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Spend a week as the POSTAL Dude, completing everyday errands across Paradise while choosing calm solutions or violent chaos.
Released 02 Nov 2012
Complete Daily Errands
Choose Calm or Chaos
Use Cats as Silencers
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Developed by Running With Scissors · Published by Running With Scissors









You play as the POSTAL Dude, an ordinary man trying to get through a week of errands in the town of Paradise. Tasks include things like buying milk, returning a library book, and collecting a paycheck.
The town is a large, open environment where you can explore and tackle each day's objectives at your own pace. You can follow the errands directly or wander, interact with residents, and let everyday encounters take unexpected turns.
How much trouble you cause is up to you: errands can be approached peacefully or with violence, and residents may react to your choices. You can use weapons ranging from a shovel to firearms, bring along your dog Champ, and make use of unusual equipment and items; the game also supports community-made mods.
Players often praise the freedom to handle simple errands in very different ways, along with the crude humor, outrageous situations, and satirical tone. Some also enjoy exploring Paradise and revisiting the game as a memorable classic. Criticism in the supplied reviews focuses on technical problems such as crashes and loading errors, dated visuals, awkward controls, and a campaign some find short or uneven.

| Platforms | Windows, Linux |
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| Achievements | 89 |
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| Players | From 1 (maximum not specified) |
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| Multiplayer | POSTAL 2 is primarily listed with single-player support, but Steam tags and player reviews indicate multiplayer exists. Reviews describe multiplayer and custom servers, but also report that it is poorly supported or broken. A community Workshop mod, "Nicks COOP," is mentioned as enabling cooperative play in the single-player campaign with a friend. |
| Multiplayer & mods | The game is moddable and has Steam Workshop support. Reviews mention custom servers and multiplayer-focused mods. A Workshop mod called "Nicks COOP" is specifically cited as enabling 2-player cooperative play in the single-player campaign. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
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| Metacritic | 59/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |