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POSTAL 2

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App ID 223470
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Running With Scissors
Franchise POSTAL
Supported Systems Windows Linux
Technologies Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber 29607400
Last Record Update 17 June 2025 – 12:04:10 UTC ()
Release Date 14 April 2003 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
🤩 95.56%
122k reviews
303
In-Game
👊 Violent 🗿 Dark Humor 🌍 Open World 🙈 Mature 🙌 First-Person

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?

Additional Information

Developer Running With Scissors
gamedir ValveTestApp223470
metacritic_name Postal 2: Share the Pain
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controller_support full
metacritic_score 59
NoServers No
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/postal-2-share-the-pain?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
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VisibleOnlyWhenSubscribed Yes
community_visible_stats Yes
sourcegame Yes
workshop_visible Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
thirdpartycdkey Yes
Publisher Running With Scissors
Store Release Date 14 April 2003 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
osarch empty string
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.com/invite/rwsstudios
https://www.facebook.com/RWSstudiosllc
https://instagram.com/rws.studios
https://reddit.com/r/postal
https://tiktok.com/@rwsstudios
https://x.com/rwsstudios
https://www.youtube.com/@rwsstudios/
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), Indie (23)
Original Release Date 14 April 2003 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1050303600)
Store Asset Modification Time 28 August 2024 – 19:01:25 UTC () (1724871685)
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review_score 9
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Detected Technologies (?) Unreal Engine, Ogg SDK, Vorbis SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  • Note: This game does not support cross-platform saved games
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game does not support cross-platform saved games
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 16 June 2023 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 11052972
  • configuration:
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    requires_manual_keyboard_invoke0
    requires_non_controller_launcher_nav0
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    non_deck_display_glyphs0
    small_text0
    requires_internet_for_setup0
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Content Descriptors Some Nudity or Sexual Content (1), Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 18 February 2013 – 06:36:07 UTC (), in changelist #182299
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Some Nudity or Sexual Content (1), Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

7 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes
Turkish Yes Yes

Tags

👊 Violent 🗿 Dark Humor 🌍 Open World 🙈 Mature 🙌 First-Person 😃 Funny 🤡 Comedy 🧱 Sandbox 🛠️ Moddable 👤 Third Person 😖 Gore 🔫 FPS 💥 Action 🧛🏻 Dark Comedy 🕹️ Multiplayer 👤 Singleplayer 🔫 Shooter 🕒 Classic 🗺️ Adventure 🎭 Satire

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop Steam Cloud Includes level editor Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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timestamp13 September 2024 – 18:11:22 UTC

Trailer 39299 ↴

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timestamp 3 March 2016 – 09:28:47 UTC

Trailer 16111 ↴

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timestamp 29 March 2016 – 08:23:28 UTC

Steam charts

  • 303 players right now
  • 720 24-hour peak
  • 4,636 all-time peak 26 December 2014
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  • 63 24-hour peak
  • 43,926 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 🤩 Overwhelmingly Positive
  • 95.56% SteamDB Rating
  • 119,127 96.9% positive reviews
  • 3,763 3.1% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
1 July 2012 ⇄ Groupees: Be Mine 3 -
21 April 2015 ⇄ Fanatical: Trinity 2 Bundle -
8 February 2016 ⇄ Fanatical: FPS Heroes 2 Bundle (2016-02) -
30 March 2016 ⇄ Indiegala: Hump Day Bundle #19 -
29 June 2016 ⇄ Indiegala: Go Postal Bundle -
12 October 2016 ⇄ Fanatical: Demon Bundle -
1 January 2017 ⇄ Fanatical: FPS Heroes 2 Bundle (2017-01) -
18 January 2017 ⇄ Fanatical: Dollar Dash 3 -
20 February 2017 ⇄ Indiegala: The Insanity Bundle -
7 April 2017 ⇄ Fanatical: Dollar Dash 4 -
2 June 2017 ⇄ Fanatical: Heroes Pick & Mix Bundle -
19 July 2017 ⇄ Indiegala: The Postal Party Bundle -
14 September 2017 ⇄ Fanatical: FPS Heroes 2 Bundle (2017-09) -
23 February 2018 ⇄ Fanatical: Postal Pack -
23 June 2018 ⇄ Fanatical: Pick-and-Mix Dollar Dash -
29 March 2019 ⇄ Fanatical: Stranger Sims Bundle -
9 July 2020 ⇄ Fanatical: Pick & Mix Build Your Own FPS Bundle -
28 December 2020 ⇄ Fanatical: Mega Bundle (2020) -
26 February 2021 ⇄ Fanatical: Mega Bundle Reloaded -
15 September 2021 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Be the Bad Guy Bundle -
30 June 2022 ⇄ Fanatical: Dollar Collections Games (Jun 2022) -
10 October 2022 ⇄ Fanatical: Dollar Collections Games (Oct 2022) -
15 February 2023 ⇄ Fanatical: Dollar Collections Games (Jan 2023) -
12 February 2024 ⇄ Fanatical: Build Your Own Leap Year Bundle -
15 March 2024 ⇄ Fanatical: Dollar Collections Games (Mar 2024) -

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How many players are playing POSTAL 2 right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 303 players live playing POSTAL 2 on Steam.

POSTAL 2 had an all-time peak of 4636 concurrent players on 26 December 2014.

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