Max: The Curse of Brotherhood
BANGER · Narrative · 2014
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $2.99.
- Length
- 6.3h
- Value
- $0.47/hr
- Reviews
- 95% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD 4000 or better, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood is a cinematic adventure filled with action-packed platforming and creative puzzle-solving. Armed with only a Magic Marker, Max must confront evil at every turn in a hostile and fantastical world in order to save his kid brother, Felix. Join Max on his great adventure!
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
November 2015 is where it bottomed out, at $2.99. It has been discounted 71 times in the 12 years tracked here, typically at 75 percent off, with about 7 weeks between sales.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 1 percent on value. It is pricier than 82 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including ElecHead ($9.99, scores 76) and La-Mulana 2 ($24.99, scores 71).
On this data it would still be a BANGER at $6.15. It costs $2.99.
Of the 335 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 83 percent of the 200 reviews written there were positive, against 95 percent overall, and those are 13 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 6.3 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
83% start to 5% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
6 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 14:50 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Two thumbs way up for this classic sleigh ride across many landscapes, caves, ladders, bridges, ponds, lava pools, etc. in Max's quest to save his little brother from a villain. Excellent scenery, platformer situations, boss fights with assorted monsters and handy uses for the "magic marker" (in the true sense of the word). Tearing out the eyeball plants was a humorous side achievement, as well. I was enthralled...
I am a huge fan of platform games and this is truly a great platform game. I played it on Xbox and now steam. I love the unique mechanics of the game, using a magic pen to create roots, vines and water as ways to help you progress. Honestly I haven't got a bad word to say about this game. Its very challenging and really charming.
Very Old Game, But It Still Holds Up Surprisingly Well. Puzzles Are Really Fun & Using Different Magic/Powers To Solve Them is A Good Idea. Good Balance Between Difficulty Level, Not Too Tough, Not Too Easy. Overall A Great Platformer 8/10
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Max: The Curse of Brotherhood scores 90/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/255390/max-the-curse-of-brotherhoodReviews 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 Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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