

Max Stern
Lupan Artiom Oleg · October 21, 2016 · Action, Indie, Adventure, Platformer
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Max Stern price by region
Max Stern costs €0.46 in Europe (EUR), $0.53 in the United States, $0.53 in Georgia (USD), £0.58 in the United Kingdom, zł3.65 in Poland, CA$5.49 in Canada, NZ$5.99 in New Zealand, A$7.50 in Australia and R$10.49 in Brazil right now.
| Region | Best price | Official store | Key shop | Stores |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| €0.46 −88% | €3.99 | €0.46 | 3 | |
| $0.53 −89% | $4.99 | $0.53 | 3 | |
| $0.53 −82% | $2.99 | $0.53 | 3 | |
| £0.58 −85% | £3.99 | £0.58 | 3 | |
| zł3.65 −80% | zł17.99 | zł3.65 | 2 | |
| CA$5.49 | CA$5.49 | — | 1 | |
| NZ$5.99 | NZ$5.99 | — | 1 | |
| A$7.50 | A$7.50 | — | 1 | |
| R$10.49 | R$10.49 | — | 1 |
Each row is a real price from that region's own stores, not a currency conversion, so the figures are not directly comparable. Switch regions in the header to shop the one you buy in.
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About Max Stern
Max Stern is a story driven platformer with a brief but intricate plot, referring to a sequence of events, which happened in alternative history in the mid-19th century.
While Victorian England just began harvesting the successful results or Her Vaporous Majesty reign, on the outskirts of the great empire there took place some events, completely ignored by the wider society.
Believe or not, the wandering island with thick jungle and tumble-down buildings, swarming with armed skeletons, is not a proper place to be. Don’t panic! As a battle-seasoned smuggler, you’ll clear the way through all the obstacles to your airship.
One day, as Max, a former officer of Her Vaporous Majesty, transported contraband cargo of ammunition, his airship was knocked out over a mysterious tropical island. The force of impact threw Max out of the airship, while it kept moving on automatic pilot and finally fell to the ground at the other end of the island.
When Max came to himself in the jungle, he decided to move through the thicket to find his airship or at least its debris. At that moment he didn’t even imagine the hell, he would go through…
Find out the destiny of Spanish colonists and native Indians, who became a part of a monstrous story. Help Max to bring together all the pieces of this exiting and complicated chronicle and attempt to solve riddles no human is supposed to know. Try to save your life and unintentionally become a witness of some horrific events, which took place many centuries ago.
- An island full of dangers, traps and ruthless enemies
- You’ll have various guns to grind your vicious foes into dust
- If at any point your guns seem insufficient, use mines with no doubt
- Although not very smart, the skeletons are not an easy mark at all. As they are equipped and armed differently, some of them will make you struggle for your life real hard
- Sometimes shooting is not enough, and you’ll have to solve puzzles to come up with it
- Try your luck and find hidden places and secret levels
Max Stern — game info
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
- Player modes
- Single-player
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Players consistently criticize Max Stern for its frustrating design choices that undermine the platformer experience, particularly the inclusion of fall damage, annoying combat against armored skeletons, and unresponsive controls built on the Construct 2 engine. While some acknowledge the game's decent artwork and Victorian steampunk aesthetic, these positives are overshadowed by poor mechanics, design flaws, and a price point that players feel is too high for what the game delivers.
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[h1]Follow our [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36214917/]Curator Group for more reviews[/url][/h1] Max Stern is an action platformer that is difficult in an annoying, frustrating way, rather than a fun, challenging way. The core of the game is a generic platformer, but it is layered with a combat and health system that make it much less fun than it could have been. Fall damage is generally nonexistent in platformers, but for whatever reason, it makes an appearance in Max Stern. The combat system involves you shooting skeletons, but they also have weapons to fire back at you. In open areas, combat is easy and boring, but in enclosed rooms you are almost guaranteed to get hit once. This, when combined with fall damage, makes the game mostly about finding health. There is no health regeneration, so you need to find small amounts of 10 or 20 health, but a fall is 20 health on its own. It has a minor plot to it, but it's pretty weak and isn't really the focus of the game. The puzzles are pretty simplistic and uninteresting. Overall, Max Stern doesn't really have any highlights, it generally ranges from awful to mediocre, but never becomes fun. 1/10 [quote] Visit our [url=ht…7 found this helpful
I would rater rip ♥♥♥♥ out of my ass hair than have to kill another armoured skeleton. Good day.3 found this helpful
Max Stern is a story driven platformer with a brief but intricate plot, referring to a sequence of events, which happened in alternative history in the mid-19th century. While Victorian England just began harvesting the successful results or Her Vaporous Majesty reign, on the outskirts of the great empire there took place some events, completely ignored by the wider society. Believe or not, the wandering island with thick jungle and tumble-down buildings, swarming with armed skeletons, is not a proper place to be. Don’t panic! As a battle-seasoned smuggler, you’ll clear the way through all the obstacles to your airship. One day, as Max, a former officer of Her Vaporous Majesty, transported contraband cargo of ammunition, his airship was knocked out over a mysterious tropical island. The force of impact threw Max out of the airship, while it kept moving on automatic pilot and finally fell to the ground at the other end of the island. When Max came to himself in the jungle, he decided to move through the thicket to find his airship or at least its debris. At that moment he didn’t even imagine the hell, he would go through… Find out the destiny of Spanish colonists and native Indians…1 found this helpful
Max Stern is a 2D retro platformer/shooter with puzzle elements built with the clunky Construct 2 engine. Guide "Max Stern", some kind of gnome or something, across an island to defeat his enemies etc. Construct 2 really is a terrible game engine. There's no working full screen mode here, controls can't be customised. In a lot of places the controls don't work. I had to press "W" about three times to climb up a ladder. Badly made games are an exercise in frustration. The only saving grace here is that the artwork is pretty good, but that doesn't save a bad game. Also, $7.50 is way too high a price for a platformer. Note: My high playtime here is caused by a faulty trading card idler.1 found this helpful
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