Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-10
- Sequel improves on original greatly
- Gameplay is excellent and fun
- Bullet time is iconic mechanic
- Game fails to launch
- Game is too short
- Worse than the first game
Emotions
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows <8GB VRAMpositiveWindows 12-15GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 14,470
- Positive
- 13,64494.3%
- Negative
- 8265.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 1,093,494
- Estimated revenue
- $10,924,005
- Game price
- $10
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 793.22%
- Estimated copies lost
- 5,970
- Estimated revenue lost
- $59,640
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 803.3% Avg playtime 0.6h | 1606.5% Avg playtime 0.8h |
| > 2h playtime | 953.9% Avg playtime 13.2h | 2,12186.4% Avg playtime 12.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 5.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 32.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,611.8 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
2,456 total
Organic purchasers2,17388.5%
Voted up: 92%
Key activations28311.5%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
2,456 total
First impression0-2h30912.6%
Voted up: 71%
Mid game2-10h1,67468.2%
Voted up: 96%
Late game10-20h32813.4%
Voted up: 97%
Endgame20h+1455.90%
Voted up: 96%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
93.9%
Global baseline 92.9%
33 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 14,470 total.