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Just Cause

Avalanche Studios · Square Enix · 2007-03-15

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 22, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 22, 2006 (Xbox), Sep 22, 2006 (PlayStation 2), Sep 22, 2006 (Xbox 360)

Your world...Your rules!

Just Cause is an Action game released in 2007, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment (66% of 5320 reviews).

12
playing now
66%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (182 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Just Cause is a 2006 third-person action-adventure game set in an open world environment. It is developed by Swedish developer Avalanche Studios and published by Eidos Interactive, and is the first game in the Just Cause series.

Trailer

Just Cause trailer thumbnail

Just Cause (1995) Official Trailer - Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne Movie HD

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 232 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~29/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 214k–427k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,340 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$0.97-86%
GreenManGaming$0.98-86%
GOG$0.99-86%
GOG$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at Fanatical (2019-10-17) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 77 of 114 observed days · $0.17 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
606020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1822026-09-15 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 14 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 13 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 17 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
494Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 8 · peak 29Dec 2012 — avg 6 · peak 19May 2013 — avg 11 · peak 62Oct 2013 — avg 11 · peak 29Mar 2014 — avg 15 · peak 112Aug 2014 — avg 18 · peak 48Jan 2015 — avg 21 · peak 53Jun 2015 — avg 23 · peak 107Nov 2015 — avg 21 · peak 120Apr 2016 — avg 17 · peak 48Sep 2016 — avg 16 · peak 47Feb 2017 — avg 17 · peak 65Jul 2017 — avg 21 · peak 85Dec 2017 — avg 18 · peak 84May 2018 — avg 10 · peak 59Oct 2018 — avg 13 · peak 55Mar 2019 — avg 19 · peak 58Aug 2019 — avg 14 · peak 43Jan 2020 — avg 12 · peak 37Jun 2020 — avg 13 · peak 43Nov 2020 — avg 16 · peak 48Apr 2021 — avg 11 · peak 27Sep 2021 — avg 10 · peak 32Feb 2022 — avg 11 · peak 28Jul 2022 — avg 10 · peak 27Dec 2022 — avg 9 · peak 25May 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Mar 2024 — avg 9 · peak 31Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 28Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 20Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 20Nov 2025 — avg 12 · peak 35Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.57$0.862015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.492015-02-27 — best price $3.152015-04-19 — best price $6.992015-06-02 — best price $6.492015-08-07 — best price $6.992015-12-19 — best price $1.952016-05-05 — best price $1.742016-09-30 — best price $1.742017-05-22 — best price $6.992018-01-04 — best price $6.992018-07-23 — best price $6.992019-02-21 — best price $0.972019-08-09 — best price $6.992019-11-18 — best price $5.802020-02-04 — best price $6.992020-05-22 — best price $0.992020-11-12 — best price $1.042021-02-23 — best price $6.992021-06-28 — best price $0.972021-11-03 — best price $6.992022-03-25 — best price $6.712022-07-16 — best price $6.992022-12-16 — best price $1.392023-07-06 — best price $0.982024-01-05 — best price $6.992024-06-19 — best price $1.042024-12-05 — best price $6.992025-06-18 — best price $0.972025-11-20 — best price $0.972026-03-23 — best price $0.982026-08-10 — best price $0.972026-09-07 — best price $0.992026-10-01 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2431102026-06-01 — 131 pageviews2026-06-05 — 156 pageviews2026-06-09 — 175 pageviews2026-06-13 — 130 pageviews2026-06-17 — 154 pageviews2026-06-21 — 139 pageviews2026-06-25 — 180 pageviews2026-06-29 — 164 pageviews2026-07-03 — 164 pageviews2026-07-07 — 156 pageviews2026-07-11 — 140 pageviews2026-07-15 — 141 pageviews2026-07-19 — 139 pageviews2026-07-23 — 110 pageviews2026-07-27 — 157 pageviews2026-07-31 — 147 pageviews2026-08-04 — 196 pageviews2026-08-08 — 160 pageviews2026-08-12 — 145 pageviews2026-08-16 — 152 pageviews2026-08-20 — 155 pageviews2026-08-24 — 194 pageviews2026-08-28 — 194 pageviews2026-09-01 — 164 pageviews2026-09-05 — 184 pageviews2026-09-09 — 155 pageviews2026-09-13 — 165 pageviews2026-09-17 — 140 pageviews2026-09-21 — 163 pageviews2026-09-25 — 168 pageviews2026-09-29 — 165 pageviews2026-10-03 — 182 pageviews2026-10-07 — 144 pageviews2026-10-11 — 152 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerCamera ComfortCustom Volume Controls#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSubtitle OptionsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)21,51614%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

ActionClassicSandboxShooterViolentAdventureAction RPGControllerOpen WorldAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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