POSTAL: Brain Damaged
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 7 reviews are negative (14%); after 5h it's 1 in 35 (3%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- The opening is criticised less than in 85% of games we track.
- 33% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “I AM THE MANAGER” (Kill Karen): only 60% of starters get there.
- Only 68% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 11,512 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 7.6h for positive, 1.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (67.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- I AM THE MANAGER Kill Karen Most players quit here 61% −39
- THE CURE Kill the big bad RONA 40% −20
- THIRD IMPACT Kill Tesloborgelion 33% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (34)
story milestone ending side
- GOD SAVE THE DUDE Use portable armor 100%
- CRACKHEAD Use a health pipe 96%
- PSPSPSPSPS Pet a cat 78%
- DOUBLE THE EXCITEMENT Kill 5 hostiles with akimbo powerup active 71%
- HERPES GENITALIS Burn at least 5 hostiles with piss 70%
- I AM THE MANAGER Kill Karen 61%
- GYMCEL Kill 5 hostiles with steroids powerup active 58%
- MUSIC SOOTHES THE SAVAGE BEAST Kill a certain group of hostiles in the neighbourhood 57%
- RELOADING! Use an ammo box 56%
- I AM CONFUS Confuse at least 5 hostiles with piss 47%
- THE CURE Kill the big bad RONA 40%
- TRYHARD Get 100% on any of the levels 37%
- IT'S BIGGER WHEN IT'S WARM Freeze at least 5 hostiles with piss 36%
- THIRD IMPACT Kill Tesloborgelion 33%
- WELCOME TO THE COLONY Kill a certain group of hostiles in the forest 30%
- TAKE THE BLUE PILL Kill 5 hostiles with quick pillz powerup active 28%
- NO, U Reflect 10 projectiles 26%
- IT'S NOT WEDNESDAY MY DUDES Find a certain secret not on wednesday 16%
- SECOND AMENDMENT Find all weapon codex entries 12%
- I WANT TO BELIVE Find the third installment 12%
- PISSIMIST Piss on Tesloborgelion boy parts 10%
- PREMATURE EVACUATOR Finish any level below the speedrun threshold 10%
- ANTIVAXXER Kill the big bad RONA without using the vaccine 9.9%
- B**ch Lore Find all codex entries in the These Sunny Daze DLC 9.8%
- IT'S WEDNESDAY MY DUDES Find a certain secret on wednesday, my dude 9.3%
- DREAM WITHIN A DREAM, WITHIN A DREAM Find all location codex entries 8.3%
- Calm down baby Piss on angry Moto Mom 8.0%
- TINDER Find all enemy codex entries 7.4%
- Sunburn Commando Obtain all These Sunny Daze DLC weapons 6.7%
- PTSD Finish the These Sunny Daze DLC 5.8%
- JFK Kill Ronald Dixon with a sniper rifle 2.8%
- What a Beach to find Find all secrets on the Sun of the Beach map 2.7%
- Fully Erected Find all secrets on the E*ection Day 2.5%
- Love for Sail Find all secrets on the Ship Happens map 2.5%