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Maniac
Developer Transhuman Design
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! From the Steam store page
296 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
88
LovedLoved
159 positive · 22 negative
95% range 82–92%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 159 | 22 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 26 | 1 | 84 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,149 of 1,254 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
88% recommend · 160 yes, 22 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 182 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,708 of 1,880 positive).
Players say Maniac is a chaotic, top-down crime roguelike that channels classic GTA mayhem. [1][2][3] Many find it fun for short bursts but shallow and repetitive after a few hours. [4][5][6] Some reviewers note technical issues like settings not saving between sessions. [7]
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Representative posts
- [7]
The game is really fun, but there’s one major issue — the settings don’t save between sessions. Every time I start the game, I have to reconfigure everything from scratch. It’s time-consuming and takes away from the overall experience. Please fix this so settings are saved automatically!
- [1]
🤡 💀💣 MANIAC 💣💀🤡 ⭐ 8/10 — “This game made me question morality, physics, and why there’s a flamethrower in a baby stroller.” I booted up MANIAC expecting some light fun. Five minutes later, I’m shirtless, screaming at my monitor, riding a shopping cart into a gas station while juggling Molotovs and somehow being chased by a priest, a clown, and a guy with a toilet seat on his head. Plot? Yes. The plot is: “What …
- [2]
A completely unhinged, violent rampage of a game. Extremely addicting. If you love Grand Theft Auto, Postal 1 and Vampire Survivors, I think you’ll have a great time with this. There is some very dark humor in this game. Children (and babies) can be killed. With a different game that might feel like taking things too far, but this game is so cartoony and over the top that it’s hard to take that seriously. My only …
- [3]
Maniac is a chaotic, top-down crime roguelite that feels like a “cause trouble and survive the consequences” simulator. The game is at its best when you stop treating it like a mission-based sandbox and start treating it like an arcade run where everything is trying to shut you down. Each run quickly turns into a chain reaction: you start small, something escalates, and suddenly you’re improvising under pressure. …
- [4]
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.
Summarised from 34 of the 256 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Maniac sits at 88% positive across 181 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 296 · most liked firstHex Maniac from the new game 💗 #NSFW #Hexmaniac #Pokemon #Ghastly #Haunter #Gengar
neutral · AI labelView post →by some miracle my pc got fixed literally today so I can post a big inflated Hex Maniac from the pokemons for Halloween this year and be on time spooky stuff🎃
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm loving Air Riders. I think every game would benefit from having Hex Maniac as a playable character.
positive · AI labelView post →I AN OBSESSED WITH THIS DESIGN! She’s got that Kobeni/Hex Maniac, Tired Woman Energy! Heretic Mooladin from @cancancanaman.bsky.social’s new game coming out, Gold Gold Adventure Gold! Game looks good, please wishlist on steam, play the demo, and fill my timeline with fanart of this woman!
neutral · AI labelView post →Minx: Maniac Mode Activated!PawBall match with my pal Pinky. This game is SO much fun - come play with us! 🐾💕🐾 #Caturday #PawlympicGames #PlayTime #CaturdayChaos
neutral · AI labelView post →Maniac Nazi on drugs kills hundred of thousands internationally. Installs giant video game screen in office.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi, I'm Ramón, full-time developer, survival artist, #game developer, artist and hobby reviewer from Germany. My favorite game genres are adventures and platformers. I started making #games in 2005 when I discovered the fan #adventure project Maniac Mansion Mania. #Introduction #art #pixelart
neutral · AI labelView post →Something we don’t talk about enough is how Day of the Tentacle had a fully playable copy of Maniac Mansion inside the game itself
neutral · AI labelView post →Reboot the Wing Commander game franchise with Lillard as a more senior but no less Maniac in the usual commanding officer role, IMO
neutral · AI labelView post →My game is obviously inspired by: - The original Clock Tower - Maniac Mansion - The Coma - Outlast / Alien Isolation #horror #indie
neutral · AI labelView post →Good morning, HeartGold and SoulSilver enjoyers! Don't forget to give Poké Maniac Brent a call this morning for a rematch! He gives the best experience in the game, sporting Gyarados, Nidoking, Nidoqueen, and Lickitung!
