Single-player games like Max Payne
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Max Payne, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Max Payne 3
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Tell Some Story: Foz
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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L.A. Noire
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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Mafia: The Old Country
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Mafia II: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Blake: The Visual Novel
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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Murdered: Soul Suspect
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Trepang2
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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CONTROL Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Vanquish
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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WET
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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F.E.A.R.
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Max Payne.
Experience the original F.E.A.R. along with F.E.A.R. Extraction Point and F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate.
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Severed Steel
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Max Payne.
An intense single-player FPS featuring a stylish movement system, completely destructible levels, and an acclaimed OST.
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My Friend Pedro
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Alan Wake
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Quantum Break
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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Death Rally
Single-player alternative to Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.