Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition

Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition

Fair · Shooter · 2011

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

WAIT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.

Today

$29.99Fair

Typical seasonal cut

$7.4975% offWorth it

Cost per hour▼
$3.33/hr
Reviews▼
85% of 13,889
Genre rank
Top 39% Shooter

Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews

Why
It needs 71% off ($8.61) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.49 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
9h
To 100%
14.5h 1.6x the story

Price and sales

Sales
76 on record
Typical cut
75% off
Steam low
$5.99 September 2014
Sale every
49d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $4.02 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
30 now
Cheaper than
7% of its genre
Better reviewed
69% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

Across all 76 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Its score puts it in the top 39 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 69 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Far Cry® ($9.99, scores 63) beats it on value, while it beats Crysis ($29.99, scores 42).

More about Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition

5 of the 761 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 70 percent of the 1,222 reviews written there were positive, against 85 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 31 days ago.

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
MonetizationNone
Checked: no in-game purchases or loot boxes. That earns a small credit unless Steam lists in-app purchases
Holding it back
Cost per hour$3.33/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Refunds5 of 761 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

Super negative review. awesome game, ruined by Electronic A$$ as usual.. multiplayer was disabled with no substitution when it was shut down. They didn't even bother to remove the login screen. then the game is technically a mess, because when you alt tab, the whole screen moves into a corner forcing you to restart the game entirely. Great reminder to never buy games from Electronic A$$ tho
QuickTime | F*** RussiaNot recommendedafter 4.9h3 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
At this time with the PIF owning >90% of EA and their aggressive push towards AI, this company can not be trusted. Andrew Wilson, you are the scum of the Earth.
SaradoughNot recommendedafter 8.1h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
Nota Geral | Overall Rating ⭐⭐⭐ Crysis 2 mudou o cenário do jogo, saindo da ilha aberta pra uma Nova York em ruínas, e conseguiu manter a qualidade que fez do primeiro jogo uma referência. A Crytek trocou o sandbox tropical por um ambiente urbano vertical, e o resultado é surpreendentemente coeso: os prédios destruídos, as ruas invadidas pelos Ceph e a verticalidade do cenário dão um novo propósito pro Nanosuit, que...
TotteMRecommendedafter 9.8h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Aliens are decimating New York City, only you have the technology to survive. Be The Weapon.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, NVidia 8800GT with 512Mb RAM or better, ATI 3850HD with 512Mb RAM or better, 9 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition scores 50/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/108800/crysis-2-maximum-edition
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperCrytek Studios
PublisherElectronic Arts
GenreShooter
Released2011
Players1.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate