The 15 Best Games Like POSTAL, Ranked

Manhunt is a third-person stealth horror game. The game has twenty levels plus four unlockable bonus levels called "scenes." Players survive these scenes by taking down enemy gang members called "Hunters." Players use firearms sometimes, but mostly they execute them in gruesome, extreme ways. The player gets a rating after each level, based mainly on how brutal the killings are and how fast the player finishes, ranging from one (unimpressive) to five (extremely competent) stars. Players prefer executions to get a higher score.

This top-down slasher/shooter lets you unlock gameplay-changing masks and weapons. It has a neon-flavored electronic look. A hitman gets anonymous calls. These calls tell him to go to specific homes and crime spots to massacre everyone inside. He stumbles through unreal visions and inconsistencies. He gets no answers about how, why, or who.

Hatred is an isometric shooter with a disturbing atmosphere of mass killing. You play as a cold-blooded villain filled with hatred for humanity. This is horror, but you are the bad guy. Wander the edges of New York State, find victims on seven free-roam levels. Fight law enforcement and enter the villain's hateful mind. Gather gear from dead 'human shields' to bring Armageddon to society. Destroy everything on your hunt and fight back when things get messed up.

We crash-landed the UFO in the desert, and Bubba wants to go home. I don't blame him; there is no place like Hickston. But my map shows we must blast through jack o' lope farms and a riverboat, plus a brothel, before we get home again.

Loaded is a violent, bloody top-down shooter. It puts you in the shoes of one of six strange, deformed characters, ranging from a psychotic clown to a huge baby. Loaded is a mission-based game. You complete objectives like "escape the prison." Tons of enemies await in every mission. You can play the single-player campaign or go head-to-head in two-player.

Butcher is a fast-paced 2D shooter. It is a blood-soaked tribute to the early 90s. As a cyborg programmed to wipe out the last of humanity, your only job is to destroy anything that moves. Grab your weapon—chainsaw, shotgun, or grenade launcher. Kill your way through underground hideouts, post-apocalyptic cities, jungles, and more. If you want to be creative, use other methods to end enemies' suffering—hooks, lava pits, saws... no death is ever the same.

Carmageddon faced censorship in many countries because it was very controversial at the time. This changed pedestrians into zombies with green blood. Developers later uploaded an official mod that restored the game to its original state.

Carrion is a reverse horror game. You assume the role of an amorphous alien being. Use your unique otherworldly abilities to hunt down your prey!

Survival get-away features an ever-increasing cast of law enforcement. Level up by destroying public property, killing police, and murdering pedestrians. This game reimagines classic GTA as a survival chase action plus roguelite elements.

Shadow Warrior is a first-person shooter video game. 3D Realms developed it and released it May 13, 1997, by GT Interactive. Shadow Warrior used Ken Silverman's Build engine and improved on 3D Realms' previous Build engine game, Duke Nukem 3D. Mark Adams ported Shadow Warrior to Mac OS in August 1997. Improvements included true room-over-room situations, 3D voxels instead of 2D sprites for weapons and inventory items, transparent water, climbable ladders, and various vehicles for driving (some armed). Although ultra-violent,

Grand Theft Auto V is a vast open world game set in Los Santos. This sprawling, sun-soaked metropolis struggles against economic uncertainty and cheap reality TV. The game blends storytelling and gameplay by letting players jump between the lives of the three lead characters, playing all sides of the interwoven story.

Alien Swarm is a total conversion mod for Unreal Tournament 2004, made by Black Cat Games and first released May 28, 2004. Version 1.2, featuring official campaigns Sigma and Ortega, came out September 10, 2004. Version 1.3, which added a third campaign called Telic, new weapons and items, and bug fixes, released December 16, 2005. A new campaign and the version 1.32 patch arrived on February 13, 2007. The version 1.34 patch, which added widescreen support, was released January 31, 2010. In Alien Swarm, the player assumes th

In State of Emergency, the player selects one of five characters: Spanky, an ex-gang member; McNeil, a disgruntled ex-cop; Bull, a criminal in prison; Libra, a lawyer; and Phreak, an orphan. The player completes missions ranging from Rescue missions to "Kill This Person" missions to "Blow Up This ..." missions. The player has many weapons available, including shotguns, machine guns, pistols, knives, rocket launchers, tear gas launchers, flame-throwers, gatling guns, pepper spray, molotov cocktails, and more. The player can even use s

After the first game ended, you wake from a coma. The Third Street Saints have almost vanished. Saints Row style, you must take the city back from three rival gangs. Now, you lead the saints. You fight the Sons of Samedi, The Brotherhood, and The Ronin. The Saints also clash with the Ultor Corporation. Ultor aims to end gang violence in Stilwater completely.

The Mask comes from the movie of the same name. Stanley Ipkiss, a poor guy, finds a strange mask. It gives him powers. Stanley, or The Mask, gets funny weapons: Guns, the Horn, the Hammer. He can also become a huge Tornado. He fights through levels inspired by the movie. These include his apartment, city streets, the bank, the park, the jail, and the nightclub for the final fight.