Postal

1997 video game
VideoGame video_game Q1049783
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Postal

Summary

Postal is a video game[1]. Postal ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,402 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Postal's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Postal was published by Ripcord Games[4].
  • Postal was published by Whiptail Interactive[5].
  • Postal's genre is shoot 'em up[6].
  • going postal is named after Postal[7].
  • Postal's developer is recorded as Running with Scissors[8].
  • Postal's part of the series is recorded as Postal[9].
  • Postal's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 2.0[10].
  • Postal's copyright license is recorded as freeware[11].
  • Postal's copyright license is recorded as proprietary license[12].
  • Postal's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[13].
  • Postal's operating system is recorded as Android[14].
  • Postal is part of Postal Plus[15].
  • Postal is part of Postal: Fudge Pack[16].
  • Postal is part of The POSTAL Package: Curated Classics[17].
  • Postal is part of Postal: Classic and Uncut[18].
  • Postal is part of Postal: 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition[19].
  • Postal's platform is recorded as Microsoft Windows[20].
  • Postal's platform is recorded as macOS[21].
  • Postal's platform is recorded as Linux[22].
  • Postal's platform is recorded as Classic Mac OS[23].
  • Postal's platform is recorded as Android[24].
  • Postal's platform is recorded as web browser[25].
  • Postal's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[26].
  • Postal's game mode is recorded as multiplayer video game[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Publishers include Ripcord Games[4] and Whiptail Interactive[5].

Publication

Postal was released on November 14, 1997[28]. Postal's language of work or name is recorded as English[29]. Postal's genre is shoot 'em up[6]. Part of include Postal Plus[15], a video game compilation[30]; Postal: Fudge Pack[16], a video game compilation[31]; The POSTAL Package: Curated Classics[17], a video game compilation[32]; Postal: Classic and Uncut[18], a video game compilation[33]; and Postal: 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition[19], a video game compilation[34]. Postal's part of the series is recorded as Postal[9]. Recorded distribution format include CD-ROM[35], digital download[36], and digital distribution[37].

Subject and Themes

Postal's main subject is going postal[38]. Postal's part of the series is recorded as Postal[9].

Why It Matters

Postal ranks in the top 3% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,402 views/month).[2] Postal has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Postal is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Steam. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . wikidata.org.
  29. [37] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.
  31. [38] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gamespot game id
    Main subject going postal
    Platform Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux +3
    Genre shoot 'em up
    + 182 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Games/Postal, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
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