POSTAL 2
Open-world first-person action mixing mundane errands with violent dark comedy
Running With Scissors · Released Nov 2, 2012
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 97% of 138K
- Recent reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 97% of 1,250 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 232
- peak 24h 249
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 3 years ago
- Apr 19, 2023
Metacritic: 59/100 (critic reviews)
What is POSTAL 2?
A first-person action-adventure in which the POSTAL Dude crosses a large, nonlinear world to complete mundane errands over one week. You interact with characters, use varied weapons, and approach objectives peacefully or violently.
For you if...
- +you enjoy open-ended missions and sandbox violence
- +you want crude, deliberately offensive dark humor
- +you like experimenting with unusual weapons
Not for you if...
- −you dislike vulgar humor, gore, and deliberate offensiveness
- −you dislike slow travel and frequent backtracking
- −you are looking for a multiplayer game
What players say
97% of 138,025 reviews are positive · 97% of 1,250 in the last 30 days
Players praise the freedom to turn routine errands into violent sandbox chaos, along with the weapon variety and offensive humor. The most common complaint is frequent crashing, while others criticize slow movement, backtracking, and confusing level layouts.
Screenshots and trailer
POSTAL 2 system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP SP3/Vista/7/8/10
- Processor
- Pentium 3 1133MHz or AMD Athlon 733MHz Processor
- Graphics
- 32MB GeForce 2 or Radeon Video Card
- Memory
- 128 MB RAM
- Storage
- 10 GB available space
- Notes
- Broadband Internet connection
Recommended
- OS
- Windows XP SP3/Vista/7/8/10
- Processor
- 1.2GHz
- Graphics
- 64MB GeForce 3 or Radeon 8500 Video Card
- Memory
- 384 MB RAM
- Storage
- 10 GB available space
- Notes
- Broadband Internet connection
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux
- Achievements
- 89
- Steam features
- Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Age rating
- 18+
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- Cloud saves are not shared across platforms
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese. Text only: Spanish - Spain, Turkish.
Tags
- Violent
- Dark Humor
- Open World
- First-Person
- Funny
- Comedy
- Sandbox
- Moddable
- Third Person
- Gore
- FPS
- Action
- Dark Comedy
- Multiplayer
- Shooter
- Singleplayer
Recent updates
- Apr 19, 2023 · POSTAL 2 - 20th Anniversary Update! [5100]
- Dec 3, 2020 · POSTAL 2 / Paradise Lost - Update 5025
- May 8, 2020 · POSTAL 2 / Paradise Lost - Update 5024
- Jul 18, 2018 · New 5023 Update, for POSTAL 2 and Paradise Lost
- Jul 21, 2017 · The Big Multi-Language & Subtitle update!
2 DLC available.
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