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Just Cause 2

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App ID 8190
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Square Enix
Franchise Just Cause
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies ApexEngine Engine
Last Changenumber 31825149
Last Record Update 21 October 2025 – 22:26:39 UTC ()
Release Date 23 March 2010 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
😎 89.09%
50k reviews
62
In-Game
🌍 Open World 💥 Action 🧱 Sandbox 👤 Third Person 🗺️ Adventure

Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.

Additional Information

Developer Avalanche Studios
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GameManualURL http://cdn.steampowered.com/Manuals/8190/JC2_G4W_MNL_UK(HR).pdf
community_visible_stats Yes
InstallScript installscript.vdf
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
GuideAppID Just Cause 2 - Prima Official Strategy Guide (22835)
LaunchEULA http://storefront.steampowered.com/eula_testapp8190/
SDK_NotOwnedByDefault Yes
DLCPurchaseFromInGame No
g4w_Type 2
g4w_GDF JustCause2.exe
RetailAutoStart Yes
Publisher Square Enix
eulas
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languages (extended) english,german,french,spanish,italian,russian,polish
Store Release Date 23 March 2010 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://www.facebook.com/JustCause/
https://www.twitch.tv/justcause
https://x.com/justcause
https://www.youtube.com/justcausegame/
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25)
Steam Release Date 23 March 2010 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 27 August 2024 – 09:36:24 UTC () (1724751384)
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Detected Technologies (?) ApexEngine Engine, Bink_Video SDK, FMOD SDK, NVIDIA_CUDA SDK, PathEngine SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • Valve is still working on adding support for this game on SteamOS
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 11 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 251893
  • configuration:
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    requires_voice_files0
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    hdr_support0
First seen on SteamDB 20 March 2013 – 07:42:14 UTC (), in changelist #196282

Supported Languages

7 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes

Tags

🌍 Open World 💥 Action 🧱 Sandbox 👤 Third Person 🕹️ Multiplayer 🗺️ Adventure 🔫 Third-Person Shooter 🔫 Shooter 👤 Singleplayer 💥 Destruction 🗺 Exploration 😃 Funny 🛠️ Moddable 🤝 Co-op 🦚 Beautiful 🔋 Physics 🌫 Atmospheric 🤓 3D Vision 🤡 Comedy 🫶 Massively Multiplayer

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Remote Play on TV Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

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timestamp8 October 2024 – 14:14:09 UTC

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Steam charts

  • 62 players right now
  • 163 24-hour peak
  • 7,547 all-time peak 13 July 2013
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  • 0 viewers right now
  • 6 24-hour peak
  • 11,052 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 89.09% SteamDB Rating
  • 46,207 90.6% positive reviews
  • 4,771 9.4% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
23 March 2010 Steam Release -
22 July 2014 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Square Enix Bundle -
22 December 2015 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Square Enix Bundle 3 -
24 September 2021 ⇄ Fanatical: Build Your Own Square Enix Bundle -
21 December 2021 ⇄ Fanatical: Build Your Own Square Enix Bundle -

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How many players are playing Just Cause 2 right now on Steam?

Steam player counter indicates there are currently 62 players live playing Just Cause 2 on Steam.

Just Cause 2 had an all-time peak of 7547 concurrent players on 13 July 2013.

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