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Max: The Curse of Brotherhood

Press Play · Xbox Game Studios · 2014-05-21

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 21, 2014 (Xbox 360), Nov 10, 2017 (PlayStation 4), May 21, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 20, 2013 (Xbox One), Dec 21, 2017 (Nintendo Switch)

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a cinematic adventure filled with action-packed platforming and creative puzzle-solving. Armed with only a Magic Marker, Max must confront evil at every turn in a hostile and fantastical world in order to save his kid brother, Felix. Join Max on his great adventure!

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is an Adventure game released in 2014, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 1657 reviews).

1
playing now
95%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (49 ratings)
4.42★
PlayStation Store rating (474 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a 2013 puzzle-platform video game developed by Press Play and published by Microsoft Studios. It was originally released in 2013 for Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch and later on PlayStation 4. The game was announced during Microsoft's E3 2013 press event. It is a sequel to Press Play's previous work, the 2010 game Max & the Magic Marker. A sequel was planned but cancelled following the closure of Press Play in 2016.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 69 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 41k–99k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,657 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2015-11-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120172026Week of 2017-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992015-01-012026-10-102015-01-01 — best price $3.742015-09-07 — best price $3.752015-12-22 — best price $2.992016-06-23 — best price $2.992016-12-22 — best price $2.992017-11-22 — best price $3.742018-02-15 — best price $3.742018-11-21 — best price $3.742019-02-04 — best price $3.742019-11-26 — best price $3.742020-01-23 — best price $3.742020-06-25 — best price $3.742020-11-25 — best price $3.742021-02-11 — best price $3.742021-06-24 — best price $3.742021-12-22 — best price $3.742022-04-07 — best price $3.742022-06-23 — best price $3.742022-11-01 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-06-15 — best price $14.992023-10-05 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-09 — best price $4.942024-09-20 — best price $4.942024-12-19 — best price $3.742025-03-13 — best price $3.742025-06-07 — best price $3.742025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-06-05 — best price $2.992026-08-29 — best price $3.742026-09-26 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

64152026-06-02 — 24 pageviews2026-06-06 — 24 pageviews2026-06-10 — 30 pageviews2026-06-14 — 18 pageviews2026-06-18 — 27 pageviews2026-06-22 — 25 pageviews2026-06-26 — 23 pageviews2026-06-30 — 28 pageviews2026-07-04 — 30 pageviews2026-07-08 — 32 pageviews2026-07-12 — 32 pageviews2026-07-16 — 24 pageviews2026-07-20 — 36 pageviews2026-07-24 — 36 pageviews2026-07-28 — 27 pageviews2026-08-01 — 19 pageviews2026-08-05 — 29 pageviews2026-08-09 — 24 pageviews2026-08-13 — 19 pageviews2026-08-17 — 31 pageviews2026-08-21 — 27 pageviews2026-08-25 — 27 pageviews2026-08-29 — 33 pageviews2026-09-02 — 25 pageviews2026-09-06 — 26 pageviews2026-09-10 — 21 pageviews2026-09-14 — 29 pageviews2026-09-18 — 28 pageviews2026-09-22 — 37 pageviews2026-09-26 — 20 pageviews2026-09-30 — 22 pageviews2026-10-04 — 22 pageviews2026-10-08 — 32 pageviews2026-10-11 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
82.6%
earned "Just getting started"
33.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)59,92813%36
Steam (Steam)2,61213%27
Xbox 360 (Xbox)2,60922%27
Xbox 360 (Xbox)11937%27
Switch (Nintendo)310%0
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

2D2.5DFunnyIndieActionPuzzleAdventureControllerPlatformerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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