Single-player games like Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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…
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Max Payne 3
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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DCOP
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Tell Some Story: Foz
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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L.A. Noire
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of 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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Quantum Break
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Hitman: Absolution™
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Mafia: The Old Country
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Tomb Raider Game of the Year
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
Tomb Raider explores the intense origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a young woman to a hardened survivor.
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The Wolf Among Us
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
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.
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Far Cry 3
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
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!
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METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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...
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Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
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.
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LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW RePOP
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne.
The chainsaw-wielding cheerleader Juliet Starling returns in Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP!
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CONTROL Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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Death Rally
Single-player alternative to Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.