Games like POSTAL Redux
If POSTAL Redux is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shoot 'm Up, POSTAL and Yet Another Zombie Defense HD — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical positioning matters, bleak 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 Redux is a 2016 action indie game by Running With Scissors featuring a dark and surreal isometric shooter experience. Players navigate The POSTAL Dude through violent scenarios using execution-based combat and tactical positioning, with a rampage mode available alongside an art-style selection option. Reviewers highlight the improved enemy AI and health balance as key enhancements, while players describe the game as bleak, dark, and immersive. The title includes a new carnival level featuring clowns. Priced at 1.07 USD, it holds a 93% positive rating from over 3,000 Steam reviews and is marked as playable on Steam Deck.
About POSTAL Redux: 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.
Players who liked POSTAL Redux also play
Steam players who put hours into POSTAL Redux 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.
Shoot 'm Up
WHY THIS
Top pick for POSTAL Redux fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
Tactical multiplayer chaos.That's what would describe this game in 3 words. It's fast, it's messy, it's challenging. Do you like blowing up zombies to bits together with your friends? Protecting your base from the enemy team? Grab your gear and start the chaos!
POSTAL
WHY THIS
Shares top down shooter and a dark mood with POSTAL Redux.
Second-strongest match for POSTAL Redux fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
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.
Yet Another Zombie Defense HD
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with POSTAL Redux.
Third-strongest match for POSTAL Redux fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?
Zombie Builder Defense
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for POSTAL Redux fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with POSTAL Redux.
Top down, action packed, multiplayer, zombie shooter. Build your base with friends and see how long you can survive the endless horde of zombies. Level up with friends, or alone, how you die is up to you.
Rapture Rejects
WHY THIS
Shares a bleak mood with POSTAL Redux.
Ranked #5 for POSTAL Redux fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
The Rapture Has Happened. You didn't make the cut. Rapture Rejects is a top down isometric last man standing game set in the apocalyptic Cyanide & Happiness universe.
Hatred
WHY THIS
Shares execution based combat, top down shooter and a bleak mood with POSTAL Redux.
Ranked #6 for POSTAL Redux fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
Serious Sam's Bogus Detour
WHY THIS
Shares top down shooter with POSTAL Redux.
Ranked #7 for POSTAL Redux fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
Serious Sam’s Bogus Detour is an all-new action-adventure in the legendary Serious Sam saga from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell.
10 Miles To Safety
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for POSTAL Redux fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
The Apocalypse has arrived and your goal is simple: Make it 10 miles to safety through a limitless procedurally-generated world overrun with The Infected and packed with the tools and weapons to fight them.
Reviewers mention these as similar to POSTAL Redux
Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.
Manhunt
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with POSTAL Redux.
Reviewers of POSTAL Redux cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL Redux.
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.
Hatred
WHY THIS
Shares execution based combat, top down shooter and a bleak mood with POSTAL Redux.
Reviewers of POSTAL Redux cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
Hatred is a violent twin-stick shooter, in which you take the role of The Antagonist fighting against all of humanity.
Party Hard
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with POSTAL Redux.
Reviewers of POSTAL Redux cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
HITMAN™
WHY THIS
Reviewers of POSTAL Redux cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL Redux.
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.
Hotline Miami
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with POSTAL Redux.
Reviewers of POSTAL Redux cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
Hotline Miami is a high-octane action game overflowing with raw brutality, hard-boiled gunplay and skull crushing close combat.
Farmageddon
WHY THIS
Reviewers of POSTAL Redux cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
In this Action Roguelike, defend your farm from waves of enemies attacking with live vegetables. Dodge, catch, and use their own projectiles against them to survive. Uncover the conspiracy driving their revenge—a secret they don't even know themselves.
Prototype 2
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with POSTAL Redux.
Reviewers of POSTAL Redux cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL Redux.
Become the ultimate shape-shifting weapon!
Prototype™
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with POSTAL Redux.
Reviewers of POSTAL Redux cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with POSTAL Redux.
You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory armed with amazing shape-shifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy which created you; making those responsible pay. Fast & Deadly Shape-Shifting Combat: Reconfigure your body to the situation at hand.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below POSTAL Redux at current Steam store prices.
Mining Mechs
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under POSTAL Redux on Steam right now. Shares Indie with POSTAL Redux.
Unleash your inner miner as you commandeer a high-tech Mining Mech! Mine for valuable resources and upgrade your mech for even bigger hauls as you explore the underground. Fun to play alone or with up to 7 friends in online co-op multiplayer!
ULTIMATE HARDBASS DEFENCE
WHY THIS
Priced ~45% under POSTAL Redux on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
SHOOT. SURVIVE. DANCE HARDBASS.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under POSTAL Redux on Steam right now. Shares Action with POSTAL Redux.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under POSTAL Redux on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under POSTAL Redux on Steam right now. Shares Indie with POSTAL Redux.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under POSTAL Redux on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
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. Shares Indie with POSTAL Redux.
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 and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
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 Redux.
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.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with POSTAL Redux.
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.).
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
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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 Redux.
Another title from Running With Scissors, the studio behind POSTAL Redux. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
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 Redux. Shares Action with POSTAL Redux.
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
WHY THIS
Shares top down shooter and a dark mood with POSTAL Redux.
Another title from Running With Scissors, the studio behind POSTAL Redux. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
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.
POSTAL 2 VR
WHY THIS
Another title from Running With Scissors, the studio behind POSTAL Redux. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
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 Redux. Shares Action and Indie with POSTAL Redux.
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 Redux
- Does POSTAL Redux run on Steam Deck?
- POSTAL Redux is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does POSTAL Redux cost?
- POSTAL Redux is listed on Steam at 1.07 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does POSTAL Redux have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — POSTAL Redux supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to POSTAL Redux?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside POSTAL Redux are Shoot 'm Up, POSTAL, Yet Another Zombie Defense HD.
- Who developed POSTAL Redux?
- POSTAL Redux was developed by Running With Scissors.
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