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Just Cause 2 cover art

Just Cause 2

Avalanche Studios · Square Enix · 2010-03-23

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

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.

182
playing now
91%
positive of 52k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (479 ratings)
22h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 53h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

182 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 16:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 182 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 4% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.1M–4.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 51,576 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$1.49-90%

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 39 of 56 observed days (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

184652026-08-06 21:00 — 123 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 95 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 131 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 134 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 108 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 147 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 164 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 104 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 166 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 176 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 100 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 144 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 153 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 99 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 151 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 123 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 85 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 149 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 153 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 74 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 88 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 129 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 84 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 96 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 132 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 93 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 83 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 117 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 94 players2026-08-30 16:00 — 182 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.72$1.112015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — 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 $1.492026-08-26 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

221962026-05-25 — 151 pageviews2026-05-28 — 118 pageviews2026-05-31 — 136 pageviews2026-06-03 — 107 pageviews2026-06-06 — 115 pageviews2026-06-09 — 151 pageviews2026-06-12 — 133 pageviews2026-06-15 — 130 pageviews2026-06-18 — 96 pageviews2026-06-21 — 109 pageviews2026-06-24 — 105 pageviews2026-06-27 — 175 pageviews2026-06-30 — 149 pageviews2026-07-03 — 150 pageviews2026-07-06 — 158 pageviews2026-07-09 — 131 pageviews2026-07-12 — 144 pageviews2026-07-15 — 120 pageviews2026-07-18 — 168 pageviews2026-07-21 — 132 pageviews2026-07-24 — 129 pageviews2026-07-27 — 121 pageviews2026-07-30 — 102 pageviews2026-08-02 — 127 pageviews2026-08-05 — 135 pageviews2026-08-08 — 123 pageviews2026-08-11 — 122 pageviews2026-08-14 — 123 pageviews2026-08-17 — 157 pageviews2026-08-20 — 146 pageviews2026-08-22 — 124 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

102026-08-26 19:15 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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

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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