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Maximum Action

George Mandell · Balloon Moose Games · 2018-09-19

SteamGOG

ActionIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 19, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

MAXIMUM Action is a brutal and satisfying physics-based first person shooter influenced by Hong Kong cinema, heroic slow motion bloodshed, and old-school FPS ACTION.

3
playing now
89%
positive of 3.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Maximum Action is a 2018 indie first-person shooter video game created by American developer George Mandell and self-published by Mandell under the name Balloon Moose Games. The game features gun fu, ragdoll physics, and player movement inspired by Hong Kong action cinema.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 154 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 97k–234k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,897 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2020-09-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 13 of 29 observed days · $12.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27927920182026Week of 2018-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1012026-08-07 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$7.492018-09-192026-08-302018-09-19 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $13.492019-11-01 — best price $14.992020-01-23 — best price $11.992020-05-25 — best price $14.992020-09-28 — best price $11.242021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $11.242021-11-24 — best price $11.992022-01-10 — best price $13.492022-06-23 — best price $10.042022-09-14 — best price $14.992022-12-13 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $11.242023-06-29 — best price $7.492023-07-31 — best price $7.492023-09-19 — best price $19.992023-11-07 — best price $19.992023-12-13 — best price $11.992024-01-20 — best price $19.992024-02-28 — best price $19.992024-05-20 — best price $19.992024-06-19 — best price $9.992024-09-16 — best price $13.392024-11-18 — best price $13.392025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-06 — best price $13.392025-04-14 — best price $19.992025-06-18 — best price $11.992025-07-31 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-13 — best price $14.992026-01-03 — best price $14.992026-06-01 — best price $14.992026-08-26 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1932026-05-24 — 14 pageviews2026-05-27 — 7 pageviews2026-05-30 — 12 pageviews2026-06-02 — 6 pageviews2026-06-05 — 15 pageviews2026-06-08 — 7 pageviews2026-06-11 — 5 pageviews2026-06-14 — 7 pageviews2026-06-17 — 6 pageviews2026-06-20 — 7 pageviews2026-06-23 — 14 pageviews2026-06-26 — 11 pageviews2026-06-29 — 10 pageviews2026-07-02 — 10 pageviews2026-07-05 — 15 pageviews2026-07-08 — 7 pageviews2026-07-11 — 14 pageviews2026-07-14 — 5 pageviews2026-07-17 — 13 pageviews2026-07-20 — 10 pageviews2026-07-23 — 6 pageviews2026-07-26 — 5 pageviews2026-07-29 — 12 pageviews2026-08-01 — 12 pageviews2026-08-04 — 11 pageviews2026-08-07 — 14 pageviews2026-08-10 — 7 pageviews2026-08-13 — 6 pageviews2026-08-16 — 3 pageviews2026-08-19 — 9 pageviews2026-08-21 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
0%
earned "He Thinks He's God"
0%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)0—1

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

FPSGoreBloodIndieRetroActionPhysicsShooterViolentFast-Paced

Census log

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

Recent updates

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