Just Cause 2

Open-world third-person action built around grappling, stunts, and destruction

Avalanche Studios · Published by Square Enix · Released Mar 23, 2010

Action Adventure

Reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 52K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 81% of 74 in 30 days
Playing now: 63; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

Free demo available, 1 playing it now: get the demo.

Metacritic: 84/100 (critic reviews)

What is Just Cause 2?

A single-player, open-world third-person action game set on the island of Panau. As agent Rico Rodriguez, you search for a missing friend and mentor while using a grappling hook and parachute to travel, hijack vehicles, complete objectives, and destroy military targets by land, sea, and air.

For you if...

+you want a large open world built for freeform destruction
+you enjoy grappling, parachuting, hijacking, and vehicle stunts
+you prefer solo sandbox action over multiplayer competition

Not for you if...

−you dislike repetitive objectives across a very large map
−you want precise modern controls and polished driving
−you prioritize a strong story over sandbox chaos

What players say

91% of 51,600 reviews are positive · 81% of 74 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the large open world, grappling-and-parachute movement, vehicle stunts, and freedom to create destructive chaos. The dominant current complaint is frequent crashing or failure to launch on modern Windows systems; players also mention dated controls and repetitive missions.

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Just Cause 2 system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (Windows XP is unsupported)
Processor: Dual-core CPU with SSE3 (Athlon 64 X2 4200 / Pentium D 3GHz)
Graphics: DX10 compatible graphics card with 256 MB of memory (Nvidia GeForce 8800 series/ ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro)
Memory: 2GB System Memory
Storage: 10GB of free drive space