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POSTAL 4: No Regerts

POSTAL 4: No Regerts

Running With Scissors · released Apr 20, 2022

ActionAdventure

POSTAL 4: No Regerts is a satirical and outrageous comedic open world first person shooter and the long-awaited true sequel to what’s been fondly dubbed as "The Worst Game Ever™", POSTAL 2!

Steam page ↗OpenCritic ↗
61
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence▲ +9 since launch

launched at 53, updates lifted it to 61

anchored at patch: “Major Unturdification update (1.6.0)” (2mo ago)

53%
At launch
65%
Steam all-time
27%
Press
35%
Player sentiment
48%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

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.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (OpenCritic)–2725
All-time Steam reviews65%641000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)48%51214
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jul 2, 2026) · 214 reviews sampled · 141 total reviews in window · weighted 59.5 up / 63.8 down · computed 4h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (26)

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.

  • 30
    ZdobywcyGier.euZdobywcyGier.eu
    trust 83May 18, 2022

    “One might get the impression that the developers wanted to make Postal 2.2 or 2+2, but in reality they made a slightly more tolerable twin of the non-existent Postal 3. It seems that what worked in the fourth installment was just a coincidence. That's why I advise anyone who wants to experience Postal to reach for the legendary second installment.”

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  • 60
    Gaming ProfessorsGaming Professors
    trust 76Dec 17, 2020

    “Postal 4 isn't a bad game for having a relatively small team working on it and getting most of its resources from fans who buy the game in Early Access. Strong humor, the ability to unleash violence on almost anyone, stylish graphics with the glitter of Unreal Engine, great dubbing of the main character, all this can be a reason to play the game. However, the experience is spoiled both by the poor artificial intelligence of non-playable characters and by the fact that, compared to Postal 2, there is basically no new revolutionary idea that would push the gameplay to a new level. But maybe the fans don't even want it.”

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  • 25
    GamingINTELGamingINTEL
    trust 69Apr 21, 2022

    “Postal 4: No Regerts is an attempt by developers Running with Scissors to recapture whatever magic (if you can call it that), that Postal 2 had. But it suffers from an abundance of performance issues, terrible gameplay mechanics, and poor jokes. It certainly left me with plenty of regerts.”

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  • 35
    Capsule ComputersCapsule Computers
    trust 69May 6, 2022

    “Postal 4: No Regerts is boring, poorly written mess of a game that feels more like a cheap mobile FPS than an actual PC title.”

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  • 30
    ZTGDZTGD
    trust 68Mar 30, 2023

    “Postal 4 is a game that should be avoided. I can see now why some console makers did not want this travesty on their machines. This game is not fun or entertaining at all. Some of the voice work is decent and I laughed maybe twice in my entire playthrough, but on the whole it is embarrassing at best and offensive at worst. This is not a game that succeeds in its offensiveness and instead feels worse because when they attempt to be edgy it comes across as desperate.”

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  • 2
    GamesCreedGamesCreed
    trust 66Apr 20, 2022

    “It is difficult to suggest Postal 4: No Regerts, even to the most diehard fans of this series, due to so many technical issues with the game. It fails to lift the bar in any aspect where it might be deemed a playable game.”

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  • 60
    CFG GamesCFG Games
    trust 66Apr 18, 2022

    “Better than Postal 3.”

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  • 15
    SECTOR.skSECTOR.sk
    trust 66Apr 20, 2022

    “I had so many regrets after playing through Postal 4. This is really one of the worst games since Postal 3, and even an army of coders can't fix its many bugs, glitches, crashes and other problems. It was so painful to play the game that it could be recognized as a mean of torture.”

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  • 10
    GameSpotGameSpot
    trust 66Apr 18, 2022

    “Postal 4: No Regerts is an abysmal video game with no redeeming qualities other than the fact that it eventually ends.”

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  • 30
    MonsterVineMonsterVine
    trust 65May 5, 2022

    “Postal 4 isn’t a very good game. It’s clunky, technically rough, and not especially funny. Fans of the series may be able to look past the issues and find some laughs in the jokes, but to me, Postal 4 just isn’t worth playing.”

