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Just Cause 2

Avalanche Studios · Square Enix · 2010-03-23

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jun 10, 2010 (Xbox 360), Apr 01, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Apr 01, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 23, 2010 (Linux)

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

Just Cause 2 is an Action, Adventure game released in 2010, priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (91% of 51597 reviews).

98
playing now
91%
positive of 52k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (479 ratings)
32
Nexus mods (71k downloads)
22h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 53h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

98 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Just Cause 2 is a 2010 action-adventure video game developed by Avalanche Studios and published by Square Enix. The sequel to 2006's Just Cause, it features Rico Rodriguez, a major operative of the fictional Agency who arrives at Panau to overthrow dictator Pandak "Baby" Panay and confront former mentor Tom Sheldon. The gameplay involves Rico fighting hostile militants with guns and a grappling hook, enabling players to tether objects to each other and slingshot into the air with a parachute. Just Cause 2 introduces the Chaos System, in which players must complete missions and destroy government property on Panau for Chaos points.

Trailer

Just Cause 2 trailer thumbnail

Just Cause 2 Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 98 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 791 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~99/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1M–4.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 51,597 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.49-90%
GreenManGaming$1.50-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.11 at GreenManGaming (2021-07-28) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 50 of 66 observed days · $0.38 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
61361320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 613 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 506 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 282 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 417 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 567 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 340 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

209402026-09-15 11:00 — 92 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 108 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 40 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 98 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 139 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 62 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 61 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 130 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 74 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 97 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 120 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 85 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 52 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 125 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 135 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 72 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 112 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 108 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 73 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 122 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 209 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 124 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 93 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 98 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.0k85Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1,867 · peak 4,085Dec 2012 — avg 1,123 · peak 4,203May 2013 — avg 1,145 · peak 3,602Oct 2013 — avg 780 · peak 1,644Mar 2014 — avg 807 · peak 3,432Aug 2014 — avg 783 · peak 1,331Jan 2015 — avg 930 · peak 2,114Jun 2015 — avg 886 · peak 2,463Nov 2015 — avg 877 · peak 3,579Apr 2016 — avg 575 · peak 1,121Sep 2016 — avg 535 · peak 1,452Feb 2017 — avg 506 · peak 1,435Jul 2017 — avg 537 · peak 1,472Dec 2017 — avg 401 · peak 973May 2018 — avg 256 · peak 494Oct 2018 — avg 259 · peak 744Mar 2019 — avg 384 · peak 965Aug 2019 — avg 253 · peak 517Jan 2020 — avg 221 · peak 417Jun 2020 — avg 227 · peak 414Nov 2020 — avg 313 · peak 798Apr 2021 — avg 180 · peak 344Sep 2021 — avg 161 · peak 387Feb 2022 — avg 170 · peak 335Jul 2022 — avg 165 · peak 307Dec 2022 — avg 159 · peak 289May 2023 — avg 138 · peak 288Oct 2023 — avg 108 · peak 220Mar 2024 — avg 128 · peak 300Aug 2024 — avg 126 · peak 249Jan 2025 — avg 86 · peak 190Jun 2025 — avg 111 · peak 226Nov 2025 — avg 119 · peak 233Apr 2026 — avg 111 · peak 213Aug 2026 — avg 113 · peak 193
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.72$1.112015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-02-22 — best price $6.742015-04-03 — best price $2.952015-05-14 — best price $2.992015-07-16 — best price $3.742015-10-16 — best price $3.742016-01-22 — best price $4.492016-05-05 — best price $3.742016-08-19 — best price $14.992016-12-31 — best price $14.992017-05-29 — best price $14.992018-01-01 — best price $5.982018-06-22 — best price $2.992019-01-23 — best price $1.912019-06-03 — best price $2.242019-09-17 — best price $14.992019-11-28 — best price $1.492020-02-14 — best price $5.412020-06-10 — best price $1.492020-09-14 — best price $14.992020-12-28 — best price $1.492021-03-16 — best price $14.992021-05-28 — best price $14.992021-08-26 — best price $1.272022-01-12 — best price $14.992022-05-09 — best price $1.492022-10-24 — best price $14.992023-05-27 — best price $14.992024-02-12 — best price $1.502024-11-27 — best price $1.492025-08-01 — best price $1.502026-03-12 — best price $1.492026-08-16 — best price $1.492026-10-15 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

304962026-05-25 — 151 pageviews2026-05-29 — 162 pageviews2026-06-02 — 139 pageviews2026-06-06 — 115 pageviews2026-06-10 — 128 pageviews2026-06-14 — 153 pageviews2026-06-18 — 96 pageviews2026-06-22 — 102 pageviews2026-06-26 — 133 pageviews2026-06-30 — 149 pageviews2026-07-04 — 147 pageviews2026-07-08 — 160 pageviews2026-07-12 — 144 pageviews2026-07-16 — 122 pageviews2026-07-20 — 124 pageviews2026-07-24 — 129 pageviews2026-07-28 — 105 pageviews2026-08-01 — 106 pageviews2026-08-05 — 135 pageviews2026-08-09 — 148 pageviews2026-08-13 — 130 pageviews2026-08-17 — 157 pageviews2026-08-21 — 221 pageviews2026-08-25 — 304 pageviews2026-08-29 — 177 pageviews2026-09-02 — 139 pageviews2026-09-06 — 129 pageviews2026-09-10 — 126 pageviews2026-09-14 — 147 pageviews2026-09-18 — 138 pageviews2026-09-22 — 126 pageviews2026-09-26 — 138 pageviews2026-09-30 — 122 pageviews2026-10-04 — 164 pageviews2026-10-08 — 115 pageviews2026-10-12 — 113 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
86.8%
earned "First Taste of Chaos"
9.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume Controls#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSubtitle OptionsSteam Cloud8 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2010-04-29, latest 2013-12-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)113,9464%50
PS3 (PlayStation)85,89212%51
Xbox 360 (Xbox)83,1353%50
Xbox 360 (Xbox)1,63811%50

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opFunnyActionSandboxShooterModdableAdventureBeautifulOpen WorldDestruction

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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