Single-player games like POSTAL
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to POSTAL, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Hatred
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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POSTAL 2
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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?
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Slayaway Camp
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Hong Kong Massacre
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL.
Blast your way through the streets of Hong Kong in a fast-paced, top-down shooter. Inspired by classic action movies, The Hong Kong Massacre places you at the center of a hard-boiled revenge story, filled with brutal, cinematic shootouts and vivid underworld locations.
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Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL.
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.
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RUINER
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL.
RUINER is a brutal action shooter set in the year 2091 in the cyber metropolis Rengkok. A wired psychopath lashes out against a corrupt system to uncover the truth and retrieve his kidnapped brother under the guidance of a secretive hacker friend.
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KILL KNIGHT
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with POSTAL.
KILL KNIGHT is an ultra-responsive arcade-inspired isometric action shooter. Condemned to eternal sufferance, deep within the voids of an eldritch arena, you must wield an arsenal of devastating weaponry to obliterate swarms of otherworldly horrors - and MASTER THE DEMON WITHIN.
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Shadowgrounds
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with POSTAL.
Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...
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Manhunt
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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HITMAN™
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Grand Theft Auto V Legacy
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Hotline Miami
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Just Cause
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with POSTAL.
Your world...Your rules!
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Saints Row 2
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Just Cause™ 3
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Far Cry® 5
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with POSTAL.
Discover the open world of Hope County, Montana, besieged by a fanatical doomsday cult. Dive into the action solo or two-player co-op in the story campaign, use a vast arsenal of weapons and allies, and free Hope County from Joseph Seed and his cult.
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POSTAL 4: No Regerts
Single-player alternative to POSTAL — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!