Games like Max Payne 3
If Max Payne 3 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Max Payne and L.A. Noire — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its dark, grim and immersive. 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 3 is a 2012 third-person action game developed by Rockstar Studios. Players describe it as dark and grim, with an immersive narrative driven by the titular character's internal monologue. Reviewers highlight that the bullet-time mechanics feel weighty and responsive, and that Max's narration is darkly humorous and self-aware. The soundtrack by Health enhances the mood, and reviewers note the story is unapologetically brutal and invasive. The game features a cover system, last-stand mechanics, and permadeath modes alongside its core bullet-time action. Set in São Paulo, the story follows Max as he works to protect a wealthy family. The complete edition includes all previously released downloadable content. It is priced at $19.99 USD and is currently playable on Steam Deck, holding an 85% positive rating from over 23,000 Steam reviews.
About Max Payne 3: 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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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
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Shares a dark mood with Max Payne 3.
Top pick for Max Payne 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
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
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Max Payne 3.
Second-strongest match for Max Payne 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
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…
L.A. Noire
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Max Payne 3.
Third-strongest match for Max Payne 3 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 II: Definitive Edition
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Shares a dark mood with Max Payne 3.
Ranked #4 for Max Payne 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
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.
HITMAN World of Assassination
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Shares a dark mood with Max Payne 3.
Ranked #5 for Max Payne 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
Enter the world of the ultimate assassin. HITMAN World of Assassination delivers the definitive stealth action experience, putting you in the shoes of Agent 47, a master assassin. Explore immersive locations, uncover hidden secrets, and eliminate targets with complete freedom of approach.
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
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Shares a grim mood with Max Payne 3.
Ranked #6 for Max Payne 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
Pure adrenaline of non-stop action in Single Player, Online Co-op and Multiplayer. Double the pleasure and mayhem with new multiplayer DLCs! (click for details)
Mafia III: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Max Payne 3.
Ranked #7 for Max Payne 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
After Lincoln Clay's surrogate family, the black mob, is betrayed and killed by the Italian Mafia, Lincoln builds a new family and blazes a path of revenge through the Mafioso responsible.
Hitman: Absolution™
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Shares a dark mood with Max Payne 3.
Ranked #8 for Max Payne 3 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
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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Max Payne
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Max Payne 3.
Reviewers of Max Payne 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
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…
Red Dead Redemption 2
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Max Payne 3.
Reviewers of Max Payne 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
Sleeping Dogs
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Shares an intense mood with Max Payne 3.
Reviewers of Max Payne 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
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.
My Friend Pedro
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Reviewers of Max Payne 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
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.
Uncharted Ocean
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Reviewers of Max Payne 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
This is a world of oceans, islands and ships. Players will start their own journey from Faro, facing an impermanent ocean and awkward opponents, and gradually build a strong fleet with wisdom and luck. The chaotic seas and tempting treasures, under the guidance of the banner, work hard for survival！
Into The Matrix
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Reviewers of Max Payne 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
"Into The Matrix" is a multiplayer horror game where you and your friends must explore, survive, and outsmart dangers . Many entities are after you, but the Overseer is the true threat. Can you escape its grasp?
CONTROL Ultimate Edition
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Reviewers of Max Payne 3 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Max Payne 3 at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Max Payne 3 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~50% under Max Payne 3 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
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Priced ~50% under Max Payne 3 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Max Payne 3 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~75% under Max Payne 3 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
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!
R.E.P.O.
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Priced ~65% under Max Payne 3 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
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 3.
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 3.
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.
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 3.
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 3.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Max Payne 3.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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Frequently asked about Max Payne 3
- Does Max Payne 3 run on Steam Deck?
- Max Payne 3 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 3 cost?
- Max Payne 3 is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Max Payne 3 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Max Payne 3 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Max Payne 3?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Max Payne 3 are Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Max Payne, L.A. Noire.
- Who developed Max Payne 3?
- Max Payne 3 was developed by Rockstar Studios and published by Rockstar Games.
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