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Maximum Action

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

SteamGOG

ActionIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Maximum Action is a $19.99 Action, Indie, and Early Access game released in 2018, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (89% of 3897 reviews).

2
playing now
89%
positive of 3.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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.

Trailer

Maximum Action trailer thumbnail

Maximum Action - Don't Stop The Action Trailer

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 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 8% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 98k–235k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,911 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99-40%

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 12 of 67 observed days · $4.50 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

1202026-09-15 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
331Sep 2018Aug 2026Sep 2018 — avg 3 · peak 16Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 14Mar 2019 — avg 6 · peak 22Jun 2019 — avg 33 · peak 106Sep 2019 — avg 15 · peak 55Dec 2019 — avg 18 · peak 54Mar 2020 — avg 11 · peak 34Jun 2020 — avg 24 · peak 101Sep 2020 — avg 27 · peak 123Dec 2020 — avg 10 · peak 29Mar 2021 — avg 10 · peak 26Jun 2021 — avg 12 · peak 66Sep 2021 — avg 8 · peak 25Dec 2021 — avg 10 · peak 24Mar 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17Jun 2022 — avg 8 · peak 24Sep 2022 — avg 16 · peak 64Dec 2022 — avg 11 · peak 41Mar 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 25Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Dec 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Jun 2024 — avg 7 · peak 21Sep 2024 — avg 14 · peak 42Dec 2024 — avg 11 · peak 32Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 29Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 25Sep 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 31Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$7.492018-09-192026-10-142018-09-19 — best price $14.992019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-03-02 — best price $14.992020-09-07 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-12-22 — best price $9.742022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-09-07 — best price $11.242022-12-13 — best price $14.992023-03-20 — best price $11.242023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-08-09 — best price $19.992023-11-02 — best price $14.992023-12-13 — best price $11.992024-02-12 — best price $11.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-06-14 — best price $13.992024-09-10 — best price $9.992024-11-18 — best price $13.392025-01-07 — best price $13.392025-03-17 — best price $19.992025-05-20 — best price $13.392025-07-23 — best price $13.392025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-24 — best price $19.992026-01-18 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-08-30 — best price $19.992026-09-05 — best price $19.992026-09-11 — best price $19.992026-09-17 — best price $19.992026-09-23 — best price $19.992026-09-29 — best price $19.992026-10-05 — best price $19.992026-10-11 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6532026-05-24 — 14 pageviews2026-05-28 — 7 pageviews2026-06-01 — 6 pageviews2026-06-05 — 15 pageviews2026-06-09 — 11 pageviews2026-06-13 — 12 pageviews2026-06-17 — 6 pageviews2026-06-21 — 8 pageviews2026-06-25 — 10 pageviews2026-06-29 — 10 pageviews2026-07-03 — 19 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 14 pageviews2026-07-15 — 13 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-23 — 6 pageviews2026-07-27 — 9 pageviews2026-07-31 — 8 pageviews2026-08-04 — 11 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-12 — 9 pageviews2026-08-16 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 8 pageviews2026-08-24 — 65 pageviews2026-08-28 — 7 pageviews2026-09-01 — 4 pageviews2026-09-05 — 17 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 11 pageviews2026-09-17 — 8 pageviews2026-09-21 — 13 pageviews2026-09-25 — 3 pageviews2026-09-29 — 12 pageviews2026-10-03 — 15 pageviews2026-10-07 — 4 pageviews2026-10-11 — 4 pageviews2026-10-12 — 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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