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Max Payne
Remedy Entertainment · published by Rockstar Games · released Jan 6, 2011 · data updated Oct 24, 2026
by Remedy Entertainment, published by Rockstar Games
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
Released Jan 6, 2011
Steam figures
| Value | As of | |
|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | Very Positive · 88% positive of 12,854 Steam reviews | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Followers on Steam | 20,421 | Oct 19, 2026 |
| Regular US price | $9.99 | Oct 20, 2026 |
| Twitch peak viewers | 23 | Oct 23, 2026 |
New Steam reviews per month
| Month | New positive | New negative |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2025 | 60 | 7 |
| Dec 2025 | 88 | 17 |
| Jan 2026 | 125 | 33 |
| Feb 2026 | 95 | 11 |
| Mar 2026 | 63 | 5 |
| Apr 2026 | 68 | 17 |
| May 2026 | 49 | 11 |
| Jun 2026 | 76 | 12 |
| Jul 2026 | 75 | 20 |
| Aug 2026 | 74 | 20 |
| Sep 2026 | 70 | 15 |
Sales estimate
| Copies sold on Steam | 500k – 1.4M | |
|---|---|---|
| Gross revenue on Steam | $2M – $6.9M before refunds, tax and Steam’s cut | |
| Steam reviews by buyers | 12,854 | Oct 23, 2026 |
| Copies per review | 40–104 |
Estimates are based on an aggregation of industry-accepted conversion formulas. This game was on Steam before reviews began in November 2013; many copies sold before then have no review, so the ranges may be low. How this is estimated
Tag DNA
| Tag | Share of Steam games |
|---|---|
| Classic | 1 in 140 games |
| Bullet Time | 1 in 123 games |
| Noir | 1 in 87 games |
| Crime | 1 in 63 games |
| Great Soundtrack | 1 in 46 games |
| Third-Person Shooter | 1 in 41 games |
| Detective | 1 in 38 games |
| Dark | 1 in 12 games |
Games like Max Payne
| Game | Developer | Match | Steam reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | Remedy Entertainment | 97% | Very Positive · 12,278 |
| Max Payne 3 | Rockstar Studios | 86% | Very Positive · 55,615 |
| El Matador | Plastic Reality Technologies | 81% | Mostly Positive · 388 |
| El Paso, Elsewhere | Strange Scaffold | 73% | Very Positive · 1,405 |
| F.E.A.R. | Monolith Productions, Inc., Timegate | 66% | Very Positive · 14,134 |
| Mr. Fast | ZHANG FAN | 67% | Mostly Positive · 105 |
| Cyborg City | Cyborg Dreams | 71% | 9 reviews |
| Project Boost | Immersion Plus | 68% | 1 review |