Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Noir third-person shooter built around slow-motion gunfights in New York
Remedy Entertainment · Published by Rockstar Games · Released Jan 4, 2008
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 15K
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 202 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 37
- peak 24h 58
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 86/100 (critic reviews)
What is Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne?
A single-player third-person shooter set during a dark night in New York City. As NYPD detective Max Payne, you fight through underworld gunmen using conventional weapons and slow-motion dives while investigating a murder connected to suspect Mona Sax.
For you if...
- +you enjoy story-focused shooters with a film-noir mood
- +you like fast gunfights built around slow-motion dives
- +you prefer dark, single-player crime stories
Not for you if...
- −you want multiplayer rather than a single-player campaign
- −you avoid dark and tragic crime stories
- −you dislike relying on manual saves during difficult sections
What players say
94% of 14,741 reviews are positive · 94% of 202 in the last 30 days
Players most often praise the smooth slow-motion gunplay, noir story, and rainy New York atmosphere. The most common complaint is that the game may not launch or may crash on modern PCs, with players commonly reporting a need for unofficial fixes or other tinkering.
Screenshots and trailer
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP
- Processor
- 1Ghz PIII/Athlon or 1.2Ghz Celeron/Duron processor
- Graphics
- 32MB AGP graphics card with hardware transform & lighting support
- Memory
- 256MB RAM
- Storage
- 1.5 GB hard drive space
- DirectX
- DirectX 9.0
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Age rating
- 17+
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
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