M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration
Worth it · Action · 2017
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99.
- Length
- 21.2h 27h to 100%
- Value
- $0.47/hr
- Reviews
- 88% of 213 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $7.99 (20% off). Calls like this were right 89% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
Colonize newly-discovered planets, control the resources found there, and defend your colony against other rival factions in real-time or turn-based action.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7, 410 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 55 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 30 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 3 percent on value. It is pricier than 73 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 90 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Super Sanctum TD ($4.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats Taur ($16.74, scores 45).
Players
- Players online
- 10 when we last checked, on Oct 9, 11:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Still one of the best turn-based strategy games I've ever played and it still holds up. Balanced, in-depth, many different ways to play and strategies to learn for all skill levels, but not too difficult to get started as a beginner. My dad bought be a boxed copy off the shelf in 1996 and I still enjoy playing to this day!
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Old School gaming at its best with this turned based or real time strategy game whichever you prefer. This is a solid strategy game with very interesting gaming mechanics, however only minor complaint is the older code is prone to game crashes as you get further in a larger map with many turns. If someone would spend a little more time perfecting the older code and contributing to its stability in higher end, and I...
Game is broken do NOT download.. I loved this game too but its broken here.. get it from another server. Freezes up after turn 50-150 or so and vehicles will not respond to commands and noone seems to care to fix it.. do NOT buy this.. its NOT the game we once loved..
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration scores 69/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/615250/m-a-x-mechanized-assault-explorationReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.