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Review sentiment over time
Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.
How this score was computed
The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.
| Component | Positive | Quality (0-100) | Weight (pseudo-reviews) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press reviews (OpenCritic) | – | 73 | 11 |
| All-time Steam reviews | 95% | 89 | 1000 |
| Metacritic user ratings | – | 84 | 25 |
| Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted) | 92% | 87 | 1176 |
| Calibration prior (typical game) | – | 72 | 50 |
Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Dec 16, 2025) · 298 reviews sampled · 1176 total reviews in window · weighted 183.5 up / 8.1 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →
Press & Creators reviews (13)
Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.
- 70
“Postal: Brain Damaged takes a playful and creative approach to the series, offering an original story and wacky humor. Dynamic, action-packed sequences, along with innovative weapons and enemies, give the game its own unique character. The art style and sound design create an atmosphere that enhances the overall experience. Despite limited freedom of movement and less-than-impressive character models, it’s an interesting title for fans of the series.”
read full review ↗ - 75
“A fantastic throwback FPS with wonderful levels, awesome weapons, and top-notch gameplay, Postal: Brain Damaged is held back by bugs and balance issues that can't ultimately tarnish this worthy game.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Postal: Brain Damaged delivers a great throwback to classic FPS games from the 90s and early 00s, delivering breakneck gameplay, lots of fun weapons, and for better or worse, its signature edgy wit.”
read full review ↗ - 60
“By design, Postal: Brain Damaged is a relic of an era that passed about 20 years ago. It captures some of the best of the 2000s through lightning quick, buttery smooth and challenging gameplay, but also soils itself by relying on tired old tropes for comic relief and some rough edges with balancing. Postal Dude has a penchant for pissing himself and this Postal entry unfortunately can’t escape the dregs of his urine, but when did a little pee stop him causing havoc?”
read full review ↗ - 50
“A broken, repetitive and frequently exhausting shooter that somehow manages to be more introspective than most prestige games with ten times the budget. Which may be the most surprising thing the Postal franchise has ever done.”
read full review ↗ - 65
“Postal: Brain Damaged rectifies the tarnished reputation of the well-known franchise and delivers a fun old-school action game with some really fast and bloody gameplay, but it's dragged down by some really bad humour and also some underdeveloped aspects within the pacing of the game as a whole, where when it starts serving up good levels, it doesn't fill them with new content. But you'll still have fun.”
read full review ↗ - 65
- 70
“You can enjoy Postal: Brain Damaged for the great retro-inspired first-person shooter it is as long as you shut your brain off when it comes to anything that links it with older Postal games, namely the bad voice acting, the edgelord “plot” and the terrible attempts at being funny with (innefective) shock value. At its core, this shooter has some of the most impressive level design I’ve seen in a while, and its combat is also pretty good. There was some love put into this title, something that cannot be said at all about the mainline Postal games.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“POSTAL: Brain Damaged is far from piss poor, and while I wouldn’t call it essential, it does come recommended. It straddles a weird line of wanting to be something a little more open-world like the mainline series, while being more condensed like an arena shooter. I think if the levels were a bit smaller, Hyperstrange would have nailed what they were going for. As it stands, the pacing and momentum is a bit off as you have so many non-combat sections. As time wore on and the more I played it, the more I liked it. The crass humor and cringey one-liners combined into this boomer shooter just works. POSTAL: Brain Damaged isn’t your dad’s POSTAL.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Postal: Brain Damaged provides plenty of laughs with the wild selection of weapons and your ability to urinate on anything at a moment's notice. Jokes aside, while the combat is fast-paced and fun, like many retro shooters, the levels just feel a bit dull. While the initial suburbs level gives you a feeling that this may be something a little different, it quickly jumps back to the generic sewers and grimy old buildings that we saw far too many 2000s-era shooters rely on. Combined with a constant lack of ammo, you never really get to do the kind of blasting you would like.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“Postal: Brain Damaged is, rather ironically, a sane and clear-headed new direction for the Postal series. Taking out the menial errands and aimless open world of Postal 4 to focus on straightforward levels and intense wave shooting was a great choice. Though the humor is as low-brow as ever, it’s much less repetitive and dials the penis and poop jokes down from a grating 10 to a tolerable 5. Featuring a vast variety of wild weapons and a netherworld full of nightmarish nemeses to use them on, Postal: Brain Damaged is a long-awaited return to psychopathic form for the series.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“On the one hand I know a couple of better shooters that throw pixels the size of a bouillon cubes at you. On the other hand I had tons of fun with Brain Damaged thanks to its fast, challenging gameplay and tons of pop culture references. Plus, if I ever decide to put together a list of the most twisted game levels, some of new Postal’s maps are sure to be on it. ”
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Patch history
- The second Performance Patch for These Sunny Daze is arrived!Dec 16, 2025significant · resets scoring window
- P:TSD Content Update & Small Performance Fixes Incoming!Nov 5, 2025significant · resets scoring window
- These Sunny Daze DLC Weapons Balance Patch!Sep 15, 2025
- February Patch 2Feb 17, 2025
- February Patch - Update NotesFeb 12, 2025
- Steam Workshop FixJan 16, 2024
- Steam Workshop FixOct 13, 2023
- Steam Workshop Support is HereSep 18, 2023significant · resets scoring window
- Happy Prismatic Piss DayMar 31, 2023
- Brain PolishedFeb 28, 2023significant · resets scoring window
- FREE Horde Mode content update for the 25th POSTAL Series AnniversaryNov 10, 2022significant · resets scoring window
- Balancing ActSep 19, 2022
- POSTAL: Brain Damaged update, Blood West Chapter 2, Supplice release date, INCISION release, new games in the catalog, and more Realms Deep 2023 news from HyperstrangeSep 18, 2022significant · resets scoring window
- POSTAL: Brain Damaged SALE + UpdateAug 15, 2022
- POST-release Patch 1Jul 1, 2022significant · resets scoring window