Just Cause

Just Cause

Released Mar 2007

Your world...Your rules!

66% positive · 5,287 reviews
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Just Cause is the original 2006/2007 open-world action game from Avalanche Studios, released on Steam on March 15, 2007. It launched as a complete, standalone experience with no post-launch DLC, no expansion content, and no announced plans for additional content. The game shipped as a finished product. The only recent developer activity (May 28, 2026) was Square Enix retrofitting Steam Cloud save support as part of a broader back-catalogue quality-of-life initiative — not new gameplay content. This is straightforward maintenance work to modernize a classic title. The post explicitly frames this effort as applying across legacy titles in the Square Enix catalogue rather than signaling any new development for Just Cause specifically. No new content has been announced or released for the game since its original launch, and the game is simply available as the complete package it shipped as nearly two decades ago.
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Store description describes a complete single-player open-world game with no mention of DLC, expansions, or post-launch content plans.
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Square Enix added Steam Cloud save support to Just Cause as part of a back-catalogue quality-of-life initiative. This is a maintenance/compatibility update, not new gameplay content.
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Details

Publisher
Square Enix
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Your world...Your rules! In Just Cause, you are a Latin field operative and specialist in regime change backed by top secret US government agency who will overthrow the corrupt government of San Esperito. The rogue South American state is suspected of stockpiling Weapons of Mass Destruction, and it's your mission to negate the threat this poses to world peace. It could be to your advantage that the tropical paradise is about to implode as various factions vie for power - it just needs a gentle nudge in the right direction.

Just Cause offers the freedom to tackle your assignments however you want: playing the island's factions against one another, inciting a rebellion among the masses and building alliances with rebel forces and drug cartels. The action takes place in an incredibly detailed game world which consists of over 250,000 acres of mountains, jungles, beaches, cities and villages. The island can be explored by land, sea and air, as you will have at your disposal one of the most varied and exciting array of vehicles ever seen in a video game.

  • Freeform game-play: approach missions in any way you like, or break off from the fight and enjoy exploring the islands.

  • Over 250K acres of land to explore: the largest environment ever seen in a game!

  • Over-the-top Stunts: jump from vehicle-to-vehicle, parasail, skydive and base-jump...

  • Massive selection of vehicles: over 100 of the most varied, exciting array of land, sea and air vehicles ever seen in a video game.

  • Avalanche Engine™: procedurally generated landscape delivers a huge, beautiful, detailed world while eliminating loading times.

  • Wealth of missions: story missions, side-missions, bonus missions and many more; ensuring plenty of action spread throughout the islands.

  • Support team: Sheldon and Kane, two US government secret agents, will provide you with reconnaissance info, extraction and vehicle drops.

  • Fly: The best way to explore San Esperito is by air!

Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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