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Postal III cover art

Postal III

Trashmasters · Akella · 2012-02-17

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Postal III is a 2012 Action game priced at $5.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Mixed (47% of 6236 reviews).

4
playing now
47%
positive of 6.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
13/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (131 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Postal III trailer thumbnail

Postal III: Teaser Trailer

≈532,158 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 4 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 6% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 252k–503k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,288 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 4 of 8 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

1412026-09-15 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
192Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 14 · peak 43Dec 2012 — avg 9 · peak 25May 2013 — avg 6 · peak 21Oct 2013 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2014 — avg 4 · peak 13Aug 2014 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2015 — avg 6 · peak 27Jun 2015 — avg 5 · peak 17Nov 2015 — avg 4 · peak 32Apr 2016 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2016 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2017 — avg 3 · peak 14Jul 2017 — avg 4 · peak 16Dec 2017 — avg 5 · peak 19May 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2023 — avg 12 · peak 37May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 22Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 21Jan 2026 — avg 9 · peak 30Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

270852026-05-31 — 140 pageviews2026-06-04 — 117 pageviews2026-06-08 — 119 pageviews2026-06-12 — 116 pageviews2026-06-16 — 118 pageviews2026-06-20 — 122 pageviews2026-06-24 — 131 pageviews2026-06-28 — 270 pageviews2026-07-02 — 244 pageviews2026-07-06 — 147 pageviews2026-07-10 — 173 pageviews2026-07-14 — 160 pageviews2026-07-18 — 120 pageviews2026-07-22 — 143 pageviews2026-07-26 — 130 pageviews2026-07-30 — 156 pageviews2026-08-03 — 114 pageviews2026-08-07 — 100 pageviews2026-08-11 — 124 pageviews2026-08-15 — 112 pageviews2026-08-19 — 137 pageviews2026-08-23 — 143 pageviews2026-08-27 — 106 pageviews2026-08-31 — 116 pageviews2026-09-04 — 147 pageviews2026-09-08 — 108 pageviews2026-09-12 — 101 pageviews2026-09-16 — 181 pageviews2026-09-20 — 126 pageviews2026-09-24 — 117 pageviews2026-09-28 — 110 pageviews2026-10-02 — 121 pageviews2026-10-06 — 105 pageviews2026-10-09 — 103 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-11-09 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

GoreFunnyActionComedyMatureNuditySandboxShooterViolentDark Humor

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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