Games like POSTAL
If POSTAL is your kind of game, the closest matches are Hatred, Soulbound Steel and Enemy Remains — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its free to play, provocative content and unpredictable scenarios. 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 is a 1997 top-down isometric action game developed and published by Running With Scissors. Players take control of the infamous Dude in a world gone mad, navigating open-ended levels filled with fast-paced combat and a wide variety of weapons. The game is free to play and runs as a solo-only experience. Reviewers on Steam give it a 92% positive rating from over 6600 reviews, and it is marked as playable on Steam Deck. Players describe the experience as challenging and dark, with unpredictable scenarios and provocative content that defines the title's decades-long reputation. The medium-length campaign offers a sit-down shooter session marked by difficulty and dark humor.
About POSTAL: Take control of The POSTAL Dude in his infamous first outing as he battles to survive in a world gone mad! POSTAL is a classic isometric shooter filled to the brim with fast-paced explosive action.
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Hatred
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Shares top down shooter and a dark mood with POSTAL.
Top pick for POSTAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL.
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
Soulbound Steel
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for POSTAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL.
Embody a necromancer and slash your way through knights and castles. Combine skills of undead warriors on the fly. Summon powerful demons and slay colossal deities in a hack n’ slash that offers a brand new combat system to be mastered.
Enemy Remains
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for POSTAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with POSTAL.
Atmospheric horror shooter, offering a blend of intense action and survival horror.
Slayaway Camp
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with POSTAL.
Ranked #4 for POSTAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with POSTAL.
A killer puzzle game where you control Skullface, a psycho slasher bent on slaughtering camp counselors at the title campground. Slide an adorable voxel murderer around hundreds of isometric puzzle levels to squash, flay, and decapitate hapless victims in this darkly comic homage to 80s horror.
POSTAL Redux
WHY THIS
Shares top down shooter and a dark mood with POSTAL.
Ranked #5 for POSTAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL.
POSTAL Redux is a high definition remake of the classic dark and surreal twin-stick isometric shooter. Take control of The POSTAL Dude as he fights to survive in a world gone mad with violence.
One Shell Straight to Hell
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for POSTAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL.
One Shell Straight to Hell pits a heavily armed Padre Alexander against hordes of demons and the possessed in an isometric dungeon crawling, roguelite shooter with a pinch of base defence mechanics and a surly attitude.
CellShocked
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for POSTAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL.
Twinstick shooter! Aim for the highest score before you are finally overwhelemed!
Toadled: Eating Frenzy
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for POSTAL fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL.
Toadled: Eating Frenzy is an action roguelike with an appetite! Play as a toad and eat everything on your path to grow bigger and mutate into new, disgusting forms. Consuming human flesh? Fair game. Police cars, tanks, missiles? Mild indigestion. Try out hundreds of appetizing build combinations!
Reviewers mention these as similar to POSTAL
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Manhunt
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with POSTAL.
Reviewers of POSTAL cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL.
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.
HITMAN™
WHY THIS
Reviewers of POSTAL cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL.
There is a world beyond ours. Beyond nations, justice, ethics. It never sleeps. It exists everywhere. And once you enter....there is no going back. Welcome to the World of Assassination. You are Agent 47, the world's ultimate assassin.
Hatred
WHY THIS
Shares top down shooter and a dark mood with POSTAL.
Reviewers of POSTAL cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL.
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
Grand Theft Auto V Legacy
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with POSTAL.
Reviewers of POSTAL cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL.
Grand Theft Auto V for PC offers players the option to explore the award-winning world of Los Santos and Blaine County in resolutions of up to 4k and beyond, as well as the chance to experience the game running at 60 frames per second.
Hotline Miami
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with POSTAL.
Reviewers of POSTAL cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Saints Row 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of POSTAL cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL.
Saints Row 2 brings true freedom to open-world gaming. Players can play as who they want, how they want, and with whomever they want in this sequel to the much acclaimed and tremendously successful Saints Row.
Just Cause™ 3
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with POSTAL.
Reviewers of POSTAL cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL.
With over 1000 km² of complete freedom from sky to seabed, Rico Rodriguez returns to unleash chaos in the most creative and explosive ways imaginable.
Just Cause
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Reviewers of POSTAL cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL.
Your world...Your rules!
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More from Running With Scissors
Other recommendable Steam games by Running With Scissors, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with POSTAL.
Another title from Running With Scissors, the studio behind POSTAL. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL.
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?
POSTAL 4: No Regerts
WHY THIS
Another title from Running With Scissors, the studio behind POSTAL. Shares Action with POSTAL.
POSTAL 4: No Regerts is a satirical and outrageous comedic open world first person shooter and the long-awaited true sequel to what’s been fondly dubbed as "The Worst Game Ever™", POSTAL 2!
POSTAL Redux
WHY THIS
Shares top down shooter and a dark mood with POSTAL.
Another title from Running With Scissors, the studio behind POSTAL. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL.
POSTAL Redux is a high definition remake of the classic dark and surreal twin-stick isometric shooter. Take control of The POSTAL Dude as he fights to survive in a world gone mad with violence.
POSTAL 2 VR
WHY THIS
Another title from Running With Scissors, the studio behind POSTAL. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL.
POSTAL 2 VR lets you loose in the most chaotic sandbox shooter ever, fully reimagined for VR. Survive a week in Paradise, Arizona—buy milk, return books, or go completely POSTAL with an arsenal of absurd weapons and unpredictable NPCs. The choice is yours…but good luck staying out of trouble.
Flesh & Wire
WHY THIS
Another title from Running With Scissors, the studio behind POSTAL. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL.
Delve into the psychological roots of the POSTAL series in Flesh & Wire, a horror first person shooter that ventures into the twisted reality of a hapless victim seeking enshrouded answers and grisly vengeance against the crazed gunman who changed her life forever.
Frequently asked about POSTAL
- Does POSTAL run on Steam Deck?
- POSTAL is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Is POSTAL free to play?
- Yes — POSTAL is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- What games are most similar to POSTAL?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside POSTAL are Hatred, Soulbound Steel, Enemy Remains.
- Who developed POSTAL?
- POSTAL was developed by Running With Scissors.
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