Games like Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
If Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is your kind of game, the closest matches are Max Payne, Max Payne 3 and DCOP — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cinematic staging enhances immersion, atmospheric and cinematic. 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 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a 2008 third-person action game from Remedy Entertainment, published by Rockstar Games. The noir shooter features bullet-time combat that lets players slow time during firefights, paired with a distinctive comic-panel presentation for cutscenes. Players navigate a dark narrative with challenging combat encounters, escort missions, and reused level environments across a medium-length solo campaign. The game runs playable on Steam Deck at $9.99 USD. Reviewers highlight the cinematic staging that enhances immersion and the iconic comic-book storytelling, while players describe the story as deeply emotional and the overall experience as melancholic. The game holds an 86 Metacritic score and 94% positive reviews from over 5,200 Steam users.
About Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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
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Shares bullet time combat and an atmospheric mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Top pick for Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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…
Max Payne 3
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Shares a dark mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Second-strongest match for Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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.
DCOP
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Third-strongest match for Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Step into the gritty world of law enforcement in DCOP, a groundbreaking full motion video (FMV) police simulator that thrusts players into the heart-pounding action of a newly graduated police officer facing off against a ruthless criminal syndicate.
Tell Some Story: Foz
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Ranked #4 for Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Ranked #5 for Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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.
Quantum Break
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Shares a cinematic mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Ranked #6 for Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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.
Hitman: Absolution™
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Ranked #7 for Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
The original assassin is back! Betrayed by the Agency and hunted by the police, Agent 47 finds himself pursuing redemption in a corrupt and twisted world.
Mafia: The Old Country
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Ranked #8 for Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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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Alan Wake
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Reviewers of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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.
Max Payne
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Shares bullet time combat and an atmospheric mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Reviewers of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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…
Tomb Raider Game of the Year
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Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.
The Wolf Among Us
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
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From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
Far Cry 3
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Shares a dark mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
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Discover the dark secrets of a lawless island ruled by violence and take the fight to the enemy as you try to escape. You’ll need more than luck to escape alive!
METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
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Reviewers of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist
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Shares a cinematic mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
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In this stealth-action thriller, a terrorist group known as the Engineers launches the Blacklist, a series of escalating attacks on US interests. Only one man can stop them: legendary covert agent Sam Fisher.
LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW RePOP
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Reviewers of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
The chainsaw-wielding cheerleader Juliet Starling returns in Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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
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Shares a cinematic mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Priced ~55% under Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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
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Priced ~90% under Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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
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Priced ~70% under Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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
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Priced ~50% under Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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
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Priced ~90% under Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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
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Priced ~50% under Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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!
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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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
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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
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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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
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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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Other recommendable Steam games by Remedy Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
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Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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 a cinematic mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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
WHY THIS
Shares bullet time combat and an atmospheric mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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…
Alan Wake's American Nightmare
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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
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Shares a dark mood with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Another title from Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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 2: The Fall of Max Payne
- Does Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne run on Steam Deck?
- Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne cost?
- Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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 2: The Fall of Max Payne?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne are Max Payne, Max Payne 3, DCOP.
- Who developed Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne?
- Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne was developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Rockstar Games.
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