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Maniac
Ever just tired of it all? Ready for change? Wanna bet it all on sheer mayhem and destruction? In comes Maniac, a rogue-lite crime action game in which the world goes against you, and your insanity creates chaos!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
48 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“This game combines the top-down perspective of early Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto 2, but in a more accessible way. The first few runs feel pretty fun and fast-paced, especially before you start worrying about…”
13 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“good value! 0.29 cents on fanatical. good non woke game.”
“Fun quick game, cannot go wrong when getting it on sale But the videos are not representing the game properly. It may look like GTA 1-2, but it is not... no real missions, you have to survive for 20 minutes for a nuke…”
“This is one of those games where you find yourself thinking, oh it's only 1am, one more go ... then another ... aaaand another. Is it deep? Pffft, no. Is it meaningful and going to leave you pondering life? Nope. Is it…”
11 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“This is one of those games where you find yourself thinking, oh it's only 1am, one more go ... then another ... aaaand another. Is it deep? Pffft, no. Is it meaningful and going to leave you pondering life? Nope. Is it…”
“honestly really fun, has a bunch of replay-ability, its very fun when you unlock some of those overpowered weapons like the tank or flamethrower, and its really fun just blowing up stuff really good for the price it is…”
7 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“[h1]KILL FRENZY: the game.[/h1] [b]And remember money is everything.[/b] [b]An[/b] arcadey, simplistic, and lighthearted (at least in the presentation) urban rampage simulator inspired by the DMA Design classics from…”
4 of the 77 reviews raise this.
“I don't really know what kind of evaluation to give this game. Consider it a "meh" instead of a "negative". During my second run, I unlocked 3 characters, and there's 6 of them. The game is a real homage to the GTA…”
“Maniac is a great game for the price point. It plays well and has reasonably good balance. You can easily get a few hours of fun in.”
13 of the 77 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“I'm usually a bit hesitant to give indie games a bad review, but this time it might make sense if it helps people to think twice before buying in case something like GTA 1 or 2 is wanted. Because this game is way too…”
“Put your money in a more deserving game. The characters can only be upgraded to certain levels; which is when an assortment of problems start happening in maps; and the characters have to be upgraded, to obtain certain…”
“This game combines the top-down perspective of early Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto 2, but in a more accessible way. The first few runs feel pretty fun and fast-paced, especially before you start worrying about…”
6 of the 77 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“it's not very good and gets old after about 15mins”
“Boring and gets old real soon. Steam's not granting me the refund because I am exceeding refund policy time by two weeks so might as well leave a negative review instead then.”
“Its got that original GTA Birds eye view feel. Overall fun to play. Needs new characters and levels other than that it was good”
6 of the 77 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Put your money in a more deserving game. The characters can only be upgraded to certain levels; which is when an assortment of problems start happening in maps; and the characters have to be upgraded, to obtain certain…”
“This game combines the top-down perspective of early Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto 2, but in a more accessible way. The first few runs feel pretty fun and fast-paced, especially before you start worrying about…”
“I love it!!! I never liked roguelikes before—I even had the whole category hidden in the store. I played Brotato and hated it. But now I’m seriously thinking about giving the genre another shot. CONS: Besides the game…”
4 of the 77 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“This game combines the top-down perspective of early Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto 2, but in a more accessible way. The first few runs feel pretty fun and fast-paced, especially before you start worrying about…”
3 of the 77 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Put your money in a more deserving game. The characters can only be upgraded to certain levels; which is when an assortment of problems start happening in maps; and the characters have to be upgraded, to obtain certain…”
Counted across 77 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“If you get it for like 3 bucks or so, it's worth it. Anything over that, no. It has the depth of an Atari 2600 game. But it's fun once a week for 10 minutes, for about 10 weeks.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Plays like GTA and GTA 2. Great callback to those classics while adding a modern twist. Solid controls, fun repeatitive gameplay. Overall I had a really good time with this one. Worth picking up even at full price but it's a steal on sale.”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“Like playing the original GTA games on steroids, with added meth and bath salts to give it the most chaotic and destructive police chases ever. There's not much to it - it's a one trick pony of a game, but it nails the trick perfectly.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Chaotic Evil Bundle Released!
The Chaotic Evil bundle is officially live and ready for you to dive into! Featuring two adrenaline-pumping games, Maniac and Fatal Zone, this bundle is a must-have for fans of chaos and destruction.
Steam Cards, Discount & Steam Deck
Happy Christmas again!! I've got a new patch and some goodies for you kids! First of all there's some new achievements some of you begged for. You wanted milestones for kills. I made them for people k
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Racing, RPG, Simulation |
| Player tags | Singleplayer · Simulation · Action Roguelike · Top-Down Shooter · Bullet Hell · Top-Down · Rogue-like · Action · Sandbox · Arcade · Open World · Twin Stick Shooter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Arabic, Greek, Romanian, Turkish, Hebrew |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 65 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+) Processor: X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DX10, DX11, and DX12-capable GPUs DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 200 MB available space