Max Payne 3
Last updated: 2026-02-14
- Highly praised and enjoyable gameplay mechanics.
- Impressive graphics with great details.
- Excellent story and engaging narrative.
- Immersive environments with mature themes.
- Excessive unskippable cutscenes disrupt gameplay.
- Frequent crashes and technical issues reported.
Emotions
Players are frustrated with the game's technical issues, such as frequent crashes, long loading times, and compatibility problems. The excessive and unskippable cutscenes, along with poor gameplay mechanics and controls, also contribute to this frustration.
Players feel disappointed as the game does not live up to the standards set by its predecessors. The shift in tone, lack of atmosphere, and poor story quality compared to previous games are major contributors to this disappointment.
Players express anger due to the game's poor character development, frustrating gameplay elements, and frequent crashes. The excessive cutscenes and poor understanding of the franchise's spirit also fuel this anger.
Players are excited about the game's excellent shooting mechanics and overall fun gameplay. The fast-paced action and enjoyable setting contribute to this excitement.
Players regret purchasing the game, feeling that it was a waste of money due to its poor quality and disappointing experience.
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 61,230
- Positive
- 53,15186.8%
- Negative
- 8,07913.2%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 4,477,313
- Estimated revenue
- $89,501,487
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 1602.49%
- Estimated copies lost
- 11,700
- Estimated revenue lost
- $233,883
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 1612.5% Avg playtime 0.9h | 951.5% Avg playtime 1.1h |
| > 2h playtime | 5248.1% Avg playtime 16h | 5,65687.9% Avg playtime 24.2h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 1.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 31.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 75.9 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,627.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
6,436 total
Organic purchasers5,98092.9%
Voted up: 89%
Key activations4567.09%
Voted up: 90%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
6,436 total
First impression0-2h3805.90%
Voted up: 51%
Mid game2-10h3,13448.7%
Voted up: 91%
Late game10-20h1,85028.7%
Voted up: 93%
Endgame20h+1,07216.7%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
86.1%
Global baseline 89.4%
115 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 61,230 total.