POSTAL

POSTAL

Steam Deck Playable

Running With Scissors · Psychological Horror

Yes, worth playing.

It's free to play.

92%
Very Positive
14k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 14k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
38% of themes are praise50% are divided12% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay-wise, it’s actually a surprisingly tough isometric arcade shooter.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I won't spoil all of the fun and the story but it is interesting.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It’s an isometric, gritty, twin-stick shooter with a lo-fi industrial noise soundtrack and a art style that looks like it was painted in rust and blood.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Gameplay50 reviews
Story and characters34 reviews
Graphics19 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Audio20 reviews
100%
Crashes10 reviews
90%
Interface9 reviews
100%
Difficulty8 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat23 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
27
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.