POSTAL Redux similar games & best alternatives

POSTAL Redux - Trailer
POSTAL Redux - postal-redux_1.avif
POSTAL Redux - postal-redux_2.avif
POSTAL Redux - postal-redux_3.avif
POSTAL Redux - postal-redux_4.avif
POSTAL Redux - postal-redux_5.avif
POSTAL Redux - postal-redux_6.avif

POSTAL Redux

PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch • 2016

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Improved controls and aiming
  • Dark, immersive atmosphere
  • Co-op multiplayer mode
  • Additional levels and rampage mode
  • Affordable price with dlc included

Things to keep in mind

  • Short campaign length
  • Some bugs and crashes reported
  • Limited character customization
  • New ending less impactful than original
  • Ai and collision issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Assault Android Cactus+

  • Splatter - Zombiecalypse Now

  • Bullet Heaven 2

  • X-Morph: Defense

  • Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms

  • G2 Fighter / 基因特工

Less social

Games that feels like POSTAL Redux but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • POSTAL

  • Hatred

  • Zombie Shooter 2

  • Brigador: Up-Armored Edition

  • Jackal

  • Heaven Dust 2

Less competitive

Games that feels like POSTAL Redux but with less competition against others

  • Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse

  • Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

  • Shadowgrounds

  • Party Hard 2

  • Dread Dawn

  • Redeemer: Enhanced Edition

More intimate

Games that feels like POSTAL Redux but with more focus on close relationships

  • Madballs in Babo:Invasion

  • God's Trigger

  • Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition

  • RUNNING WITH RIFLES

  • Of Guards And Thieves

  • Apocalypse Party

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 Redux. 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 Redux. These titles are not in What to play next.

POSTAL Redux: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Domination.

Last update: 21/08/2026