Games like POSTAL: Brain Damaged
If POSTAL: Brain Damaged is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chop Goblins, CULTIC and High Hell — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its humor captures internet culture, postal dude is iconic and dark. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →POSTAL: Brain Damaged is a 2022 action game that channels classic boomer shooter mechanics through a surreal first-person adventure set inside the mind of the infamous Postal Dude. Players navigate a distorted dream world filled with horde waves, secret hunting, and dream-logic puzzles while wielding a pickup-based weapon system featuring alternate fire modes. Reviewers highlight the fast-paced boomer shooter action, noting that the weapons feel satisfying to use and that the humor captures internet culture sensibilities. Players describe the overall experience as dark, retro, and unsettling. Developed by Hyperstrange and CreativeForge Games with publisher Running With Scissors, the game carries a 95% positive rating from over 5,000 Steam reviews and is verified for Steam Deck play at $19.99 USD.
About POSTAL: Brain Damaged: 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.
Players who liked POSTAL: Brain Damaged also play
Steam players who put hours into POSTAL: Brain Damaged also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Chop Goblins
WHY THIS
Top pick for POSTAL: Brain Damaged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
A fast-paced micro FPS in which The Chop Goblins are loose, chopping their way through time itself in their ravenous quest for cheese. And THE CHOP WILL NOT STOP.
CULTIC
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Second-strongest match for POSTAL: Brain Damaged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
High Hell
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for POSTAL: Brain Damaged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
High Hell is a neon-soaked, arcade-action first-person shooter from Terri Vellmann (Heavy Bullets) and Doseone (Enter the Gungeon, Gang Beasts).
Turbo Overkill
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for POSTAL: Brain Damaged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Serious Sam Classics: Revolution
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Ranked #5 for POSTAL: Brain Damaged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Serious Sam is a high-adrenaline arcade-action shooter heavily focused on frantic action. In a world where cyberpunk meets fantasy-fiction and advanced technology is mixed with black magic and psycho-powers, Sam travels through four beautiful worlds, confronting countless foes on his way to Mental's base.
CRUEL
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Ranked #6 for POSTAL: Brain Damaged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements
Rogue Warrior
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Ranked #7 for POSTAL: Brain Damaged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Rogue Warrior is a character-driven, first-person-shooter, featuring Richard 'Demo Dick' Marcinko's explosive personality in an action-packed single player campaign, and intense multiplayer combat. Playing as Richard 'Demo Dick' Marcinko, you go behind the iron curtain to disrupt a suspected North Korean ballistic missile program.
Anger Foot
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for POSTAL: Brain Damaged fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Anger Foot is a lightning fast action FPS where the only things harder than your ass kicking feet are the ass kicking beats.
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Hatred
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Reviewers of POSTAL: Brain Damaged cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Reviewers of POSTAL: Brain Damaged cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
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?
Red Dead Redemption 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of POSTAL: Brain Damaged cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
Manhunt
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Reviewers of POSTAL: Brain Damaged cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
You awake to the sound of your own panicked breath. In Manhunt, you must run, hide and fight to survive. If you can stay alive long enough, you may find out who did this to you. This is a brutal blood sport.
Damnation
WHY THIS
Reviewers of POSTAL: Brain Damaged cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Evolving the shooter genre with its unique and exhilarating combination of fluid action and combat, Damnation features huge, open environments, frenetic combat, daredevil acrobatics and high-octane vehicle-based stunts.
Serious Sam 3: BFE
WHY THIS
Reviewers of POSTAL: Brain Damaged cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
Hotline Miami
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Reviewers of POSTAL: Brain Damaged cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
The Evil Within
WHY THIS
Reviewers of POSTAL: Brain Damaged cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below POSTAL: Brain Damaged at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~50% under POSTAL: Brain Damaged on Steam right now. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under POSTAL: Brain Damaged on Steam right now. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under POSTAL: Brain Damaged on Steam right now. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under POSTAL: Brain Damaged on Steam right now. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under POSTAL: Brain Damaged on Steam right now. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~65% under POSTAL: Brain Damaged on Steam right now. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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More from Hyperstrange
Other recommendable Steam games by Hyperstrange, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Blood West
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Another title from Hyperstrange, the studio behind POSTAL: Brain Damaged. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Weird west legends meet eldritch horror in BLOOD WEST, an immersive stealth FPS. Become the Undead Gunslinger, doomed to roam the barren lands until he manages to purge their curse, freeing his soul. 3 varied scenarios, perk-based character progression, and 20+ hours of gameplay await you!
ELDERBORN
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Another title from Hyperstrange, the studio behind POSTAL: Brain Damaged. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
ELDERBORN - a Metal AF* Slasher with brutal FPP melee combat and souls-like/RPG character progression. In the times of legend, barbarian tribes need a new dark messiah. Be that merciless slayer. Uncover ancient secrets in the city of doom. Forge your own destiny! *Action Fantasy.
CROSSBOW: Bloodnight
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Another title from Hyperstrange, the studio behind POSTAL: Brain Damaged. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
CROSSBOW: Bloodnight is a frantic score-attack arena shooter set in a world of camp horror and gore. Master the occult powers of your automatic crossbow and fight for every second of survival against a relentless demonic horde! Hunt. Die. Hunt again.
Hordes of Hunger
WHY THIS
Another title from Hyperstrange, the studio behind POSTAL: Brain Damaged. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Vanquish an onslaught of monsters in this 3D action survivorslike from the creators of Blood West. Take control of Mirah to defend your homeland from a living hunger, wield powerful weapons and abilities, and save others from the advancing hordes.
RAYZE
WHY THIS
Another title from Hyperstrange, the studio behind POSTAL: Brain Damaged. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
RAYZE is an AIM RACER. Hit a target to accelerate. Miss and you slow down. Hit a wall and lose. Find the fastest route. Get to the finish line. Simple? Yes. Easy? Hell no. Ready? 3... 2... 1... Let's RAYZE!
LOUD: My Road to Fame
WHY THIS
Another title from Hyperstrange, the studio behind POSTAL: Brain Damaged. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
A wholesome, music-filled arcade rhythm game in which a young, reclusive rocker goes on a journey of self-discovery. Once she begins to follow her dreams and finds her inner voice, she discovers that it is LOUD!
ELDERBORN: VENGEANCE
WHY THIS
Another title from Hyperstrange, the studio behind POSTAL: Brain Damaged. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
The Metal FPP Slasher is back with faster, heavier, unapologetically brutal melee combat! Hook, kick, counter, and crush enemies where movement, positioning, and your surroundings become weapons. Draw your merciless blade and deliver vengeance with glorious finishers!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Chop Goblins
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
A fast-paced micro FPS in which The Chop Goblins are loose, chopping their way through time itself in their ravenous quest for cheese. And THE CHOP WILL NOT STOP.
CULTIC
WHY THIS
Shares an unsettling mood with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Death is only the beginning. Crawl from your grave and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter.
Turbo Overkill
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
Anger Foot
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with POSTAL: Brain Damaged.
Anger Foot is a lightning fast action FPS where the only things harder than your ass kicking feet are the ass kicking beats.
Frequently asked about POSTAL: Brain Damaged
- Is POSTAL: Brain Damaged verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — POSTAL: Brain Damaged is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does POSTAL: Brain Damaged cost?
- POSTAL: Brain Damaged is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to POSTAL: Brain Damaged?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside POSTAL: Brain Damaged are Chop Goblins, CULTIC, High Hell.
- Who developed POSTAL: Brain Damaged?
- POSTAL: Brain Damaged was developed by Hyperstrange, CreativeForge Games and published by Running With Scissors, Hyperstrange.
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