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POSTAL: Brain Damaged cover art

POSTAL: Brain Damaged

Hyperstrange · Running With Scissors · 2022-06-09

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Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 09, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 02, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 25, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Oct 25, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

POSTAL: Brain Damaged is a new, action-oriented take on the Running With Scissors’ cult game series with throwback graphics, and fast-paced, modern gameplay. Take a wild roller coaster ride through the twisted wonderland encased in the POSTAL DUDE’S messed-up mind.

21
playing now
95%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 12h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

21 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 21 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,094 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~137/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 223k–502k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,164 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at ZOOM Platform (2025-02-14) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 46 of 79 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.7k1.7k20222026Week of 2022-06-01: 1,702 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 922 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

36112026-08-07 00:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 26 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 20 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 35 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 26 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 30 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 30 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 27 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 25 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 27 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 23 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 36 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 29 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 32 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 26 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 23 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 25 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 26 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 27 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 21 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992022-06-092026-07-242022-06-09 — best price $16.992022-10-14 — best price $15.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-02-02 — best price $14.992023-06-08 — best price $9.992023-08-07 — best price $19.992023-11-15 — best price $19.992024-01-22 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-05-10 — best price $8.002024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-08-13 — best price $19.992024-09-27 — best price $8.002024-11-16 — best price $19.992024-12-13 — best price $8.002025-02-14 — best price $4.992025-03-19 — best price $9.992025-05-09 — best price $8.002025-06-10 — best price $4.992025-07-26 — best price $14.692025-08-27 — best price $15.892025-09-23 — best price $19.992025-10-27 — best price $4.992025-11-18 — best price $19.992026-01-10 — best price $19.992026-02-11 — best price $4.992026-03-07 — best price $19.992026-04-05 — best price $4.992026-05-08 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-24 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
67.6%
earned "GOD SAVE THE DUDE"
10.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,4003%34
PS5 (PlayStation)3454%35
PS5 (PlayStation)2805%35
PS4 (PlayStation)1107%35
PS4 (PlayStation)846%35
Switch (Nintendo)370%0

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

FPSGoreFunnyMemesActionComedyShooterPoliticsStylizedSurvival

Census log

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

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