POSTAL 2 — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Classic POSTAL Dude Youtooz figurine is now available for pre-order! | 2026-01-23 | CLASSIC POSTAL DUDE Youtooz At long last, the wait is over! Pre-orders for the brand new Classic POSTAL Dude Youtooz figurines are officially open today! You can Pre-Order it now right HERE! Only available until February 20th, 12pm PT! |
| POSTAL 2 Redux Kickstarter is LIVE! | 2025-08-12 | Kickstarter’s live! Pledge now to lock in rewards before they’re gone: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/postal2redux/postal-2-redux 20+ years. Endless fan requests. Now POSTAL 2 Redux is happening and YOU can help shape it. |
| POSTAL 2 Redux Run-Up: Counting Bodies and Answering Questions | 2025-07-22 | Hello, POSTAL fans!You wouldn’t stop asking, so we stopped dodging Molotovs and wrote it all down. POSTAL 2 Redux is real, a love letter to the original, upgraded with all the power of today’s tech and yes—your unhinged demands absolutely helped make this mess happen. Below is the full FAQ: what Redux actually is, why we’re doing it this way, how VR fits, exactly when you’ll be “hosing down” Paradise in higher fidelity, and what fresh hell unlocks when our pre‑launch follower numbers spike.Before you scroll: hit “Notify me” on the Kickstarter, wishlist on Steam, and pile into Discord. Every new warm body pushes us closer to stretch goals that |
| POSTAL 2 REDUX is Coming to Kickstarter This Summer! | 2025-06-15 | Running With Scissors proudly announces the ultimate remake for PC & Consoles (NOTE: POSTAL 2 REDUX and the recently announced POSTAL 2 VR are separate games)Honored and humbled by the greatest fans in gaming, Running With Scissors, with our publisher Flat2VR Studios and co-developer Team Beef, are shooting our ultimate load to bring you “POSTAL 2 REDUX” on PC and for the very first time on consoles. A ground‑up overhaul of the infamous open world shooter, POSTAL 2 REDUX will hoist every original asset out of the creaking Unreal 1.5 engine and slam it into today’s Unity—delivering the same familiar week in the POSTAL Dude’s life with a mercil |
| POSTAL Dude & Champ Youtooz figurine available for pre-order! | 2025-04-13 | POSTAL Dude & Champ Youtooz The wait is over and you can finally pre-order the brand new POSTAL Dude & Champ Youtooz figurines today. You don’t want to miss out though, this offer will only be available up until April 25th, so make sure you get one now to avoid disappointment! You can Pre-Order it now right HERE! |
| POSTAL: Brain Damaged is now live on the Nintendo Switch! | 2024-02-02 | Hello POSTAL fans! POSTAL: Brain Damaged is NOW LIVE on the Nintendo Switch! Unleash the madness, embrace the chaos, and dive headfirst into the mayhem - all from the cozy confines of... wherever the heck you are! Grab the game HERE! and make sure follow HYPERSTRANGE on X (Formerly known and still referred to as Twitter by 95% of the population)! |
| The full POSTAL Redux Soundtrack is available for pre-order! (Vinyl and CD!) | 2023-11-12 | A glorious symphony of slaughter! 76 tromboners led the death parade… Running With Scissors & Turtle Pals Tapes present: The full POSTAL Redux Original Soundtrack is NOW available for pre-order on both a 2xLP gatefold vinyl, and a 2xCD set! Get yours now at: https://www.turtlepalstapes.com/product/postal-redux-2xlp https://www.turtlepalstapes.com/product/postal-redux-2xcd |
| POSTAL 2 Pinball | 2023-05-27 | Hello, POSTAL Fans! A while back, we released POSTAL Redux Pinball for the game Zaccaria Pinball. For those who are not familiar yet with any of this, we have teamed up with Running With Scissors and got permission to make pinball tables based on POSTAL 2, we have made 4 tables and added them all into 1 pack. All these tables are now playable in Zaccaria Pinball. Check it out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2127000/Zaccaria_Pinball__POSTAL_2_Table_Pack/ PS: Users that purchase the pack will get some balls to suck on, a trio of testicles: MikeJ, Krotchy and the Dude. Free balls, premium balls. WE REGRET NOTHING! The Magic Pixel Team |
| POSTAL 2 is now Steam Deck Verified! | 2023-04-24 | We are big fans of the Steam Deck here at RWS, and we are actively working to ensure all of our games provide a great experience on the platform. We are proud to announce that, after some back and forth with Valve's diligent verification team, we have ironed out all the kinks, and POSTAL 2 is now fully Deck verified via its native Linux client! We took things a step further as well. When playing on the Deck, the button prompts now display the correctly styled Steam Deck glyphs instead of the Xbox controller ones, and we have created a custom "how to play" screen. Please note that, as of now, there is no cross-cloud save feature between the na |
| POSTAL 2 - 20th Anniversary Update! [5100] | 2023-04-19 | 🎉 Happy 20th Anniversary POSTAL 2! 🎉 We're stoked to announce our celebratory update, which brings the widely loved community mod 'xPatch' into the official fold, as well as other improvements! This update is jam-packed with exciting new features, enhancements, and bug fixes that will elevate your POSTAL 2 experience to a whole new level. Some of the standout additions include improved Steam Deck compatibility, the Two Weeks In Paradise game mode (Paradise Lost), a reworked New Game menu, and a new "Ludicrous" difficulty. Plus, we've added the Flipping the Bird feature from Paradise Lost into the base P2, expanded Crosshair Customization, a |
