# POSTAL

Summer DB entity ID: b51eeb4f\-9cbc\-49ff\-a381\-8794bd787348

Steam App ID: 232770

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\. Crazed gunmen out for your blood await you around every corner, and your only choice is to get them before they get you\. Fight back with a destructive arsenal as make your way through a violence\-stricken town\.   It's time to go POSTAL\!     New control options \- use your mouse or dual analog sticks\. None of that tank control insanity\!   Get your friends together for LAN Multiplayer \- co\-op or deathmatch for up to 16 players\.   Blast your way through 22 levels: Includes the original 16 level campaign, 4 from the Special Delivery expansion and 2 previously Japanese\-exclusive levels\.   Test yourself with one of 22 bonus Challenge stages, across 4 categories\. Or play through all of them in The Gauntlet\.   9 devastating weapons: Defend yourself with varied tools of mayhem\. Take aim with the Scatter Gun\! Clear out rooms with Grenades, Mines, and the almighty Napalm Launcher\! Whip out Heatseeker Rockets for those big groups\!   Wide range of foes: Defend yourself from Molotov\-tossing Grenadiers, gun\-toting Infantryman, rocket\-firing Heavy\-Weapons Experts \(don't forget to duck\!\), and angry Ostriches\!   Non\-stop, guns\-blazing, adrenaline\-fueled action\!   Fully\-voiced Japanese audio available\!

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Running With Scissors

- Publisher: Running With Scissors

- Release date: Nov 14, 1997

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: true

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Action, Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/232770/ss\_8d7652020c8193004741034ef513e7595e59cdcb\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726332202, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/232770/ss\_6d2d3bff5af40c85f700272797559bbccd63f36d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726332202, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/232770/ss\_e0c314e4910eca85f57c5f4816317da32c5306aa\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726332202, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/232770/ss\_8d1150048280510c332431847f5292cbe82196be\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726332202, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/232770/ss\_e8f099053f5c5d348dc80bc8fac26944d7ea8a7b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726332202, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/232770/ss\_bab84ab60d660a5e3e8c2714740486df44052a57\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726332202, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/232770/ss\_a956039c8854b90bf7751edef1c587d22bf2a715\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726332202, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/232770/ss\_4c49e8d807257a036db17af8a4bc99438390bf80\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726332202, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/232770/ss\_cfda9229ca6083e62fc7adfb6e1edaaaaebd08ef\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726332202, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/232770/ss\_470cf7ab566b8ce9b64cef57ca18f708f229435e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726332202, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/232770/ss\_0bae7f32a564433268a7e4b53b14f7ef736d97b4\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726332202, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/232770/ss\_ce3fca294099f6f10da0e35086d208354b2a182f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726332202, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/232770/ss\_904bda6a12fe8057c5a39ed5abf3935dac619051\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726332202, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/232770/ss\_84745bb6bd004c803c020d01af9bc24e42deda1a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1726332202

- Price: Not collected

- Price country: Not collected

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 36

- Steam review count: 14491

- Steam positive reviews: 13274

- Steam negative reviews: 1217

- Steam positive percentage: 91.60168380374026%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/b51eeb4f-9cbc-49ff-a381-8794bd787348/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/b51eeb4f-9cbc-49ff-a381-8794bd787348/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-21T21:01:27\.185892\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-21T21:01:28\.444811\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-21T21:01:28\.179183\+00:00

Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":null,"catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/232770/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=232770","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/232770"\},"price":null,"source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-21T21:01:27\.185892\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-21T21:01:28\.444811\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-21T21:01:28\.179183\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":null,"catalog":"9f8db2b3\-953e\-4f5c\-887a\-69c910d0a7ae","details":"906229aa\-aff0\-4f6e\-96b4\-0472a931e1c4","players":"5c326fdc\-f961\-4f34\-bce9\-78e4f08ca6d9","reviews":"d0c00c88\-35a7\-493f\-98bf\-b36dfc318628"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\}

Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"b51eeb4f\-9cbc\-49ff\-a381\-8794bd787348","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\}

Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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