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m lead to believe the hottest video game character, scientifically speaking, is Hex Maniac, because people keep drawing her as a BBW with bags under her eyes
neutral · AI labelView post →I remember when my friends played X&Y in a Discord I frequent and seeing Hex Maniac in the actual game made me go "Wait, she's thin as a bone?"
neutral · AI labelView post →Or that time I was an honorary Mavs Maniac, LEGENDS in the game🔥
neutral · AI labelView post →INTRODUCING THE @dukesmayobowl.bsky.social MAYO MANIACS A LIMITED TIME OFFER FOR ONLY $50, YOU’LL GET A DUKE’S CHEF HAT, APRON, FOOD THROUGHOUT THE GAME, FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE BOWL EXPERIENCE SO DON’T DELAY, TICKETS ARE LIMITED, BECOME A MAYO MANIAC NOW! mayomaniacs.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Assist me in pouring several tankards out for anyone who played through the whole of Maniac Mansion on Famicom across multiple sessions. 105 characters in two languages and every character space is used and filled to resume where you left off. ;w;
neutral · AI labelView post →Get Smart (with zero updates to the technology) The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. Rocket Jockey (1996 video game) Maniac Mansion / Day of the Tentacle (1987/1993 LucasArts Games)
neutral · AI labelView post →Maniac Mansion Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers (Game Boy Color, Digital Eclipse, 2001)
neutral · AI labelView post →A Link to the Future in 1993 with Zelda: Wand of Gamelon and Link: Faces of Evil. There was least one games mag excited at the prospect of the series shedding cute little pixels in favour of, well, they're infamous enough CDi games ;w; 📖: Maniac (Germany), 1993
neutral · AI labelView post →The idea that Maniac Mansion is a "three hour game" is on its face absurd.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ehhh Z-A looks kinda ok, the dodging mechanic looks cool but the rest seems a bit av... OH MY GOD IS THAT A NEW HEX MANIAC DESIGN GAME FREAK TAKE MY MONEY
positive · AI labelView post →Played the demo for Junji Ito Maniac: An Infinite Gaol and I was quite impressed at how well it was made Needless to say I bought the full game immediately LOL
positive · AI labelView post →In Day of the Tentacle (1993), you can play the full version of its predecessor, Maniac Mansion. It is one of the earliest games to feature a complete game within another.
neutral · AI labelView post →*Clear throat* Ladies and gentlemen! New Hex Maniac design from the new Legends game
neutral · AI labelView post →Damn the PLZA leaks are crazy, can't believe there's a post-game challenge where Hex Maniac pegs you for 5 hours straight, no pausing allowed
neutral · AI labelView post →Night of the Meteor, the Maniac Mansion remake in Day of the Tentacle's style, has reached an impressive milestone: this game now includes over 20,000 sprites! 🤩 #NightoftheMeteor #Gamedev #Game
neutral · AI labelView post →Donnie vs. Chansaw Maniac (From the NES game)
neutral · AI labelView post →Maniac Mansion (NES) - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN).
neutral · AI labelView post →Today on Quest Quest the Adventure Game Podcast @decafjedi.com and I are talking Maniac Mansion, the game, and a little bit about the extremely strange sitcom with one of the absolute worst theme songs ever devised on this planet. Give it a listen where you get podcasts or: zencastr.com/z/RlqktZBv
neutral · AI labelView post →Scooby-Doo Classic Creep Capers for the Game Boy Color is a beginner, but enjoyable 8-bit Maniac Mansion-esque game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ah, Maniac Mansion on NES. My first ever adventure game.
positive · AI labelView post →Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion veteran Ron Gilbert has shown the first trailer for his next game, Death by Scrolling. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/monkey-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Damien came into our stream of this game, saw a bug, and fixed it while we were streaming. Maniac (laudatory). Check it out.
positive · AI labelView post →George A. Sanger aka The Fat Man has been doing game audio and music since 1983. From Intellivision to Loom, Wing Commander, Maniac Mansion, 7th Guest and much more! He joins our Sierra On-Line reunion! Tickets at tinyurl.com/3a5hdpw4 #prge #prge2026 #retrogaming #SIERRA
neutral · AI labelView post →Beta Hex Maniac is such a pure innocent soul compared to the beautiful FREAK we ended up getting in the final game
positive · AI labelView post →How do you make a wrestling game after the PC Engine already has the definitive wrestling game? Hudson squared that circle by making Maniac Pro Wrestling into something completely different from any other wrestling game ever made. youtu.be/HkTIGLiCuuE
neutral · AI labelView post →More Zak McKracken shenanigans! This one isn't particularly in Zak McKracken, but my favorite Zak McKracken reference in Maniac Mansion instead. Maniac Mansion being another fantastic game I love LucasArts in-game references are the best ~☆
neutral · AI labelView post →I had a dream that I worked on a game in the Maniac Mansion Mania style again. I wonder if I should create my next adventure game jam entry the same way I created my Maniac Mansion Mania episodes. #retro #adventure #adventuregame
neutral · AI labelView post →it's the *ex Maniac from that new P*kémon game but freakier #Fantography
neutral · AI labelView post →My Top 25 Spooky #C64 Games - No. 2 Maniac Mansion Maniac Mansion turned haunted-house horror into something funny, clever & gloriously weird. Its mad doctor, bizarre family, tentacles, corpses & dark humour make it unforgettable. An adventure-game revolution and one of the C64’s all-time greats.
