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POSTAL cover art

POSTAL

Running With Scissors · 1997-11-14

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 24, 1997 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 24, 1997 (Mac), Oct 29, 2001 (Linux), Jun 03, 2022 (Dreamcast), Apr 10, 2015 (Android)

Take control of The POSTAL Dude in his infamous first outing as he battles to survive in a world gone mad! POSTAL is a classic isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action.

POSTAL is a 1997 Action and Indie game priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (92% of 14470 reviews).

45
playing now
92%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
IGDB user rating (93 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 3.4h · completionist 17h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

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

Postal is a 1997 isometric shoot 'em up video game developed by Running with Scissors and published by Ripcord Games. The player controls an anonymous gun-toting man as he commits mass murder in the town of Paradise, Arizona under questionable circumstances. Each level sees players killing a given percentage of police officers, military personnel, and other armed "hostiles" before being allowed to progress, optionally slaughtering unarmed civilians caught in the crossfire.

Trailer

POSTAL trailer thumbnail

POSTAL Movie Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 45 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,546 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~318/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2015-01-19) · bundled 22×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
48248220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

82162026-09-15 11:00 — 31 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 41 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 29 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 35 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 40 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 30 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 21 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 46 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 31 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 35 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 30 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 38 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 33 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 44 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 31 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 37 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 23 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 52 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 82 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 31 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 43 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 45 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.3k0Feb 2013Aug 2026Feb 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Jul 2013 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2013 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2014 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2014 — avg 11 · peak 364Mar 2015 — avg 12 · peak 56Aug 2015 — avg 10 · peak 45Jan 2016 — avg 14 · peak 33Jun 2016 — avg 8 · peak 24Nov 2016 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2017 — avg 5 · peak 59Sep 2017 — avg 6 · peak 34Feb 2018 — avg 7 · peak 30Jul 2018 — avg 5 · peak 203Dec 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2019 — avg 5 · peak 152Oct 2019 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2020 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2020 — avg 7 · peak 19Jan 2021 — avg 10 · peak 21Jun 2021 — avg 11 · peak 151Nov 2021 — avg 18 · peak 213Apr 2022 — avg 18 · peak 51Sep 2022 — avg 14 · peak 29Feb 2023 — avg 18 · peak 39Jul 2023 — avg 23 · peak 42Dec 2023 — avg 23 · peak 46May 2024 — avg 27 · peak 55Oct 2024 — avg 23 · peak 45Mar 2025 — avg 35 · peak 273Aug 2025 — avg 47 · peak 101Jan 2026 — avg 40 · peak 78Jun 2026 — avg 78 · peak 403Aug 2026 — avg 37 · peak 73
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.00$0.002015-01-012020-10-072015-01-01 — best price $0.742015-03-30 — best price $4.992015-07-10 — best price $10.002015-10-12 — best price $4.992015-12-22 — best price $0.492016-05-02 — best price $1.992016-06-23 — best price $0.492016-09-26 — best price $0.492016-12-22 — best price $0.492017-03-27 — best price $1.002017-06-22 — best price $0.492017-09-21 — best price $4.992017-11-23 — best price $1.992018-02-05 — best price $0.492018-05-10 — best price $0.992018-07-17 — best price $1.592018-11-01 — best price $1.992019-01-10 — best price $0.542019-04-29 — best price $1.992019-09-12 — best price $1.992019-11-26 — best price $0.492020-05-26 — best price $1.682020-06-07 — best price $1.682020-06-19 — best price $1.682020-07-02 — best price $1.682020-07-14 — best price $1.682020-07-26 — best price $1.682020-08-07 — best price $1.682020-08-20 — best price $1.682020-09-01 — best price $1.682020-09-13 — best price $1.682020-09-25 — best price $1.682020-10-07 — best price $1.68
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6692512026-05-31 — 328 pageviews2026-06-04 — 300 pageviews2026-06-08 — 419 pageviews2026-06-12 — 300 pageviews2026-06-16 — 452 pageviews2026-06-20 — 288 pageviews2026-06-24 — 419 pageviews2026-06-28 — 669 pageviews2026-07-02 — 461 pageviews2026-07-06 — 375 pageviews2026-07-10 — 407 pageviews2026-07-14 — 396 pageviews2026-07-18 — 367 pageviews2026-07-22 — 368 pageviews2026-07-26 — 309 pageviews2026-07-30 — 306 pageviews2026-08-03 — 314 pageviews2026-08-07 — 291 pageviews2026-08-11 — 302 pageviews2026-08-15 — 288 pageviews2026-08-19 — 331 pageviews2026-08-23 — 397 pageviews2026-08-27 — 389 pageviews2026-08-31 — 360 pageviews2026-09-04 — 364 pageviews2026-09-08 — 357 pageviews2026-09-12 — 305 pageviews2026-09-16 — 380 pageviews2026-09-20 — 331 pageviews2026-09-24 — 306 pageviews2026-09-28 — 310 pageviews2026-10-02 — 284 pageviews2026-10-06 — 285 pageviews2026-10-10 — 318 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
53.5%
earned "And so it begins..."
16.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-05-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)23,9375%27
PS5 (PlayStation)2215%23

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

1990'sActionHorrorShooterSurrealTop-DownDifficultIsometricDark HumorDark Comedy

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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