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Just Cause 2

Just Cause 2

Dive into an adrenaline-fuelled free-roaming adventure with 400 square miles of rugged terrain and hundreds of weapons and vehicles.

In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “fun destructive open-world sandbox” (51 of 104 reviews) and “strong performance across varied hardware” (9); the most common complaint is “frequent crashes and launch failures” (16). What reviewers agree on ↓

Released Mar 23, 2010 Developer Avalanche Studios Publisher Square Enix Platforms Windows Open WorldActionSandboxThird PersonMultiplayer
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-10-24)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.

90.6%positive51,649 reviews

What reviewers agree on

Praised
Criticised
Bar length = how many of the 104 reviews raise the point On criticised points, the pale part = reviewers who still recommend the game Select a point to see the exact counts and what reviewers wrote.

Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12

Recommended · 26 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“Quick Summary Story: Main missions unlock later based on Chaos score (earned via side missions & liberation). Gameplay: Open-world destruction and freedom make it very fun. Mechanics: Grapple-based gameplay with interactive hijacking and hacking. Technical: Holds up well, but…”

— a player, Steam review · 73 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“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 played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

7,493all-time peak
0 2.5k 5k 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period 2k avg · Aug 2012

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-24.

50achievements
9.9%median completion
3.0%rarest: Trying Anything Once
86.8% of players 76.7% of players 64.6% of players 60.4% of players 34.3% of players 31.6% of players 30.8% of players 27.9% of players 27.3% of players 27.0% of players 25.3% of players 24.2% of players 20.0% of players 17.1% of players 16.9% of players 15.8% of players 15.4% of players 15.3% of players 14.7% of players 14.2% of players 12.5% of players 12.4% of players 11.4% of players 11.2% of players 10.6% of players 9.9% of players 9.8% of players 7.8% of players 7.2% of players 7.1% of players 6.1% of players 6.0% of players 5.7% of players 5.7% of players 5.6% of players 5.6% of players 5.3% of players 5.3% of players 5.3% of players 4.6% of players 4.3% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 4.1% of players 3.5% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 3.0% of players 86.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
86.8%First Taste of Chaos — Cause chaos for the first time.
76.7%Welcome to Panau — Complete story mission 1.
64.6%Casino Bust — Complete story mission 2.
Rarest badges of honor
3.0%Trying Anything Once — Drive all 104 vehicles.
3.0%Wrecking Ball — Kill 5 enemies by smashing them with an object tethered to your vehicle with the grappling hook.
3.2%Bridge Limbo — Fly an airplane under 30 unique bridges in Panau.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-10-24 11:05 UTC
$1.49lowest since tracking began2026-08-04
US14.99 USD
EU14.99 EUR
UK9.99 GBP
Australia17.95 AUD
Canada15.99 CAD
Japan4,180 JPY
Brazil64.90 BRL
China48.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$7.2 Canada Australia Brazil UK US EU Japan≈$27

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-30 08-20 09-10 10-01 10-24

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Adventure
Player tagsOpen World · Action · Sandbox · Third Person · Multiplayer · Adventure · Third-Person Shooter · Shooter · Singleplayer · Destruction · Exploration · Funny (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , German * , Italian * , Spanish - Spain * , Polish, Russian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements50
Official sitehttp://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