Painkiller: Recurring Evil

Painkiller: Recurring Evil

Steam Deck · unrated

Med-Art · Action · Feb 29, 2012

It depends on what you're after.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $1.99.

42%
Mixed
472 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Performance: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 4 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story and characters: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 17 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 13 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 472 player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 159 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
22% of themes are praise11% are divided67% are caveats
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
not actual lag,the game is capped at 125 FPS and stays stable.
7 of 159 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The metal soundtrack is as effective as ever,
4 of 159 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love2 themes
Performance7 reviews
Audio4 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay18 reviews
22%
Players complain% still recommend
Story and characters26 reviews
31%
Combat17 reviews
18%
Crashes13 reviews
8%
Graphics9 reviews
44%
Difficulty7 reviews
14%
Bugs7 reviews
0%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 4 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $1.99 (−80%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $1.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
42%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.