Max Payne

2001 third-person shooter video game
VideoGame video_game Q1175156
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Summary

Max Payne is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,184 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Screenwriter: Sam Lake[3]
  • Composer: Kärtsy Hatakka[4], Kimmo Kajasto[5]
  • Publisher: Gathering of Developers[6], 3D Realms[7], Suntendy Interactive Multimedia Co.,Ltd.[8], Rockstar Games[9], MacSoft Games[10], Feral Interactive[11], Take-Two Interactive[12]
  • Genre: third-person shooter[13], neo-noir video game[14]
  • Followed by: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne[15]
  • Cast member: Julia Murney[16]
  • Producer: George Broussard[17], Scott Miller[18]
  • Developer: Remedy Entertainment[19], Rockstar Toronto[20], Rockstar Vienna[21], MacSoft Games[22], Grove Street Games[23]
  • Part of the series: Max Payne[24]
  • Collection: The Finnish Museum of Games[25]
  • Operating system: Android[26], iOS[27]
  • Software version identifier: 1.05[28]
  • Commons category: Max Payne[29]
  • Platform: PlayStation 2[30], Xbox[31], Android[32], macOS[33], iOS[34], Microsoft Windows[35], Dreamcast[36], Game Boy Advance[37]
  • Game mode: single-player video game[38]
  • Language of work or name: English[39], French[40], Spanish[41], Italian[42], Polish[43], Russian[44], Japanese[45], Standard Chinese[46], Brazilian Portuguese[47]
  • Distribution format: CD-ROM[48], digital download[49]
  • Review score: 89/100[50], 16/20[51]
  • Input device: computer keyboard[52], touchscreen[53], computer mouse[54]
  • Has part(s): bullet time[55]
  • Publication date: July 25, 2001[56], July 27, 2001[57], December 6, 2001[58], January 11, 2002[59], December 12, 2001[60], March 14, 2002[61], December 16, 2003[62], March 19, 2004[63], January 4, 2008[64]
  • Exhibition history: permanent exhibition of the Finnish Museum of Games[65]
  • Characters: Max Payne[66], Alfred Woden[67], Michelle Payne[68], Nicole Horne[69], Vladimir Lem[70], Boris Dime[71], Mona Sax[72], Vincent Gognitti[73], Frankie Niagara[74], Angelo Punchinello[75]

Why It Matters

Max Payne has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[76] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[77]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  63. [65] ↑ . vapriikki.fi. vapriikki.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [76] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [77] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Matthias M. · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk id → 32754, 32722, 32822
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Usk id: 32754, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/142829954|Max Payne (#142829954)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5476|USK]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 22d ago · Mule hollandaise · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gog dreamlist id → max-payne
    Review score → 89/100, 16/20
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Review score: 16/20, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275226|batch #275226]]"
  3. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → playstation:Max_Payne
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: playstation:Max_Payne, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/299342049|Max Payne (#299342049)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8180|PlayStat"
  4. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Max_Payne
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Games/Max_Payne, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  5. 12w ago · -jem- · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Platform → PlayStation 2, Xbox, Android +5
    Genre → third-person shooter, neo-noir video game
    My abandonware game id → c5q
    Gamersglobal game id → 50682
    + 215 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|3 */ Publication date: 25 July 2001"
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