Mad Max
Worth it · Shooter · 2015
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 85% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$2.9985% offWorth it
- Cost per hourS
- $0.99/hr
- ReviewsS
- 92% of 91,199
- Critics
- 73 players 19 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 7% Shooter
Holding it back: DRM, Monetization
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 20.1h
- To 100%
- 61.6h 3.1x the story
- Achievements
- 49
Price and sales
- Sales
- 74 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $1.99 November 2024
- Sale every
- 40d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 674 now
- Recent reviews
- 93% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 16% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 90% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
87% start to 4% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
74 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 2 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 7 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 90 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Fallout: New Vegas ($9.99, scores 92) beats it on value, while it beats Badlands Crew - Drive, Command, Conquer ($9.49, scores 47).
More about Mad Max
The press gave it 73; the people who bought it give it 92 percent. A 19-point gap in the buyer's favour.
3 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2025 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 69 percent of the 2,392 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (time-limited); the score docks it lightly for that.
20.1 hours to finish it, 62 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 3.1 times the campaign.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $2.99 (85% off). Predictions like this were right 87% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.
Last discount ended 16 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
What players say
Great game, even in 2026. Great progression feel, and good missions, action is fantastic. Some things can be very repetitive, but because of the of so many things to do at any time, the repetition doesn't feel like too much of a grind! Just a really good game, and lots of fun, even this long after its release!
2 more reviews
After playing and beating this game twice i think it's solidly one of my fav's. Here's what I'll say if you're thinking about purchasing this game. This is the perfect game if you like fast action, driving, and exploration. At it's heart and core this enitre game is a very repetitive gameplay loop of "hey, go find me this thing" you go there and beat people up, and mark the thing with a flare. I don't mind this loop...
Yet another victim of a great game killed by bad publishers. This game is CRAZY GOOD. I'm as serious as I can possibly be. I CANNOT believe that this game is as under the radar as it is with how great it is. For starters, the graphics still hold up even 11 years after its release. Second, it may have one of the most satisfying car upgrading mechanics in any game ever. Third, both car and on foot combat are great...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, 32 GB of storage. Windows only.
Cite this score
Mad Max scores 77/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/234140/mad-maxReviews 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 Nov 5, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.