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Maximum Override
Maximum Override is a chaotic city destruction game where the machines come alive. Wreak havoc in a fully destructible randomly generated city with anything you can find.
View on Steam ↗ $6.99 (US · as of 2026-09-25)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 2026-05-14.
“Maximum Override, developed and published by Alientrap, is a physics-driven sandbox destruction game that thrives on a simple but entertaining concept: giving players the ability to possess and control almost any machine in a city and unleash chaos without restriction. Rather…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“This game is fun for like the first couple times playing the only 3 to 4 levels, I got this game a while ago and went back to see what the full release of the game was only to find out this is basically and unfinished abandoned game you can literally beat everything and do…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
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Latest official news
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Maximum Override now Released!
http://imgur.com/Om6pLPh.gif Maximum Override is now out of Early Access and released! 35% off launch discount We fixed a number of issues from our last content update - update 0.9 - and further optim
Maximum Override now Released!
http://imgur.com/Om6pLPh.gif Maximum Override is now out of Early Access and released! 35% off launch discount We fixed a number of issues from our last content update - update 0.9 - and further optim
Update 3! V0.9
http://imgur.com/0Xm3Esy.gif Changes: - New 'Las Loco' city, with some new vehicles (Limo), and a fire breathing robosaur - Bunch of new cars (Firetruck) and humans - Fixed a lot of 'out of thread' er
Update 3! V0.9
http://imgur.com/0Xm3Esy.gif Changes: - New 'Las Loco' city, with some new vehicles (Limo), and a fire breathing robosaur - Bunch of new cars (Firetruck) and humans - Fixed a lot of 'out of thread' er
v0.76 - Fixes!
Some fixes for our last update Fixed helicopter flying upwards Electrical Transformer can be taken over again Ferris Wheel - spins when idle, base now destructible Cow - Better moment/effects Fixed tr
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Action · Destruction · Indie · Casual · Simulation · Sandbox · VR · Early Access · Physics · Funny (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 3 |
| Official site | http://www.alientrap.org |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: XP/Vista/Windows 7 Processor: Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz (or AMD equivalent) Graphics: Geforce 9600 GS, Radeon HD4000, Shader Model 3.0, 512 MB DirectX: Version 7.0 Storage: 600 MB available space