POSTAL 2 — Settings, Requirements & Optimization
2003 · Indie, Shooter, Adventure, Action · Running With Scissors · ESRB Adults Only · Metacritic 59

Optimize POSTAL 2 for your hardware
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Optimize POSTAL 2 for your PC
This is a planning estimate derived from the game's demand tier, not a benchmark.
My POSTAL 2 Settings Card
Generated at GameFigs on 2026-08-21. Game demand tier: 2/9.
Official system requirements
Publisher-published Minimum / Recommended values via RAWG. Real-world performance varies with drivers, resolution and your full build.
| Spec | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Minimum: | Recommended: |
| Processor | OS:Windows XP SP3/Vista/7/8/10 | OS:Windows XP SP3/Vista/7/8/10 |
| Memory | Processor:Pentium 3 1133MHz or AMD Athlon 733MHz Processor | Processor:1.2GHz |
| Graphics | Memory:128 MB RAM | Memory:384 MB RAM |
| Storage | Graphics:32MB GeForce 2 or Radeon Video Card | Graphics:64MB GeForce 3 or Radeon 8500 Video Card |
| DirectX | DirectX®:8.0 | DirectX®:8.0 |
| Item 7 | Hard Drive:1200 MB HD space | Hard Drive:1200 MB HD space |
| Item 8 | Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection | Other Requirements:Broadband Internet connection |
About POSTAL 2
Like original Postal, its sequel was specifically intended to spark controversy. The game is full of gross violence, black humor, obscenities, and biting satire of American life. The plot follows Postal Dude, a typical "white trash" and a small town trailer-park dweller, as he is given menial daily tasks, such as buying milk. The way he completes them, however, is what makes Postal 2 one of the most censored and offensive games ever. At the various points of the game, the player may piss over his opponents, use cats as gun silencers (by literally showing your gun up the cat's anus), burn dogs alive, blow up cars (but not drive them, in Postal 2 cars are simply four-wheeled explosives), shoot people and flip them a bird. The game, however, is just as violent as the player wants it to be. Most missions can be accomplished without killing, though it would have spoiled all the fun. The gameplay has changed since the previous part. Isometric view from the original was replaced with the first-person view. The world around Postal Dude is living by itself, regardless of the player’s presence, much like in Grand Theft Auto series. All the town inhabitants are programmed to walk, chat and even fight each other as if they were real people.
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Tune settings →Sources & attribution
- Game data (release year, genres, platforms, system requirements, description, cover art) via RAWG.io, retrieved 2026-08-21.
- FPS bands, presets and upscaler advice on this page are GameFigs planning estimates from the game's demand tier — not benchmark results.
How the POSTAL 2 optimization card is computed
Each game is scored on a 0–9 demand tier from its published PC requirements (and a year/genre fallback when requirements are absent). Your GPU and CPU selections map to comparable-class scores. The generator compares your hardware score against the game's demand to pick a starting preset, estimate an FPS band at 1080p/1440p/4K, and recommend an upscaler (DLSS / FSR 3) and ray-tracing posture. The output is a planning guide — always verify in-game with the built-in benchmark when available.