Maniac

Basically lite GTA Chinatown Wars, but with half a dozen one-man army psychos & Michael Bay is directing it.

So far I've been liking this game, really feels like a mix between the original GTA games and Postal.

Maniac is basically a much more light-hearted version of Hatred. That being said, it does everything that game does but better. You play as a homocidal maniac and the only goal is to cause as much mayhem as possible in a highly destructible sandbox city; eventually surviving long enough to set off a nuclear explosion. The forces that work together to stop your reign of terror starts small and eventually escalates to DEFCON1; starting with street cops and SWAT teams and working up to the military and even aliens. You'll be hounded and chased down by police cars, armored vehicles, tanks, APCs, attack helicopters, fighter jets, stealth bombers, and UFOs. You can hijack vehicles or run and gun on foot; picking up upgrades and weapons as you go while dodging the cars trying to ram you and the authorities trying to gun you down. Maniac is highly replayable though because of the rouge-lite nature of the game and the meta progression that you engage with every time you die or complete a level. With the money you collect during your runs you can upgrade the various stats and starting kit across several different characters, allowing your runs to last longer and adding a bit of strategy to how you spec your characters. The sheer pandemonium, explosions, and ragdoll physics at any given moment during the higher wanted levels is crazy. There will be a constant bevy of cars chaotically swerving around a plethora of viscerally colorful explosions while a hail of bullets fly from all directions. Stealth bombers will level the area while Apache choppers launch barrages of homing missiles, and what's really remarkable about this game is how well optimized it is! All these hundreds of explosions and moving assets all at once and not one CTD or game breaking bug. If I was to criticize anything about this game it would be the consistency of the hit-detection for bullets. If this was addressed in a future update I think this game would be so much better for it. Despite the aforementioned drawback, I still love this game and definitely recommend it for the full price or on sale. Amazing for Steam Deck.

Super violent, irreverent, and mindless. But ohhh-so fun. Also a great one for the Deck.

Oh my god this is so good. It perfectly captures the vibe of old school GTA games, wrapped in a roguelite bullet heaven package.

It has a lot of issues when cars dog pile you into a corner and character unlocks are miracles when it's achievable. Being said it's all I could ever wanted out of another VSlike with lots more influence of Rampage than GTA. Small chaotic fun. Four Stars, kid.

It's really fun game and has a lot of content considering the price. It's like if Grand Theft Auto 2 had a baby with the original Postal. It really is tons of fun and even for full price it's worth every penny. It sucks that it doesn't seem to have a developer anymore so it doesn't look like we're going get any more content. With that being said, its still worth every penny at full price and I've really enjoyed this game.

The gameplay is smooth and has a nice flow. Some of the UI option selections feel a little clunky, but not enough to significantly detract from the experience. I'd say worth it for the price.

This is very fun for the unhinged individuals. I played for scientific purposes.

It's a very fun game and it's AMAZING for it's price. Imagine GTA but as a roguelite with fast and fun mechanics. It's also very satisfying when you level up and blow up vehicles, buildings, tanks, people, etc. Got it on sale but it's still worth it even for full price! I definitely recommend picking this up :)

Super fun game, especially for how cheap it is.

A crazy game of running around and destroying everything around you.

This is such a good time, GTA 1 style game reminiscent of games like hatred but not edgy and stupid, different characters to unlock that are all as funny as the last. A quick game to burn some time that can easily turn into an addiction Highly recommend and worth the 5$ game which beats its value quickly. This is the reason i love indie so much, don't hesitate you wont find much like this packed with so much fun for the small price it costs.

It was a little over 2 bucks the other day. I picked it up for the Deck. Fun to play whilst on the toilet.

Great fun! A cheap, explosion sandbox with rogue-like elements that leaves you wanting to play one more round. This game almost has "survivor"-like game mechanics with the roaming perk dealer and bullet hell gameplay. I've beaten the game with two characters so far and I'm excited to beat it with the rest! Would love some extra content for this game too.

Has that antisocial twin-stick shooter feel of Hatred, but the bright colors and upbeat music somehow make it feel less likely that you'll end up on a government list.

Remember that game Hatred that came out a decade or so ago and it kinda sucked? This game does what Hatred wanted to do but actually understands how to make the "kill as many people as possible" idea palatable by reveling in the absurdity of the violence. A mass murderer isn't fun in practice, but a mass murdering Drunk Santa? That's hilarious. Regrettably, this game isn't very deep, but it also isn't very expensive. Its the kind of game for when you need to kill 20 minutes, and it won't take many sessions to get your money's worth.

If you don't enjoy this game, you're a Prius-driving-fake-hippy-impostor-Greta-hugging-crystal-gripping-dirt-worshiping waste and might as well uninstall and become Amish.

You can murder kids and babies. In fact it's encouraged, nay required to unlock new characters. This, in my book, is a win. The rest of the game could suck, but the above would make it worth every cent of the $4.99. But it doesn't. It's just good. Buy it, murder children, go to hell. HUZZAH!!!!

so damn fun gets old though but worth the money for an afternoon of mayhem 100%

because I'm too stupid to do quests in GTA, this basically how i played it!

It's GTA 2's Kill Frenzy. It's simple but good fun.

very addicting, genuinely pretty good. most id pay is $10 7.5/10

It's the best of GTA in a small package.

Very good, fun game

A gem of an indie! Love at first sight! <3

U can kill babies 10/10

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[h1]As a European man myself, this is how I picture America, especially nowadays with the overall crime, riots and whatnot.[/h1] Anyway, simply put - if, like me, you loved "Hatred", then you'll definitely like this one, and if you don't know what "Hatred" is, well, [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/TheSpartanLegend/recommended/341940?snr=1_5_9__402]it's peak fu(king gaming and the "crème de la crème" of hidden gems![/url] [b]100/10[/b] - The saying goes like this: "kill 2 birds with 1 stone". I killed 2 babies with 1 shotgun shell. Enough said.

Love `this game so simple wish there was 1st person mode so more peps would get this other than that this GAME is pure Dopamine