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Just Cause 2
Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
51 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“the game is fun, but i can't recommend you to buy it in the state the game is, i have a good pc and run it in windows 11 and the game crashes constantly now I'm stuck in a mission because of this, also the game have…”
“Nostaglic game. Great graphics and gameplay. It has aged some but it is one of the best games in the franchise. The game would not start on windows 11 but there is a quick fix that you can find on google to remedy the…”
“Very fun game, personally i enjoyed it more than the third game, but both are good.”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“its fun and its really good for pc low spec, although the control is really hard. but the more you play, the more you can adapt, and its kinda motion sickness. yet its still enjoyable”
“Big step up from the original, especially because out the box it runs and it runs well. But it's still kind of just an empty open world pass time game. My main issue with this game is the map is either too big or travel…”
“Most of my gameplay of this game was on the xbox360, but the pc version is an improvement on newer hardware, and keyboard and mouse is more forgiving. The sandbox elements are amazing and the map is the perfect size for…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“The game that made the franchise, Just Cause 2 still holds up today as one of the most fun sandboxes ever to be released; no wonder its developers are endlessly trying to recapture this lightning in a bottle. A lot can…”
“Highly recommended! This game features a massive open world packed with things to explore and destroy. If you enjoy open-world action games with plenty of chaos and freedom, this is definitely one to check out.”
“The missions for this game were amazing and plentiful. It feels like you can play this forever... that is until you max out the map and take over all the settlements.”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Nostaglic game. Great graphics and gameplay. It has aged some but it is one of the best games in the franchise. The game would not start on windows 11 but there is a quick fix that you can find on google to remedy the…”
“I first played this game on the Xbox 360 around 15 years ago and really enjoyed it. Because of this game, I had Just Cause 3 at the top of my wishlist when I got a Steamdeck around 3 years ago after a long break from…”
“A fun little open world game, where you blow stuff up. The graphics were way ahead of their time when the game launched.”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game was seriously ahead of its time, and remains my favorite in the series. There is a lot of copy/paste asset re-use for bland bases to fill time post-completion, but the main story and sections are worth a…”
“A very enjoyable sandbox to muck around with. Story is simultaneously comedically dumb and a masterclass in how US international intelligence operates in real life.”
“Great game, sure graphics might not be the absolute best nowadays but it holds up great in terms of story and gameplay.”
16 of the 104 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“the game is fun, but i can't recommend you to buy it in the state the game is, i have a good pc and run it in windows 11 and the game crashes constantly now I'm stuck in a mission because of this, also the game have…”
“Nostaglic game. Great graphics and gameplay. It has aged some but it is one of the best games in the franchise. The game would not start on windows 11 but there is a quick fix that you can find on google to remedy the…”
“I first played this game on the Xbox 360 around 15 years ago and really enjoyed it. Because of this game, I had Just Cause 3 at the top of my wishlist when I got a Steamdeck around 3 years ago after a long break from…”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1]My save files from 2010 are still there[/h1] What a banger! Would be perfect with wingsuit...”
“This game is not fun to play, frequent crashes for no reason, poor controls, sluggish aiming except when using mounted guns where its zips all over the place and ahrd to use, terrible driving and flying mechanics, awful…”
“Big step up from the original, especially because out the box it runs and it runs well. But it's still kind of just an empty open world pass time game. My main issue with this game is the map is either too big or travel…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“this game has a lot of problems but still fun to play and cause choas. the grappling is way better than Just Cause 1 and there is no invisible dogs and chickens that do not stfu. the motorcyles are terrible to drive…”
“its fun and its really good for pc low spec, although the control is really hard. but the more you play, the more you can adapt, and its kinda motion sickness. yet its still enjoyable”
“This game is not fun to play, frequent crashes for no reason, poor controls, sluggish aiming except when using mounted guns where its zips all over the place and ahrd to use, terrible driving and flying mechanics, awful…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“great sandbox game although traveling across the map kinda take a while”
“This game is not fun to play, frequent crashes for no reason, poor controls, sluggish aiming except when using mounted guns where its zips all over the place and ahrd to use, terrible driving and flying mechanics, awful…”
“Big step up from the original, especially because out the box it runs and it runs well. But it's still kind of just an empty open world pass time game. My main issue with this game is the map is either too big or travel…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game is not fun to play, frequent crashes for no reason, poor controls, sluggish aiming except when using mounted guns where its zips all over the place and ahrd to use, terrible driving and flying mechanics, awful…”
“Just Cause 2 is an immediate classic. The open world is massive, which can be tricky to pull off, but the developers included so many locations and easter eggs that every area is unique to explore. The gameplay is…”
“Oh, Just Cause 2... One of my childhood games, with hundreds of hours played on the Xbox 360 back in the day. Might feel like a cheap GTA with a cliché story and clunky mechanics, but deep down it has a great gameplay…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Very fun and great graphics even for 2026, just disable decals and bokeh and turn anti-aliasing to 4x to prevent mid-game crashes”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“[quote][b][u]Quick Summary[/u][/b] [b]Story:[/b] Main missions unlock later based on Chaos score (earned via side missions & liberation). [b]Gameplay:[/b] Open-world destruction and freedom make it very fun. [b]Mechanics:[/b] Grapple-based gameplay with interactive hijacking and…”
— a player, Steam review · 73 hrs played“It a is a long time, since I played JC2, but after playing JC3 more recently a lot of memories came up, so I had to give this game a praise. While JC3 was amazing in its own league, JC2 is kind of special, which I can't quite explain. Everything in this game is much simpler and…”
— a player, Steam review · 160 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:40 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Open World · Action · Sandbox · Third Person · Multiplayer · Adventure · Third-Person Shooter · Shooter · Singleplayer · Destruction · Exploration · Funny (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , German * , Italian * , Spanish - Spain * , Polish, Russian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 50 |
| Estimated owners | 2,000,000 – 5,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.justcause.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Microsoft Windows Vista (Windows XP is unsupported) Processor: Dual-core CPU with SSE3 (Athlon 64 X2 4200 / Pentium D 3GHz) Memory: 2GB System Memory Hard Drive: 10GB of free drive space Graphics: DX10 compatible graphics card with 256 MB of memory (Nvidia GeForce 8800 series/ ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro) Sound: 100% DirectX 10 compatible sound card DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX 10