Complete each achievement to get the allotted gamerscore. The numbers between the () is the points given for each achievement.
| Achievement | How to unlock |
| Feel the Payne (30) | Story Complete [MEDIUM] |
| Serious Payne (50) | Story Complete [HARD] |
| Maximum Payne (80) | Story Complete [OLD SCHOOL] |
| Payne in the Ass (20) | Story Complete [HARDCORE] |
| Part I Complete (20) | Complete Part I Of The Story |
| Part II Complete (20) | Complete Part II Of The Story |
| Part III Complete (20) | Complete Part III Of The Story |
| A New York Minute (100) | Finish In A New York Minute |
| The Shadows Rushed Me (10) | Unlock And Complete New York Minute Hardcore |
| Out the Window (10) | Get 6 Kills While Diving Through The VIP Window [FREE AIM] |
| The One Eyed Man is King (10) | Cover Passos With Perfect Aim |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes (10) | Get 7 Kills While Jumping From The Rickety Boat [FREE AIM] |
| That Old Familiar Feeling (10) | Clear The Hallway Of Lasers |
| Amidst the Wreckage (5) | Destroy All The Models In The Boardroom |
| So Much For Being Subtle (10) | Get 9 Kills While Being Pulled By A Chain [FREE AIM] |
| The Only Choice Given (10) | Get 8 Kills While Dangling From A Chain [FREE AIM] |
| Trouble Had Come to Me (15) | Clear Everyone On The Bus Ride |
| Along for the Ride (10) | Trigger A Bullet Cam On The Zipline [FREE AIM] |
| Sometimes You Get Lucky (5) | Get A Headshot During The Rooftop Tremors |
| It Was Chaos and Luck (10) | Get 6 Kills While Riding The Push Cart [FREE AIM] |
| The Road-Kill Behind Me (10) | Total Everything On The Runway |
| The Fear of Losing It (20) | Survive A Level Without Painkillers |
| It's Fear that Gives Men Wings (20) | 10 Bullet Time® Kills In A Row |
| You Might Hurt Someone With That (20) | Shoot 10 Airborne Grenades |
| One Bullet at a Time (20) | 300 Headshots |
| You Play, You Pay, You Bastard (20) | 100 Kills With Melee |
| With Practiced Bravado (20) | 100 Kills During Shootdodge. |
| Colder Than the Devil's Heart (15) | Kill 30 Enemies In 2 Minutes |
| A Few Hundred Bullets Back (20) | Use Every Weapon In The Game |
| Past the Point of No Return (10) | Take 100 Painkillers |
| An Echo of the Past (35) | Find All Clues |
| Sure Know How to Pick a Place (10) | Discover All Tourist Locations |
| A License to Kill (40) | Collect All Golden Guns |
| All of the Above (100) | Finish All Single Player Grinds |
| Full Monty (10) | Complete One Of Each Game Mode Including All Gang Wars |
| Payne Bringer (30) | Kill 100 Other Players |
| Max Payne Invitational (5) | Invite someone to play through the in-game contact list |
| Man of Many Weapons (25) | Unlock All Weapons |
| Man of Many Faces (25) | Unlock All Faction Characters |
| Deathmatch Challenge (20) | Winner In Any Public Deathmatch |
| Grave Robber (5) | Looted A Body |
| The Gambler (15) | Won A Wager |
| Training Complete (25) | Achieve Level Rank 50 |
| Dearest of All My Friends (10) | Kill Someone On Your Friends List |
| Secret Achievements | - |
| Sweep (10) | Flawless Team Gang Wars Victory |
| You Push a Man Too Far (5) | Don't Shoot The Dis-Armed Man |
| DLC Achievements | Local Justice Map Pack |
| Air Ace (25) | Get 2 kills in a single Shootdodge in the Departure Lounge |
| Express Checkout (25) | Kill 4 players within 3 seconds in the Imperial Palace |
| Long Arm of the Law (25) | Win 20 Vendettas in the 55th Battalion HQ |
| M4 Murder (25) | Level up your M4 all the way to level 10 |
| Keep Your Nose Clean (25) | Get 100 Kills as a member of the SPP |
| DLC Achievements | Hostage Negotiation Map Pack |
| Old School Moves(10) | Perform a 720 spin while prone in Nightclub. |
| 60 Seconds of Intimidation (35) | Grind 60 Seconds of Intimidation on enemy players. |
| Early Adopter(40) | In a single game, kill the same player with both the M24 and the IA2 AR. |
| WMD(40) | Get 3 kills from a single use of the level 3 explosives burst. |
| DLC Achievements | Painful Memories |
| Bar Brawler(20) | Kill someone with a melee strike in the Bar area of Hoboken Bar |
| Long Arm of the Lawless(20) | Kill Max Payne in Panama as the De Marcos |
| Ouch My Head(25) | Headshot someone with a Hangover |
| Drinker's Revenge(30) | Kill the sniper who broke your Hip Flask in the same life |
| Welcome Ashore(30) | Kill a player on the yacht from the observation platform of the Panama Canal |
| DLC Achievements | Deathmatch Made in Heaven |
| 3 Blind Mice(30) | Blind 3 players simultaneously with the pepper spray |
| Betty Confetti(40) | Kill a player with the Bouncing Betty |
| Breaking the 4th(40) | Earn a x4 multiplier in Challenge Mode |
| Resisting Arrest(40) | Stun 10 players with either the cattle prod or stun gun |
| Sweaty Betty(40) | Trigger and avoid a Bouncing Betty by Shootdodging |
| Breaking and Entering(50) | Open 15 Containers or Doors in a single game of Dead Men Walking |
| It Looked Easy Enough(50) | Complete the Challenge Mode |