POSTAL 2 overview

Overview

POSTAL 2 comes from Running With Scissors and is published by Running With Scissors. It arrived on Steam on Nov 2, 2012, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Includes level editor, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Linux, and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

POSTAL 2's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 459 players at 26 September 2026 - 10:48:50 UTC, with a tracked peak near 4,571. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 97% positive across 132,956 reviews.

Language and system requirements

POSTAL 2 is available in 5 languages including:

15 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, bbfc, usk, and oflc

Sales, recommendations, and streams

POSTAL 2 has sold up to 5,500,000 units and has 117,768 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $27,800,000. On Twitch, 2 streamers are live with around 9 total watchers.

POSTAL 2 overview details

POSTAL 2 combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Workshop and Controller Support Update Notes Updates since release on Steam in 2013 Added Full controller support Steam Workshop integration Many features to the POSTed SDK that make creating workshop content easier The ability to play all seven days of POSTAL 2 and Apocalypse weekend in one playthrough Apocalypse weekend’s dismemberment feature to the entire seven days Twelve new weapons courtesy of the Eternal Damnation mod Greater variation in NPC and Zombies. They have a bigger variety of voices, more animations and improved interactions with each other and The Dude 68 Steam Achievement Improved widescreen compatibility, including tripled headed setups FoV slider,Triple Buffering and V-sync to the video options Footstep sounds that change on different surface types Holiday events for St Patrick's day, Valentine’s day, Easter and Halloween Much, much more! Fixed Thousands of minor mapping and code issues, and a few not so minor Various crashes could occur when dismembering NPCs Massive framerate drops when any fluid type collided with physics objects and exploding cars Exploding cars using incorrect collision And so much more! About the Game 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? Blast, chop and piss your way through a freakshow of American caricatures in this darkly humorous first-person adventure. Meet Krotchy: the toy mascot gone bad, visit your Uncle Dave at his besieged reli…

SteamPulse editorial summary

POSTAL 2 is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows and Linux, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Steam Cloud, Includes level editor, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 459 players at 26 September 2026 - 10:48:50 UTC, a tracked peak of 4,571, and 97% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ViolentDark HumorOpen WorldMatureFirst-PersonFunnyComedySandboxModdableThird PersonGoreFPSActionDark ComedySingleplayer

Content descriptors

POSTAL 2 contains Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, Mature Humor, Sexual Themes, and Use of Drugs and Alcohol.

Highlighted achievements

Support and legal notes

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