| '25th Anniversary of Going POSTAL' Sale Event is live! | 2022-11-10 | Hey, POSTAL fans! Today, we are celebrating 25 years of Going POSTAL! The sale event will run from November 10th to 15th, so be sure to check out all the sweet deals here: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/RWS/sale/postalfranchise To celebrate this special occasion, we put together an anniversary trailer, check it out! :) |
| POSTAL: Brain Damaged - Connoisseur Edition (OST & Art Book bundle!) + upcoming updates! | 2022-06-17 | https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/38371631/fbb0539e05676ff94aa2b21c71c2b025479b62c1.jpg Hyperstrange friends, RWS fam! Hyperstrange-developed POSTAL: Brain Damaged, the action-packed DOOM Eternal-like spin-off of the POSTAL series is finally here, and if you own any of the eligible RWS or Hyperstrange titles, or some other staple throwback-shooters like DUSK, Hedon, or Nightmare Reaper, you can get PBD with an additional discount added on top of -20% release discount via one of the special bundle deals. Plus, we're happy to report it really SLAPS! With more than 1100 reviews it currently enjoys an 'Overwhel |
| POSTAL: Brain Damaged OUT NOW ON STEAM! | 2022-06-10 | Hey, POSTAL fans! POSTAL: Brain Damaged is available on Steam! It's currently sitting at 97% positive reviews, so you know it's good! -15% discount will last until 16th of June. Check it out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1359980/POSTAL_Brain_Damaged/ Also available as part of our 'Buy DUDE on DUDE vol. 2' bundle! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/26554/DUDE_on_DUDE_vol_2/ Launch Trailer: About POSTAL: Brain Damaged Wild setting? Even wilder gameplay! While staying true to POSTAL’s trademark tone and humor the game plays very different to all the previous titles in the series. What you get is fast, challenging, and full of varied, me |
| POSTAL: Brain Damaged DEMO IS OUT! | 2021-10-01 | You can finally see why we were so excited about this sh*t! Experience a piece of the addictive fast paced action of POSTAL: Brain Damaged during the Steam Next Fest event (Oct 1-7th). Download AND PLAY the demo here: https://p0st.al/braindemo |
| One week left to fund the Going POSTAL Documentary! | 2021-09-10 | https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/going-postal-the-legacy-foretold-documentary#/ One week to go and your support has been incredible so far. Over 330 of you have helped PlayTest Network reach 90% of their established goal to fully fund this project that aims to document the good, the bad and the downright batshit crazy story of Running With Scissors and the POSTAL franchise. When we first announced this project, many people were wondering why would “we” make a documentary in the middle of the development of POSTAL 4. So relaaaax, we are not the ones making the documentary and our games will always be top priority, especially during Early Acc |
| Help fund the POSTAL documentary on Indiegogo! | 2021-08-19 | _______________________________________________________ We didn't have money for a pigeon mission and we certainly don't have it for a documentary. So, please help these two talented guys make the best POSTAL Documentary possible! www.indiegogo.com/at/goingpostaldoc _______________________________________________________ |
| POSTAL 2 / Paradise Lost - Update 5025 | 2020-12-03 | Hey, guys! This is just a small update that mainly addresses the Workshop issue you've been having :) - Workshop mods not appearing in-game in the mod menu (Internal ID numbers were being registered as negative values) - Possible fix for Load Zone crashing in PL |
| POSTAL Redux AVAILABLE NOW on Nintendo Switch! | 2020-10-16 | The classic dark and surreal twin-stick isometric shooter returns with a vengeance! After 23 years, the POSTAL series finally makes its long-awaited debut on console with POSTAL Redux out now on the Nintendo Switch! Click here or search for POSTAL Redux on your Nintendo Switch eShop today! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ POSTAL Redux is a high definition remake of The Postal Dude’s infamous first foray into the world. Prepare to experience his psychological journey with faithfully recreated high resolution visuals, remastered music, sounds, and dialog, and revamped a |
| “POSTAL: Brain Damaged” Revealed at Realms Deep 2020, Coming to PC & Consoles | 2020-09-05 | POSTAL: Brain Damaged, the retro-styled FPS spin-off from Running With Scissors’ outrageous series enjoyed by millions, will deliver crude and immature humor, ridiculous weapons, and old school challenge to PC and consoles in 2021. Developed by Hyperstrange (developers of ELDERBORN) and CreativeForge Games to be published by Running With Scissors, POSTAL: Brain Damaged gives a tantalizing taste of the madness to come in its debut trailer, revealed today at Realms Deep 2020. One too many hits to the head (and hits off the pipe) has everyone’s favorite bathrobed anti-hero, The POSTAL Dude, reeling from brain damage. When he closes his eyes in a |
| POSTAL 2 / Paradise Lost - Update 5024 | 2020-05-08 | SOOOOOO, we know there have been a major problem with POSTAL 2 and Paradise Lost for a while regarding NPCs exploding rather than going into a ragdoll state for many users. We are sorry this took so long, as we have been spending every last waking minute to work on POSTAL 4, but we are finally fixing a few major issues with our most popular games! Windows only for now - we will update the other builds at a later date. Fixed - Exploding NPCs - NPCs should now correctly go into ragdolls on death. - Gamma settings getting reset - The game will now start full screen when starting from a fresh install - FOV changing as you are playing the game (Ra |