positive · AI labelView post →Watched a playthrough of a game that I used to think about all the time as a kid but never actually was able to get a hold of, Maniac Mansion. How the hell was any kid expected to figure any of that shit out? It would’ve driven me insane because I would’ve attempted it over and over. No sleep
neutral · AI labelView post →Lawnmower Maniac is both a Halloween-themed game and #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegames #indie #retro
neutral · AI labelView post →Halloween post #15: Another NES game with "MM" in its title... Have you played Maniac Mansion? Have you used Razor or Syd to microwave Weird Ed's hamster? (Not possible in the European release.) Have you given the remains to Weird Ed? *DO NOT MICROWAVE LIVE ANIMALS IN REAL LIFE*
neutral · AI labelView post →Damn. Maniac Cop has so little game he got rejected by a corpse. #FrightClub
neutral · AI labelView post →Moar Zak McKracken shenanigans ❤️ Everyone's favorite LucasArts in-game reference between Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken You find the chainsaw in Maniac Mansion, and then a year later the can of fuel in Zak McKracken. And as a bonus, another Zak reference about it in Maniac Mansion
neutral · AI labelView post →🤡 💀💣 MANIAC 💣💀🤡 ⭐ 8/10 — “This game made me question morality, physics, and why there’s a flamethrower in a baby stroller.” I booted up MANIAC expecting some light fun. Five minutes later, I’m shirtless, screaming at my monitor, riding a shopping cart into a gas station while juggling Molotovs and somehow being chased by a priest, a clown, and a guy with a toilet seat on his head. Plot? Yes. The plot is: “What happens if we give you weapons, a city, and no consequences?”…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fine for a little bit, but gets boring very fast. The game has one map, no RNG on placements or NPCs. Unlocking new characters just mean to do the same map all over again to get unlocks and perks.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a simple game and I'm almost 60 so it reminds me of the simple games in the 80's that were allot of time in my youth.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is really fun, but there’s one major issue — the settings don’t save between sessions. Every time I start the game, I have to reconfigure everything from scratch. It’s time-consuming and takes away from the overall experience. Please fix this so settings are saved automatically!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We NEVER speak of the microwave in Maniac Mansion…🐹💥 #ManiacMansion #AdventureGame #Gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →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.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A completely unhinged, violent rampage of a game. Extremely addicting. If you love Grand Theft Auto, Postal 1 and Vampire Survivors, I think you’ll have a great time with this. There is some very dark humor in this game. Children (and babies) can be killed. With a different game that might feel like taking things too far, but this game is so cartoony and over the top that it’s hard to take that seriously. My only criticisms are: - we could use more characters. There are currently only 6 and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a modernized GTA I but only if you just want to do chaos runs. They made it a rougelike where there's a time limit and characters, abilities and unlocks are behind certain tasks, and progression is gated by money. The money is also separated per character so progression on that character can only be made using that character. I think it's fun, but there's too much grind to unlock stuff. It just didn't hook me enough like other rougelike like VS or megabonk to continue playing it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Relaxing Gameplay, love it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm going to go with NOT RECOMMEND for this one even though it's quite nostalgic for me. I remember playing the original top down GTA games and this is a spiritual successor in pretty much every way, just with improved graphics and better gunplay. HOWEVER it's just so grindy and confusing. You have kill/collect challenges to complete in order to unlock other characters, but the things you're suppose to kill/collect aren't very well defined during gameplay. All the explosion and shooting…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In theory, this is a wonderful idea - mixing the nostalgic free roaming massacre gameplay that we know and love from the first two GTAs and similar titles with semi-rogue-lite "survivors" mechanics. "Just one more run", amirite??? In practice, it does work like that, but it's fun only for the first 3 to 5 hours. This is enough to complete all the primary goals of all 6 unlockable characters. After that, the game's deficiencies become apparent: There is little to do in the game once you endure…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its almost halloween but this 8 year old is bad with horror, so im gonna play a spooky game that isnt so scary, Maniac mansion for the apple II! one of the first point and click adventures. i hope it will be enjoyable for everyone involved www.twitch.tv/fluffy_tan
neutral · AI labelView post →Halloween post #18: The first Maniac Mansion has creepy vibes, but would you consider its sequel, Day Of The Tentacle, a Halloween game? Even if not, it's a great game. (I have memories of this scene because it always crashed here if my SoundBlaster settings weren't right, LOL.)
positive · AI labelView post →These are the foundational games that made me. Mystic Quest helped me understand rpg logic. Maniac Mansion was my introduction to a cursor. Robotrek fell into my lap buying a cartridge labeled 'Starfox' on masking tape at a fleamarket. Each game holds lasting memories and cemented my game interests
positive · AI labelView post →Either the original Final Fantasy (a game I played the heck out of) or the NES port of Maniac Mansion (the only game I got into speedrunning). 🤔
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