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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 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a action, noir and third-person shooter game developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Rockstar Games.
Released on February 25th 2001 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 11,934 reviews of which 11,282 were positive and 652 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 3.56€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne into these genres:

Action Noir Third-Person Shooter Classic Bullet Time Story Rich Shooter Singleplayer Atmospheric Third Person Dark Great Soundtrack Cinematic Crime Detective Adventure Narrative Cult Classic Sequel

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP
  • Processor: 1Ghz PIII/Athlon or 1.2Ghz Celeron/Duron processor
  • Memory: 256MB RAM
  • Graphics: 32MB AGP graphics card with hardware transform & lighting support
  • DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0
  • Hard Drive: 1.5 GB hard drive space
  • Sound Card: DirectSound compatible sound card
  • Input: Keyboard and mouse
Recommended:
  • OS *: Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP
  • Processor: 1Ghz PIII/Athlon or 1.2Ghz Celeron/Duron processor
  • Memory: 512MB RAM
  • Graphics: 64MB DirectX 9 compatible AGP graphics card with hardware T&L support
  • DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0
  • Hard Drive: 1.5 GB hard drive space
  • Sound Card: DirectSound compatible sound card
  • Input: Keyboard and mouse

User reviews & Ratings

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April 2025
I remember the first time I played Max Payne 2. It was late 2003. I was fifteen — older, but still not quite ready for the deeper cut this story would leave. This time, the rain felt different. The city felt colder, and Max felt even more broken than before. But it wasn’t just a game. It was the beginning of the end. The game opened like a dream, a haunting blend of reality and nightmare. I saw Max slip deeper into his own madness. The world around him was chaos, and he was stuck in it. I wasn’t playing. I was spiraling with him. The lines between love, loss, and vengeance blurred like smoke. The gunfights were even more frantic than before, but this time, it wasn’t just survival. It was something darker. Something that felt inevitable. Max wasn’t trying to save himself anymore. He was just surviving the fall. Every moment in Max Payne 2 felt like a confession — a whisper in the dark. Max’s pain, his loss, they were no longer just part of the story. They were part of me. Every bullet he fired was another piece of his soul leaving him, and I felt the weight of each one. Sometimes, I’d pause. And just watch Max stand there, looking at nothing. A man caught between two worlds, trying to make sense of a life that had already shattered. The game wasn’t just about revenge anymore. It was about trying to survive the things that you couldn’t outrun.
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Feb. 2025
Just thought I should say this to anyone who is struggling to play the game on Windows 11. I spent 2 days trying to get the game to work, however it kept randomly crashing, sometimes after 10 minutes and other times as soon as I booted up the game. I followed every guide, downloaded every fix, but nothing seemed to work. Until some random comment on reddit from awhile ago suggested to change steam.exe affinity to 1 cpu in task manager. As soon as made this change the game worked. I've so far been able to play the game over the past day and with no crashes. I hope this helps anyone who is thinking of getting the game or is struggling to run it.
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Dec. 2024
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10
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Dec. 2024
Max Payne 2 is an exciting third-person shooter with a dark and gripping story. It’s a nostalgic masterpiece that was groundbreaking for its time, offering an unforgettable experience. It was also the first Remedy game I played many years ago, and recently replaying it brought back all the memories. 7/10
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Nov. 2024
This game will never get old and will be kept in our memories for ever. The theme song is fantastic. It reminds me of my best memories and happy times of my life.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne received 11,282 positive votes out of a total of 11,934 achieving an impressive rating of 9.19.
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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne was developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Rockstar Games.

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is not playable on MacOS.

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is not playable on Linux.

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a single-player game.

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne does not currently offer any DLC.

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne does not support Steam Remote Play.

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne PEGI 18
9.99€ -65% 9.99€ 3.56€
9.2
11,282
652
Game modes
Features
Online players
36
Developer
Remedy Entertainment
Publisher
Rockstar Games
Release 25 Feb 2001
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