$19.99Maximum Action
A retro physics shooter where every fight is your own action movie: dive in slow motion, dual-wield machine guns, kick a rocket out of the air. Short, punchy levels built for one more go, a full level editor, and workshop mods to keep the mayhem fresh. Brutal, funny and fast.
Is Maximum Action worth it?
Maximum Action is worth it if…
- you want short, frantic bursts of shooting instead of a long campaign
- you like physics chaos where plans fall apart in funny ways
- you grew up on '80s and '90s action movies and want to live one
- you enjoy tinkering with level editors and workshop mods
- you can forgive jank in exchange for style
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Slow motion is the whole point
This is a shooter about style. You dive through doorways, slide across floors and kick enemies while time crawls, and the physics turn every move into its own little stunt. You drop a dive around a corner, land a kick that sends a thug flying, and the replay makes it look intentional. There are no skill trees or long cutscenes in the way: you spawn, you shoot, things explode, you go again. The gunplay is simple on purpose, so the fun comes from how creatively you can enter a room. If you ever wanted to star in your own heroic bloodshed flick, this is the closest a keyboard gets you.
A sandbox built for one more go
The campaign is short, and the game knows it: the real meat is replaying. The sandbox menu lets you restart any level with different weapon combinations or crank up the enemy count for a harder run. Beyond that there is a full level editor for building your own action scenes, plus workshop and mod support with hundreds of custom levels and weapons to try. Getting the most out of it takes a bit of imagination from you, since the game hands you toys rather than a checklist. Come for the shooting, stay for experimenting with what a modded rocket launcher does to a parking garage.
How long is the campaign?
How long does the game take to finish?
Not long. The built-in levels can be cleared in about half an hour, so treat the campaign as a warm-up rather than the main course. The value is in replaying levels with new weapon loadouts, harder enemy counts, custom workshop levels and mods. If you only want a long story-driven shooter, this is not it; if you like a toy box you keep coming back to, it works.
Can you play it solo?
Yes, it is a singleplayer game through and through. Every level, the sandbox menu, the level editor and the mods are all built around one player making their own mayhem. There is no multiplayer mode to rely on, so the fun depends on how much you enjoy experimenting alone with dives, kicks and questionable weapon combinations.
Is the violence as extreme as it looks?
Yes, and it is part of the appeal. The game leans into gore and dismemberment, with blood everywhere and bodies that react to the physics. Slow motion makes the carnage the centerpiece rather than background detail. It is stylized and often more funny than grim, but if graphic violence puts you off, this is one to skip.
