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Max Payne 3

Rockstar Studios · Rockstar Games · 2012-05-31

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Action

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

Releases: May 18, 2012 (PlayStation 3), May 18, 2012 (Xbox 360), Jun 01, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 20, 2013 (Mac)

No longer a New York City cop, Max Payne moves to São Paulo to protect a wealthy family in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. This complete edition of Max Payne 3 includes the complete original game and all previously released downloadable content.

Max Payne 3 is an Action game released in 2012, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 64359 reviews).

215
playing now
87%
positive of 65k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (1154 ratings)
211
Nexus mods (604k downloads)
12h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 22h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

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

Max Payne 3 is a 2012 third-person shooter game developed and published by Rockstar Games. It is the sequel to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) and the third entry in the Max Payne series. In the single-player mode, the player controls Max Payne, a former NYPD detective. Nine years after the events of the second game, Max finds work as a private security contractor in São Paulo, Brazil, but becomes entangled in a plot involving death, corruption and betrayal. An online multiplayer mode is included with the game, allowing up to 16 players to engage in cooperative and competitive gameplay in recreations of single-player settings.

Trailer

Max Payne 3 trailer thumbnail

Max Payne 3 - Official Launch Trailer

≈514,634 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 215 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,009 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~501/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,535 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 2.6M–5.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 64,756 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$5.99-70%
Microsoft Store$6.99-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.98 at Nuuvem (2015-09-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 47 of 72 observed days · $4.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
80480420182026Week of 2018-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 570 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 581 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 508 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 433 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 571 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 446 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 474 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 715 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 804 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 292 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 449 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 387 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 466 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 17 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5761242026-09-14 20:00 — 356 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 174 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 198 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 346 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 259 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 173 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 327 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 222 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 143 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 338 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 256 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 124 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 224 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 217 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 206 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 429 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 346 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 182 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 250 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 401 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 321 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 233 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 443 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 215 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.4k131Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1,446 · peak 3,818Dec 2012 — avg 779 · peak 2,342May 2013 — avg 561 · peak 2,269Oct 2013 — avg 271 · peak 1,459Mar 2014 — avg 834 · peak 4,025Aug 2014 — avg 888 · peak 3,787Jan 2015 — avg 565 · peak 1,922Jun 2015 — avg 398 · peak 1,164Nov 2015 — avg 211 · peak 606Apr 2016 — avg 218 · peak 492Sep 2016 — avg 306 · peak 1,419Feb 2017 — avg 185 · peak 346Jul 2017 — avg 252 · peak 545Dec 2017 — avg 207 · peak 503May 2018 — avg 176 · peak 333Oct 2018 — avg 156 · peak 307Mar 2019 — avg 131 · peak 288Aug 2019 — avg 171 · peak 330Jan 2020 — avg 234 · peak 571Jun 2020 — avg 203 · peak 744Nov 2020 — avg 192 · peak 679Apr 2021 — avg 233 · peak 547Sep 2021 — avg 159 · peak 298Feb 2022 — avg 250 · peak 519Jul 2022 — avg 222 · peak 429Dec 2022 — avg 168 · peak 351May 2023 — avg 254 · peak 544Oct 2023 — avg 144 · peak 268Mar 2024 — avg 284 · peak 739Aug 2024 — avg 208 · peak 668Jan 2025 — avg 309 · peak 1,053Jun 2025 — avg 272 · peak 580Nov 2025 — avg 238 · peak 566Apr 2026 — avg 291 · peak 668Aug 2026 — avg 269 · peak 870
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
89892026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 89 new positive2026-09-22: 5 new negative2026-09-23: 11 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 5 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 18 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 28 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 18 new positive2026-09-30: 4 new negative2026-10-01: 11 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 17 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 31 new positive2026-10-05: 5 new negative2026-10-07: 32 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 31 new positive2026-10-09: 5 new negative2026-10-11: 17 new positive2026-10-11: 5 new negative2026-10-12: 22 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 17 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 10 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$34.99$2.132015-01-012026-10-122015-01-01 — best price $3.222015-03-17 — best price $20.492015-05-15 — best price $22.802015-07-24 — best price $2.132015-12-04 — best price $5.002016-02-05 — best price $4.992016-04-12 — best price $5.002016-08-01 — best price $6.942016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-03-27 — best price $6.612017-08-18 — best price $18.472017-12-05 — best price $19.992018-06-12 — best price $19.992018-09-29 — best price $22.462019-02-21 — best price $8.922019-09-05 — best price $19.992019-12-03 — best price $19.992020-02-10 — best price $19.642020-07-09 — best price $19.992021-02-23 — best price $34.992021-07-25 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-05-27 — best price $6.992022-08-12 — best price $19.992022-11-15 — best price $31.492023-02-04 — best price $19.992023-05-27 — best price $17.482023-10-05 — best price $6.092024-01-17 — best price $19.992024-04-05 — best price $17.832024-06-28 — best price $17.832024-10-17 — best price $17.832025-01-16 — best price $5.222025-03-29 — best price $17.832025-07-19 — best price $19.992025-11-20 — best price $5.992026-05-07 — best price $5.282026-08-09 — best price $5.282026-09-14 — best price $5.402026-10-12 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.6k4092026-05-30 — 554 pageviews2026-06-03 — 496 pageviews2026-06-07 — 633 pageviews2026-06-11 — 505 pageviews2026-06-15 — 409 pageviews2026-06-19 — 634 pageviews2026-06-23 — 589 pageviews2026-06-27 — 851 pageviews2026-07-01 — 719 pageviews2026-07-05 — 769 pageviews2026-07-09 — 560 pageviews2026-07-13 — 601 pageviews2026-07-17 — 517 pageviews2026-07-21 — 490 pageviews2026-07-25 — 729 pageviews2026-07-29 — 464 pageviews2026-08-02 — 550 pageviews2026-08-06 — 508 pageviews2026-08-10 — 523 pageviews2026-08-14 — 450 pageviews2026-08-18 — 563 pageviews2026-08-22 — 575 pageviews2026-08-26 — 706 pageviews2026-08-30 — 1,703 pageviews2026-09-03 — 921 pageviews2026-09-07 — 931 pageviews2026-09-11 — 729 pageviews2026-09-15 — 659 pageviews2026-09-19 — 789 pageviews2026-09-23 — 690 pageviews2026-09-27 — 809 pageviews2026-10-01 — 625 pageviews2026-10-05 — 598 pageviews2026-10-09 — 558 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

7602026-10-01 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-06 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
64.1%
earned "Part I Complete"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller Support

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)65,8642%68
Xbox 360 (Xbox)62,3261%67
Steam (Steam)57,3552%67

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

NoirActionNudityShooterViolentAdventureCinematicStory RichAtmosphericBullet Time

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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