POSTAL 2 similar games & best alternatives

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POSTAL 2

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2012

Should you play it?

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?

What works

  • High player freedom and creativity
  • Dark humor and satire
  • Open world exploration
  • Ongoing developer support and mods
  • Unique and memorable gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Aged graphics and mechanics
  • Some bugs and crashes
  • Limited multiplayer activity
  • Potentially offensive content
  • Navigation can be confusing

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Bitardia

  • BRUTALISTICK VR

  • The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners

  • Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque

  • Fallen Aces

  • 77p egg: Eggwife

Less dominating

Games that feels like POSTAL 2 but with less domination over others

  • The spy who shot me™

  • Kvark

  • Ion Fury

  • Mohrta

  • Zortch

  • Dread X Collection 4: The Hunt

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with POSTAL 2. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with POSTAL 2. These titles are not in What to play next.

POSTAL 2: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Domination, Violence, Status.

Last update: 21/08/2026