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{{Short description|American video game developer}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2019}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Running with Scissors
| logo = Running with Scissors logo.png
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]]
| predecessor = Riedel Software Productions
| founded = {{Start date and age|1996}}
| founder = Vince Desi
| hq_location_city = [[Tucson, Arizona]]
| hq_location_country = US
| key_people = Vince Desi ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
| products = ''[[Postal (franchise)|Postal]]'' series (1997–present)
| website = {{URL|https://runningwithscissors.com/}}
}}

'''Running with Scissors''' ('''RWS''') is an American [[video game developer]] based in [[Tucson, Arizona]]. It was founded in 1996 by Vince Desi through a business decision of Riedel Software Productions, a maker of child-friendly games. RWS created and maintains the ''[[Postal (franchise)|Postal]]'' franchise, which has often caused controversy for its use of violence. RWS' first game was ''[[Postal (video game)|Postal]]'' in 1997, which caused much controversy and a trademark lawsuit from the [[United States Postal Service]] that lasted until 2003. A potential second game, ''Flesh and Wire'', was canceled in 1999. The company followed up ''Postal'' with ''[[Postal 2]]'' in 2003. The third game in the series, ''[[Postal III]]'', was co-developed by RWS and an internal team of publisher [[Akella]], and RWS distanced itself from the game due to poor critical reception. RWS most recently worked on ''[[Postal 4: No Regerts]]'', which was released in 2022, and the [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] ''Postal: Brain Damaged''.