Can I Run Postal 2?
Running With Scissors released Postal 2 in 2012. It is an action adventure game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign. Over 115 thousand players have left a Steam review, so this is a title whose performance is widely reported. Steam Workshop support means community content is part of the picture, and a heavy mod load can push the real requirements past anything the publisher lists. Critics scored it 59 on Metacritic. It is not Windows only, with Linux covered too. Steam lists support for 5 languages. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. It carries 89 achievements. An age check at 18 sits in front of the store page. Cloud saves are enabled. Being over ten years old, its ceiling was set by the hardware of a different era.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Pentium 3 1133MHz or AMD Athlon 733MHz Processor |
|---|---|
| GPU | 32MB GeForce 2 or Radeon Video Card |
| RAM | 0.12 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 1.2GHz |
|---|---|
| GPU | 64MB GeForce 3 or Radeon 8500 Video Card |
| RAM | 0.38 GB |
| Storage | 10 GB HDD |
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Setting and environment
Players spend their time in an open sandbox, moving through one continuous open world. Play is presented from a first person view. That openness is what costs performance. Postal 2 has no loading walls to hide behind, so terrain and detail keep flowing in as the player moves. The publisher supplies 18 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Postal 2 is demanding
At 0.38 GB, system memory is undemanding. The install is small at roughly 10 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Postal 2?
Postal 2 targets a mainstream modern PC: 32MB GeForce 2 or Radeon Video Card and 0.12 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to 64MB GeForce 3 or Radeon 8500 Video Card for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: CPU
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The Last of Us Part IFrequently asked questions
Can my PC run Postal 2?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Postal 2?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Pentium 3 1133MHz or AMD Athlon 733MHz Processor; GPU: 32MB GeForce 2 or Radeon Video Card; 0.12 GB RAM.
How much storage does Postal 2 need?
Postal 2 needs about 10 GB of HDD storage.
What is the bottleneck for Postal 2?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Postal 2 is the CPU.