POSTAL 2
POSTAL 2 screenshot 1POSTAL 2 screenshot 2
ActionAdventureIndieViolentDark HumorOpen WorldFirst-PersonFunny

306 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 733

Peak in the last 7 days: 917

POSTAL 2 Steam store

Game description

Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

Basic info

DeveloperRunning With Scissors
PublisherRunning With Scissors
PlatformsWindows · Linux
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateNov 2, 2012
Price
  • Steam store −90% $9.99 $0.99 · Steam ↗
  • Lowest-price store $0.99 · Steam
  • Historical low $0.74 · 3-month low $0.75Other stores ↗

Prices by IsThereAnyDeal

Minimum specs

OSWindows XP SP3/Vista/7/8/10
ProcessorPentium 3 1133MHz or AMD Athlon 733MHz Processor
Memory128 MB
Graphics32MB GeForce 2 or Radeon Video Card
Storage10 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 316 reviews from the past 1 year

92.1/ 100
Top 10%

Steam rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (97%)

Metacritic: 59 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 13, 2026)

Freedom to do absolutely anything keeps POSTAL 2 a cult favorite, and its 139,254 Steam reviews give it 92.1, top 10% of games we analyzed. This summary draws on 316 Steam reviews that we analyzed in detail.

👍 Strengths

Gameplay ranks 40th of 1396. 199 reviews say they love it, and 40 praise the freedom to wear any costume and play however they want. Players joke that it is a kind, cozy game about animals, and others praise its sharp satire of early 2000s America. Story & World ranks 400th of 1096 and Content Volume 275th of 1351.

👎 Where it falls short

The complaints are about age. 28 reviews say broken physics and crashes can be frustrating, and 12 find the graphics and mission design dated. Visuals & Sound ranks 1028th of 1249. 11 describe repetitive later content with poor guidance and enemy spam. A few report lag in some areas and a difficulty spike near the end.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“peak and worth every penny” · 199 reviews
“freedom to do anything, wear any costume, play however you want” · 40 reviews
“broken physics and crashes can be frustrating” · 28 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 43% of reviews · Top 5% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +4.21 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Positive “freedom to do anything, wear any costume, play however you want” · 40 reviews
Negative “freedom is insufficient, wants more open world” · 1 review

Progression 1% · Difficulty 4% · Onboarding 4% · Strategy 7% · Controls & feel 8%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 34% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.40 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “kind and positive game with cozy atmosphere and animal interactions” · 21 reviews
Negative “describes game as crooked, stupid, suffocating” · 3 reviews

Story 21% · Characters 5%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 21% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +2.84 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “worth losing good hours playing the game” · 4 reviews
Negative “Hestonworld mode is garbage” · 3 reviews

Variety 11% · Replayability 5%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 20% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Audio +3.10 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting
Positive “Chinese voice acting is perfect and enhances enjoyment” · 6 reviews
Negative “Chinese voice acting breaks immersion” · 1 review

Visuals 12%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 2% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +4.25 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 1% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 4% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing +0.03 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge

Anti-cheat 0% · Balance 1% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 15% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.30 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “broken physics and crashes can be frustrating” · 28 reviews

Performance 5% · Developer support 2%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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