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Postal III cover art

Postal III

Trashmasters · Akella · 2012-02-17

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 23, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Good or Insane? The choice is yours. Following the Apocalyptic end to the Postal Dude’s week in Paradise, we follow him and his insane pitbull Champ as they emigrate to its appropriately named sister city, Catharsis.

6
playing now
47%
positive of 6.2k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
13/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

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

Postal III is a 2011 third-person shooter video game developed by Trashmasters and Running with Scissors, and published by Akella. It is the third installment in the Postal franchise and was released for Microsoft Windows. Ports for OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 were announced, but ultimately canceled.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 505 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~63/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 249k–499k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,236 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.01 at Steam (2023-10-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18518520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1412026-08-06 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 9 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.012015-01-012026-07-242015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-06-22 — best price $19.992015-12-22 — best price $4.992016-02-12 — best price $19.992016-07-04 — best price $14.992016-11-23 — best price $5.092017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-07-05 — best price $11.992017-11-22 — best price $3.592018-01-04 — best price $11.992018-10-31 — best price $3.592018-11-27 — best price $11.992019-02-04 — best price $2.392019-07-10 — best price $11.992020-10-29 — best price $2.392020-12-01 — best price $11.992021-05-27 — best price $2.392021-07-08 — best price $11.992021-11-24 — best price $2.392022-01-05 — best price $11.992023-10-13 — best price $5.992023-11-21 — best price $1.012023-12-18 — best price $5.992024-01-22 — best price $1.012024-03-11 — best price $5.992024-04-15 — best price $1.012024-06-03 — best price $5.992024-07-15 — best price $1.012024-12-04 — best price $5.992025-02-21 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $1.792025-12-24 — best price $2.992026-04-05 — best price $2.992026-07-24 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

298742026-05-31 — 140 pageviews2026-06-03 — 117 pageviews2026-06-06 — 120 pageviews2026-06-09 — 102 pageviews2026-06-12 — 116 pageviews2026-06-15 — 118 pageviews2026-06-18 — 122 pageviews2026-06-21 — 134 pageviews2026-06-24 — 131 pageviews2026-06-27 — 222 pageviews2026-06-30 — 213 pageviews2026-07-03 — 255 pageviews2026-07-06 — 147 pageviews2026-07-09 — 169 pageviews2026-07-12 — 138 pageviews2026-07-15 — 100 pageviews2026-07-18 — 120 pageviews2026-07-21 — 127 pageviews2026-07-24 — 85 pageviews2026-07-27 — 107 pageviews2026-07-30 — 156 pageviews2026-08-02 — 148 pageviews2026-08-05 — 88 pageviews2026-08-08 — 107 pageviews2026-08-11 — 124 pageviews2026-08-14 — 104 pageviews2026-08-17 — 163 pageviews2026-08-20 — 147 pageviews2026-08-23 — 143 pageviews2026-08-26 — 134 pageviews2026-08-28 — 145 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
68.4%
earned "EMO"
5.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Russian, German, French, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

GoreFunnyActionComedyMatureNuditySandboxShooterViolentDark Humor

Census log

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

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