Just Cause

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• third-person shooter

• action game^*

• shooter game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Engines

• Avalanche Engine

Localized titles

• Just Cause

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

Community tags · historical

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  160^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  149^*

• Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  86^*

• Third Person^*

  Votes · historical

  78^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  74^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  65^*

• Sandbox^*

  Votes · historical

  63^*

• Third-Person Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  56^*

• Classic^*

  Votes · historical

  45^*

• Multiplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  31^*

• Controller^*

  Votes · historical

  20^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  17^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  14^*

• Action RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  10^*

• Violent^*

  Votes · historical

  7^*

• Funny^*

  Votes · historical

  6^*

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  5^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Requirements

  Microsoft Windows® 2000/XP. (Windows® 95/98/ME/NT not supported) Pentium IV 1.4GHz (or AMD AthlonXP 1700+ processor or higher). 256MB System Memory. 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible with 128 MB and Shader model 2.0. (GF FX 5700 or ATI 9500) 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers 4.0GB of uncompressed free disk space (plus 600MB for Windows® 2000/XP swap file) 100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers.^*

  Memory

  1 GB^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz^*

  Graphics alternatives

  Nvidia GeForce4 Ti 4200Nvidia GeForce FX 5700 (Steam)^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Requirements

  Pentium® IV 2.8GHz with Dual Core Technology (or Athlon 64 series). 512MB System Memory. 3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible with 256 MB and Shader model 2.0. All nVidia® GeForce™ 7 series or higher. Sound Blaster® X-Fi series or higher. Optimal: Pentium® D Processor with Dual Core Technology (or Athlon 64 X2 series). 1GB System Memory. All nVidia® GeForce™ 7800 series or higher. Sound Blaster® X-Fi series or higher.^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  56^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

Developers

• Avalanche Studios Group

• Avalanche Studios^*

Publishers

• Eidos Interactive

• Square Enix^*

• 2006-09-22

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2006-09-21 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2006-09-21^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Mar 15, 2007^*

Detailed specifications