — 1,057 pageviews2026-10-02 — 763 pageviews2026-10-06 — 650 pageviews2026-10-09 — 613 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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

DarkNoirCrimeActionLinearClassicShooterDetectiveStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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