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| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows,Linux,macOS,Android,Classic Mac OS,J2ME,Nintendo Switch,PlayStation 4,PlayStation 5 |
| First release | Postal September 24, 1997 |
| Latest release | Postal: Brain Damaged June 9, 2022 |
Postal is a series ofshooter video games created byRunning with Scissors known for its high-speedgameplay,violence andoff-color humor. The series' mainline games span several shootersub-genres, includingtop-down shooters (Postal andPostal Redux),first-person shooters (Postal 2 andPostal 4), and athird-person shooter (Postal III). The series has spawned severalspin-off games and other media, includingan eponymous film adaptation byUwe Boll.
| Game | Metacritic |
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| Postal | 56/100[1] |
| Postal 2 | 50/100[2] |
| Postal III | 24/100[3] |
| Postal 4: No Regerts | 31/100[4] |
| Postal: Brain Damaged | 71/100[5] |
| Year | Title | Platforms | Notes |
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| 1997 | Postal | Android,Dreamcast,Linux,Mac OS,macOS,Microsoft Windows | |
| 1998 | Postal: Special Delivery | Mac OS, Microsoft Windows | an official expansion adding four additional levels and improved Netcode for the multiplayer. |
| 2003 | Postal 2 | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows | the sequel toPostal, firstly introducing a first-person perspective. |
| Postal 2: Share the Pain | an official expansion, which addsPvP multiplayer and two new areas to the single player. | ||
| 2004 | Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend | an official expansion continuing after ending of the base game. | |
| 2011 | Postal III | Microsoft Windows | the sequel toPostal 2, developed by Russian developer Trashmasters in cooperation with Running with Scissors and published byAkella, which introduced athird-person perspective. Upon release, the game waspanned by critics and fans of the series, which resulted in Running with Scissors publicly apologizing for the release and mishandling of development. |
| 2015 | Postal 2: Paradise Lost | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows | an official piece ofDLC for theSteam version ofPostal 2. It tells of the Postal Dude's adventures afterApocalypse Weekend, andretconsPostal III, referring to it as a "horrible vision of a future gone wrong."[6] |
| 2016 | Postal Redux | Linux, Microsoft Windows,Nintendo Switch,PlayStation 4 | aremake of the originalPostal, featuring renewed textures and multiple changes made to adapt it to modern games.[7][8] |
| 2022 | Postal 4: No Regerts | Microsoft, Windows,PlayStation 4,PlayStation 5 | described by Running with Scissors as the "true sequel" toPostal 2. The game was announced and released on October 14, 2019, as anearly access game and left early access on April 20, 2022.[9] |
| Year | Title | Platforms | Notes |
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| 2005 | Postal 2: Corkscrew Rules! | Microsoft Windows | an officialspin-off and expansion toPostal 2, developed by Avalon Style Entertainment and published byAkella. The plot concerns a man named Corkscrew, who wakes up in an asylum to find that his penis has somehow been amputated and goes on a mission to find it. |
| 2009 | Postal Babes | Android, J2ME | a mobile video game spin-off developed and published by HeroCraft. It tells the story of two "Postal Babes" who must rescue hostages from their local university which has been taken over. |
| Postal Mobile | a mobile video game developed by Ministry of Fun and published by GlobalFun. It tells the story of the Postal Dude who has to fight his way through a town filled with corrupt police officers and street thugs in order to retrieve his stolen car. | ||
| 2022 | Postal: Brain Damaged | Microsoft Windows,PlayStation 4,PlayStation 5,Nintendo Switch | an official spin-off of thePostal series, developed by Hyperstrange andCreativeForge Games and published by Hyperstrange and Running with Scissors. The game is a retro-styledfirst-personboomer shooter. A demo was released in October 2021, the game was released on June 9, 2022. |
| 2023 | POOSTALL Royale | Microsoft Windows | an official spin-off of thePostal series, developed by the RWS C Team and published by Running with Scissors. The game was released on April 1, 2023, as anApril Fools' Joke.[10] |
A film adaptation of thePostal series was directed and co-written byUwe Boll. Though the film shares the title of the firstPostal video game, it is more heavily drawn from the sequel,Postal 2. New characters are introduced in the film, such as Faith (Jackie Tohn), a young barista who joins the Postal Dude in his adventure, and former U.S. presidentGeorge W. Bush (Brent Mendenhall).
Two books were published only in Russia. In 2011 published bookPostal. Реальный Чувак (Real Dude), which was written by Andrei Shlyachov and published byAST.[11] In 2012 published bookPostal. Чувак и надувная свобода (Dude and inflatable freedom), which was written by Igor Gradov and published by AST.[12]
A book based on the firstPostal game in the series, named after the game's expansion pack,Postal: Special Delivery, was written by Alisa Bogodarova and published on October 29, 2015, by Publish Green in the form of anAmazon KindleeBook. The book retells the game's story and the various events leading up to it and introduces several new characters including the Postal Dude's high school friends and teachers as well as original fantasy characters.
On April 15, 2020, a documentary book about the franchise was published –Postal – written by Brock Wilbur andNathan Rabin, which included an interview with Vince Desi and Mike Jaret.[13]
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