Avalanche Studios Group · Avalanche Studios^*

Just Cause 2

2010 third-person shooter · action game^* · sandbox game^* +1^*

At a glance

Genres

third-person shooter
action game^*
sandbox game^*
shooter game^*

Play modes

single-player video game
multiplayer video game

Game facts

Developers

Avalanche Studios Group
Avalanche Studios^*

Publishers

Eidos Interactive
Square Enix^*

Engines

Havok

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Platforms

Players by platform

PlayStation 3^*
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
1^*
Microsoft Windows^*
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
1^*

Content classifications

ESRB · PlayStation 3^*
Classification
M - Mature^*
ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*
Classification
M - Mature^*

Compatibility and community reports

Steam Deck^*
Compatibility category
Verified^*
Controller support · 2026-06-27^*
Controller support
Full^*
Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*
Community Linux compatibility tier
Silver^*
Reports
245^*
Community confidence
strong^*
Steam Deck · Community performance · 2026-06-27^*
Community-reported frame rate
60 fps^*
Reports
1^*
Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*
Compatibility category
Unsupported^*

System requirements

Windows · Minimum^*
Operating system
Microsoft Windows Vista (Windows XP is unsupported)^*
Processor alternatives
Dual-core CPU with SSE3 (Athlon 64 X2 4200 / Pentium D 3GHz)^*
Memory
2GB System Memory^*
Storage
10GB of free drive space^*
Graphics alternatives
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^*
Windows · Recommended^*
Graphics alternatives
DX10 compatible graphics card with 512 MB of memory^*
Processor alternatives
Intel Core® 2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom X3 2.4GHz or equivalen^*
Memory
3 GB^*
Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*
Memory
3 GB^*

Steam version platforms

Windows^*
Supported
Yes^*
Linux^*
Supported
No^*
macOS^*
Supported
No^*

Interface languages

English^*
Full audio
Yes^*
French^*
Full audio
Yes^*
German^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Italian^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Spanish - Spain^*
Full audio
Yes^*
Polish^*
Russian^*

Audio languages

English^*
French^*
German^*
Italian^*
Spanish - Spain^*
Russian^*

Game features

Single-player^*
Steam Achievements^*
Full controller support^*
Steam Cloud^*
Remote Play on TV^*
Family Sharing^*

Store genres

Action^*
Adventure^*

Screenshots

Screenshot 1 from Just Cause 2

Screenshot 2 from Just Cause 2

Screenshot 3 from Just Cause 2

* Provisional data