Games like Mad Max
If Mad Max is your kind of game, the closest matches are ZombieVan Drive, Need for Speed™ Most Wanted and FUMES — picked from the ranked list below. 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 →Mad Max (2015) is an open-world action-adventure game developed by Avalanche Studios and published by Warner Bros. Set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, the game combines vehicular combat with survival mechanics and third-person action across a vast explorable landscape. Players navigate the desert terrain in customizable vehicles while engaging in combat both on foot and from behind the wheel. The driving mechanics play a central role, with vehicle upgrades and combat encounters featuring prominently. Currently priced at $19.99 USD, the game holds a 91% positive rating from over 26,000 Steam reviews and runs verified on Steam Deck hardware.
About Mad Max: Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.
Players who liked Mad Max also play
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ZombieVan Drive
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Top pick for Mad Max fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
ZombieVan Drive is an arcade survival game in which you have to drive ZombieVan to exterminate zombies on the road.
Need for Speed™ Most Wanted
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Second-strongest match for Mad Max fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
The open-world action in Need for Speed Most Wanted gives you the freedom to drive your way. Hit jumps and shortcuts, switch cars, lie low or head for terrain that plays to your vehicle’s unique strengths. Fight your way past cops and rivals using skill, high-end car tech and tons of nitrous.
FUMES
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Third-strongest match for Mad Max fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Arm your vehicle with deadly weapons and roam endless wastelands in this fast-paced single-player car combat game. Collect upgrades for your car to melt enemies and giant bosses in this bizarre world. Retro vibe. Retro cars. Retro gameplay!
The Long Drive
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Ranked #4 for Mad Max fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.
Under the Sand REDUX - a road trip simulator
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Ranked #5 for Mad Max fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
You. Your car. And world under the sand.
Drive 4 Survival
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Ranked #6 for Mad Max fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Mad Max.
Drive 4 Survival is a struggle for survival mostly in the frozen wilderness, where you have to rely only on yourself and your car. Try to survive!
CyberTaxi
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Ranked #7 for Mad Max fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Mad Max.
CyberTaxi is an action-packed driving first-person shooter and taxi simulator set in a grim vision of the future. You play as a cab driver who works in a dark-noir Hindenburg city and strives to escape this hellish location.
Concept Destruction
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Ranked #8 for Mad Max fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Mad Max.
Concept Destruction is a demolition derby sandbox with miniature cars made of cardboard. Crash them into each other to earn points by destroying other vehicles. Pick a car model and crash other concept cars to begin mass production!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Mad Max
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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
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Reviewers of Mad Max cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Ushering in a new era for the METAL GEAR franchise with cutting-edge technology powered by the Fox Engine, METAL GEAR SOLID V: The Phantom Pain, will provide players a first-rate gaming experience as they are offered tactical freedom to carry out open-world missions.
Days Gone
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Reviewers of Mad Max cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.
Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
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Reviewers of Mad Max cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Discover Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, the classic pirate action-adventure game from 2013. Command your ship, hunt Templars and carve your legend as Edward Kenway across the Caribbean's Golden Age of Piracy.
Wasteland Remastered
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Reviewers of Mad Max cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The RPG classic rises from the nuclear ashes! Wasteland Remastered is an overhaul of the 1988 title that brought the post-apocalypse to video games. See where the Wasteland series began and experience the character and world the sequels are built on.
Red Dead Redemption 2
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Reviewers of Mad Max cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
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.
Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
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Reviewers of Mad Max cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
A storm is coming. Venture into the complete Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT on PC; forge your own path through this open-world action adventure and uncover its hidden wonders. Brought to you by Sucker Punch Productions, Nixxes Software and PlayStation Studios.
Sleeping Dogs
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Reviewers of Mad Max cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
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.
The Last of Us™ Part I
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Reviewers of Mad Max cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Mad Max at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under Mad Max on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
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 Mad Max on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mad Max.
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 Mad Max on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mad Max.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
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Priced ~50% under Mad Max on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mad Max.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~75% under Mad Max on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mad Max.
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 Mad Max on Steam right now. Shares Action with Mad Max.
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.
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 and Adventure with Mad Max.
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 Mad Max.
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. Shares Adventure with Mad Max.
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 and Adventure with Mad Max.
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
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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.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Mad Max.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Mad Max.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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More from Avalanche Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Avalanche Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Just Cause™ 3
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Another title from Avalanche Studios, the studio behind Mad Max. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
With over 1000 km² of complete freedom from sky to seabed, Rico Rodriguez returns to unleash chaos in the most creative and explosive ways imaginable.
Just Cause 2
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Another title from Avalanche Studios, the studio behind Mad Max. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.
Just Cause 4 Reloaded
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Another title from Avalanche Studios, the studio behind Mad Max. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Rogue agent Rico Rodriguez journeys to Solis, a huge South American world home of conflict, oppression and extreme weather conditions. Strap into your wingsuit, equip your fully customizable grappling hook, and get ready to bring the thunder!
RAGE 2
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Another title from Avalanche Studios, the studio behind Mad Max. Shares Action with Mad Max.
RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.
Just Cause
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Another title from Avalanche Studios, the studio behind Mad Max. Shares Action with Mad Max.
Your world...Your rules!
theHunter: Primal
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Another title from Avalanche Studios, the studio behind Mad Max. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
Hunt - Explore - SurviveThe most realistic prehistoric survival game ever created. Featuring a huge Cretaceous environment populated by horrifying dinosaur all-stars, such as T-Rex, Triceratops, Utahraptor, Velociraptor and Quetzalcoatlus.
Renegade Ops
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Another title from Avalanche Studios, the studio behind Mad Max. Shares Action with Mad Max.
Blast your way through enemy lines to defeat Inferno, a madman intent on global domination. Destruction just got awesome.
theHunter Classic
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Another title from Avalanche Studios, the studio behind Mad Max. Shares Action and Adventure with Mad Max.
The most realistic hunting experience awaits. Explore 12 reserves and hunt 45 unique species, ranging from waterfowl to big game. Over 100 weapons from state-of-the art rifles to bows. Customize your load-out with stands, blinds and dogs. Play alone or in multiplayer with up to 7 friends.
Frequently asked about Mad Max
- Is Mad Max verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Mad Max is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Mad Max cost?
- Mad Max is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Mad Max?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Mad Max are ZombieVan Drive, Need for Speed™ Most Wanted, FUMES.
- Who developed Mad Max?
- Mad Max was developed by Avalanche Studios and published by Warner Bros. Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Mad Max.
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