Games like Max Payne
If Max Payne is your kind of game, the closest matches are Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Max Payne 3 and Tell Some Story: Foz — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its storytelling through comic panels, writing quality is exceptional and atmospheric. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Max Payne is a third-person action game from Remedy Entertainment published by Rockstar Games, released in 2011 and currently priced at $9.99 on Steam. Players experience bullet-time combat where time slows during firefights to allow for precise shooting and stylish maneuvers. The game blends cinematic storytelling with graphic-novel cutscenes that guide players through a dark, atmospheric narrative. Reviewers note that the combat mechanics are innovative and thrilling, and the storytelling through comic panels creates an immersive noir experience. The game supports solo play only with checkpoint-saving progression and is not supported on Steam Deck. It holds an 86% positive rating from over 7,600 Steam reviews, with players describing it as atmospheric, dark, and immersive.
About Max Payne: 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…
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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
WHY THIS
Shares bullet time combat and an atmospheric mood with Max Payne.
Top pick for Max Payne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.
Max Payne 3
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Max Payne.
Second-strongest match for Max Payne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne.
No longer a New York City cop, Max Payne moves to São Paulo to protect a wealthy family in an effort to finally escape his troubled past. This complete edition of Max Payne 3 includes the complete original game and all previously released downloadable content.
Tell Some Story: Foz
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne.
Third-strongest match for Max Payne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Action-adventure + Third person shooter. The year is 2042, the near future, the gloomy world of cyberpunk will offer you the role of detective Foz. Random circumstances drag the hero into a showdown between gangs and corporations, where he has to make a choice on whose side he is.
L.A. Noire
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne.
Ranked #4 for Max Payne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
In his fight to climb the ranks and do what's right, LAPD detective Cole Phelps must unravel the truth behind a string of arson attacks, conspiracies, and brutal murders, battling the L.A. underworld and even members of his own department.
Mafia: The Old Country
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Max Payne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Uncover the origins of organized crime in Mafia: The Old Country, a gritty mob story set in the brutal underworld of 1900s Sicily. Fight to survive as Enzo Favara and prove your worth to the Family in this immersive third-person action-adventure.
Mafia II: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne.
Ranked #6 for Max Payne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne.
War hero Vito Scaletta becomes entangled with the mob in hopes of paying his father’s debts. Vito works to prove himself, climbing the family ladder with crimes of larger reward and consequence.
Blake: The Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne.
Ranked #7 for Max Payne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Graphic Novel meets Visual Novel in this story-rich, choice-driven thriller. Experience Blake’s journey as he encounters a clandestine nemesis, sparking a series of events that force him to choose between losing his sanity or rising to the challenge. Make the right decisions and save New Stone.
Murdered: Soul Suspect
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne.
Ranked #8 for Max Payne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne.
MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
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Sleeping Dogs
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Max Payne.
Reviewers of Max Payne cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne.
As Wei Shen, an undercover cop trying to take down the Triads, you'll have to fight your way up the organization without blowing your cover.
Trepang2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Max Payne cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Max Payne cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Vanquish
WHY THIS
Shares bullet time combat with Max Payne.
Reviewers of Max Payne cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne.
PlatinumGames’ revolutionary sci-fi action shooter slide-boosts onto PC. Battle legions of future-tech enemies using a vast arsenal of weapons, including all DLC. Fully unlocked framerate and gorgeous HD resolutions up to 4K. The definitive way to play: war has accelerated.
WET
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Max Payne cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Play Wet, a calm puzzle game. Move land to guide water through 32 fun puzzles. Think smart and solve each task in a world of peace and ease. Simple to play, hard to master, and made to soothe your mind.
Severed Steel
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Max Payne cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne.
An intense single-player FPS featuring a stylish movement system, completely destructible levels, and an acclaimed OST.
My Friend Pedro
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Max Payne cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne.
My Friend Pedro is a violent ballet about friendship, imagination, and one man’s struggle to obliterate anyone in his path at the behest of a sentient banana.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Max Payne at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
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More from Remedy Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by Remedy Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
WHY THIS
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Max Payne. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Alan Wake
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Max Payne. Shares Action with Max Payne.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
Quantum Break
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Max Payne.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Max Payne. Shares Action with Max Payne.
From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
WHY THIS
Shares bullet time combat and an atmospheric mood with Max Payne.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Max Payne. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Max Payne. Shares Action with Max Payne.
A thrilling new storyline, hordes of creepy enemies, serious firepower and beautiful Arizona locations, combined with a fun and challenging new game mode!
FBC: Firebreak
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Max Payne. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Purchase FBC: Firebreak and invite your friends to play the full game for free on any platform. FBC: Firebreak is a three-player cooperative first-person shooter set within a mysterious federal agency under assault by otherworldly forces.
Death Rally
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Max Payne.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Max Payne. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Load your guns, start your engines...THE CLASSIC IS BACK! Brought to you from Remedy, renowned developers of Max Payne and Alan Wake, Remedy's Death Rally classic top down racer is back, stronger and more vicious than ever.
Frequently asked about Max Payne
- Does Max Payne work on Steam Deck?
- Max Payne is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Max Payne cost?
- Max Payne is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Max Payne?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Max Payne are Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Max Payne 3, Tell Some Story: Foz.
- Who developed Max Payne?
- Max Payne was developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Rockstar Games.
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