Excellent vehicular combat and driving
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Mad Max has the best vehicular combat in any open world game I have played thus far.”
Steam review · 88 h played ↗
Mad Max
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Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%Avalanche Studios2015Vehicular Combat · Driving · Action
The verdict
A fun, atmospheric open-world car-combat game with brutal Arkham-style melee and addictive car upgrades, but built on a repetitive grind. Skip it if you hate collectathons or old-port bugs.
Great for
Mad Max fans who enjoy car combat, upgrading a ride and Far Cry-style map clearing, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Repetitive grind of camps and scrap, plus broken settings or audio on modern PCs
What players love
Immersive wasteland atmosphere and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The skyboxes might be top five best of all time.”
Steam review · 36 h played ↗
Cheap on sale and an underrated gem
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“It goes on sale fairly often, so I recommend it as a wishlist weight that you pick up for $3”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
Satisfying Magnum Opus upgrades and customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The really interesting part that made the game stand on its own was the customization to the car and how the progress of the game reflects it.”
Steam review · 25.4 h played ↗
Brutal, weighty melee combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The hand-to-hand combat is incredible; you don’t see grounded, weighty melee systems like this much anymore, and every punch feels like it connects.”
Steam review · 65.9 h played ↗
Runs well, including on Steam Deck and old PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“the game is amazingly well optimized and runs & looks well even on mid-range PC’s from that era”
Steam review · 54.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive grind and Ubisoft-style open world
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“I realized it is going to be the same tasks on repeat for 50+ more hours”
Steam review · 19.2 h played ↗
Bugs and broken settings, audio, menus
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Literally the worst/buggiest first impression of a game I've ever had.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Floaty driving and frustrating races
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Making the AI in the race mission faster and handle better than in the normal game play and at critical points making the player's can handle like ♥♥♥♥ is just the most frustrating part of this game.”
Steam review · 107.8 h played ↗
Won't launch or crashes on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“It crashes on the initial loading screen when it first boots up.”
Steam review · 68.3 h played ↗
Story missions locked behind side-grind
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“Even main story missions are locked behind completing side activities.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support32 GB
Minimum
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 RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660ti (2 GB Memory or higher) or AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2 GB Memory or higher)
Storage32 GB available space
Recommended
OS64 bit: Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1, Win 10
ProcessorIntel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (3 GB Memory or higher) or AMD Radeon HD 7970 (3 GB Memory or higher)
Storage32 GB available space
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 RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660ti (2 GB Memory or higher) or AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2 GB Memory or higher)
Storage32 GB available space
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