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  • 10
    GameblogGameblog
    trust 64Mar 20, 2023

    “Long story short, Postal 4 is a big joke.”

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  • 40
    EvilgamerzEvilgamerz
    trust 61Mar 20, 2023

    “I was not disappointed with how nicely Postal 4 is ultimately playable on the console, because I expected much worse given the previous reviews of the PC version. Still, you can say that the gameplay is just not very good, the shitty humor is actually too bad that it isn't funny, and the graphics are so disappointing that you get the impression that you are playing GTA 3 (with all due respect). are playing. Shadows look ugly, characters look hollow and dead, interfaces are super chaotic. Environments are all a bit similar and there's just no atmosphere at all because people walk around like dead souls and get pissed all over them like it's perfectly normal.”

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…and 14 more tracked reviews.

Patch history

  1. POSTAL - FIRST EVER COMIC BOOK!
    Aug 12, 2026
  2. Hotfix 1.6.0
    Jul 2, 2026
  3. Major Unturdification update (1.6.0)
    Jul 2, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - Public Beta 1.5.0.2
    Feb 25, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. Free Roam, Free Regert update [1.5.0]
    Dec 22, 2025
  6. Development Update
    Dec 23, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  7. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - "Hotfix" Update [1.4.1]
    Aug 27, 2024
  8. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - "Boosted Karts & Boosted Frames" Update [1.4.0]
    Aug 9, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  9. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - Janitor's Maintenance Update [1.3.2]
    Apr 20, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  10. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - Hotfix [1.3.1]
    Mar 16, 2024
  11. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - "The Update Formerly Known as Nameless" [1.3.0]
    Mar 14, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  12. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - "Filthy Gorgeous" Update [1.2.0]
    Nov 11, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  13. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - 1.1.3 (Hotfix)
    Sep 7, 2023
  14. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - 'Let's Get Physical' Update [1.1.2]
    Sep 5, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  15. Development update and Roadmap 2023/05/04
    May 4, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  16. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - 'All the Kinks' Update [1.1.1]
    Jan 25, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  17. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - Development Update
    Dec 27, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  18. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - 'Karting With Scissors' Update [1.1.0]
    Oct 28, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  19. 1.0.10 'Lag Is Bad It Makes You Mad' Update
    Aug 30, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  20. Hotfix #1 - 1.0.9
    Aug 17, 2022
  21. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - 'Stop! Hammer Time!' Update [1.0.8]
    Aug 8, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  22. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - Development Update
    Jul 3, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  23. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - 'Ever Had One of Those Days?' Update [1.0.7]
    Jun 2, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  24. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - 'I AM The Law' Update [1.0.6]
    May 21, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  25. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - 'Mind Blowing' Update [1.0.5]
    May 3, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  26. Hotfix #4 - 1.0.4
    Apr 22, 2022
  27. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - Hotfix #3 [1.0.3]
    Apr 22, 2022
  28. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - Hotfix #2 [1.0.2]
    Apr 21, 2022
  29. First hotfix of many probably!
    Apr 21, 2022
  30. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - “Would be polished, but we got high!” Update [1.0]
    Apr 20, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  31. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - “We’re leaving Early Access soon!” Update [0.9]
    Apr 1, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  32. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - Leaving Early Access 4/20
    Mar 28, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  33. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - “Friday” Update [0.5.0]
    Nov 22, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  34. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - “Rocket Powered Cats” Update [0.4.0.2]
    Jul 27, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  35. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - “Thursday” Hotfix #1 [0.4.0.1]
    Jun 23, 2021
  36. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - “Thursday” Update [0.4]
    Jun 19, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  37. Development Update
    Apr 16, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  38. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - “The Cure” Update [0.3.1.1]
    Mar 2, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  39. Developer update
    Feb 11, 2021
  40. POSTAL 4: No Regerts - “Wednesday” Update [0.3.0.1]
    Jan 27, 2021significant · resets scoring window

…and 33 earlier patch announcements.