Mad Max
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ActionAdventureOpen WorldVehicular CombatPost-apocalypticDrivingSingleplayer

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Peak in the last 24 hours: 1,181

Peak in the last 7 days: 1,373

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Game description

Play as Mad Max, a reluctant hero and survivor who wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace.

Basic info

DeveloperAvalanche Studios
PublisherWarner Bros. Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateSep 1, 2015
Price

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Minimum specs

OS64 bit: Vista, Win 7, Win 8, Win 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-650, 3.2 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 Ghz
Memory6 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660ti (2 GB Memory or higher) or AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2 GB Memory or hi…
Storage32 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 435 reviews from the past 1 year

85.1/ 100
Top 40%

Steam rating: Very Positive (92%)

Metacritic: 73 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 22, 2026)

Car combat across a harsh desert wasteland is the heart of this open world action game, which scores 85.1 from 435 analyzed reviews.

👍 Strengths

73 reviews praise the world design, with distinct regions, rich environmental detail and a strong sense of isolation. 70 find it fun, and some say it stays fresh if you skip the less essential map activities. 70 say combat feels great, with weighty, brutal car fights and satisfying hand to hand brawls. Gameplay ranks 177th of 1396, and Visuals & Sound ranks 333rd of 1249.

👎 Where it falls short

117 reviews find it repetitive, as camps, challenges and fights follow the same pattern across regions. 32 are let down by the story, calling it thin, and some dislike a bleak ending. 18 feel progression is a grind, with lots of scrap collecting needed to upgrade the car. Content Volume ranks 970th of 1351, and Story & World ranks 663rd of 1096.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“world design is genuinely cool with distinct regions and great environmental storytelling” · 73 reviews
“car combat is fast, brutal, and insanely satisfying” · 70 reviews
“fun and fresh if you don't do all map content” · 70 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 69% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel +2.89 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Positive “car combat is fast, brutal, and insanely satisfying” · 70 reviews
Negative “driving handling feels slippery, camera fights you during combat” · 16 reviews

Progression 31% · Difficulty 9% · Onboarding 4% · Freedom 28% · Strategy 8%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 64% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.68 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “world design is genuinely cool with distinct regions and great environmental storytelling” · 73 reviews
Negative “world feels empty despite logical post-apocalyptic setting” · 2 reviews

Story 42% · Characters 12%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 48% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Variety -2.22 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition
Negative “fighting repetitive and boring, overall too repetitive” · 117 reviews
Positive “world is large but diverse, not repetitive like other open worlds” · 2 reviews

Volume 24% · Replayability 4%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 37% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.84 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “good graphics with insane gameplay and hand/vehicle combat” · 60 reviews
Negative “graphics appear low-quality with dated mechanics” · 2 reviews

Audio 14%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 6% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +4.05 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 1%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 8% of reviews · Top 20% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing +0.11 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “recommends buying on sale due to price concern” · 2 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 2% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 20% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Performance +0.28 · Frame rate, optimization, and loading times
Positive “game is very playable on the RTX GPU” · 6 reviews
Negative “texturas com falhas, modelos voadores, fps limitado a 59Hz” · 1 review

Stability 7% · Developer support 5%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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