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Max Payne

Catalogue entry · not reviewed · store data read 30 August 2026

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 hope to win. Prepare for pain…

First-Person Shooter

Player score

8.9/10

15,818 reviews

Released: 2001
Developer: Not recorded
Platforms: 7 systems
Critics: 89
Steam Deck: unknown
Download: Not stated

We have not written a full review of this game.This is a catalogue entry: everything below comes from a source we can link, checked on a stated date. There is no score and no verdict here, because we only publish those after a reviewer has played the game and written it up properly. Our team may well have played this one. Until someone writes the review, we are not going to imply a verdict we have not put our name to.

What is Max Payne?

Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.

The record

Catalogue facts
First released	25 July 2001
Developer	Not recorded
Publisher	Suntendy Interactive Multimedia Co.,Ltd., MacSoft Games, Gathering of Developers
Platforms	iOS, Android, iPad, Android Tablet, PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Genres	First-Person Shooter
Languages	1 supported

Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q1175156, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.

How was Max Payne received?

Players89%positive of 15,818 · Very Positive

Metacritic89critic aggregate, PC

Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Metacritic page. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.

What does it support?

Technical support
Capability	Support
Controller	Not stated
Cloud saves	No
Cross-platform play	No
Mod support	No official workshop
Online play	Single-player only
In-game purchases	No
Steam Deck	unknown
Download size	Not stated
Add-on content	None listed
Age gate	17+

Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.

What does it cost?

$3.49$9.99 list

Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.

Problems players report

We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Max Payne on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.

Crashes and freezes21 of 300 (7%)
However, go into this expecting to patch launcher crashes, audio not playing, buggy physics interactions, and potentially more.
Steam review, 19 March 2026 · 7 hours played · 21 readers marked it helpful
dont buy cant play it just crashes and has no sound at all
Steam review, 25 January 2026 · 0 hours played · 3 readers marked it helpful
Will not launch or install21 of 300 (7%)
Now the game does not even open.
Steam review, 29 January 2025 · 5 hours played · 8 readers marked it helpful
You cant pre grenade to get out of it, and you cant run up the stairs after triggering it in order to get away in time before they run up and gun you down lol if you gotta download community mods for your game to work you probably shouldnt be selling it
Steam review, 6 July 2025 · 2 hours played · 2 readers marked it helpful
Audio and subtitles16 of 300 (5%)
However, go into this expecting to patch launcher crashes, audio not playing, buggy physics interactions, and potentially more.
Steam review, 19 March 2026 · 7 hours played · 21 readers marked it helpful
Right from the beginning, the audio is completely cut.
Steam review, 22 August 2026 · 0 hours played · 2 readers marked it helpful
Performance and stutter11 of 300 (4%)
Max Payne is one of my favorite games and one of my favorite shooters, being a fun and challenging third person shooter in which you can slow down time and dive past corners to unleash lead on your enemies all in a cinematic fashion.
Steam review, 5 August 2024 · 9 hours played · 4 readers marked it helpful
Not so much the comic ones or the movie ones, but the game sometimes has in-engine events that play out, and it appears the timers and triggers don't work like they are supposed to on modern PCs (possibly related to FPS, but I don't really know).
Steam review, 8 February 2026 · 3 hours played · 2 readers marked it helpful

A further 37 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.

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Common questions about Max Payne

What platforms is Max Payne on?

Max Payne is available on iOS, Android, iPad, Android Tablet, PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox. It first released in 2001.

How much does Max Payne cost?

$3.49 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.

Do players recommend Max Payne?

89% of 15,818 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.

What is the Metacritic score for Max Payne?

89 out of 100 for the PC version, as published on the game's own Steam store page. Steam can lag Metacritic by a few points.