Painkiller Hell & Damnation

Buy78%

Mostly Positive · 4k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

The Farm 51 · Action · Oct 31, 2012

Player review score
78%
Mostly Positive
Price
$1.99−90%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
107
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
10
Full audio8 of 10
Subtitles0 of 10

Should I buy Painkiller Hell & Damnation?

Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 67 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 66 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story: 55 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 4k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise8% are divided50% are complaints
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Sure, it's running on the tried and true Unreal Engine 3 (or something, it's getting hard to keep up with the numbers - forgive a 30-something that just wants to shoot bad guys on a screen), so there's some better lighting, really good explosion and ragdoll physics, a lot more polygons.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
67 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game follows the same story line and mechanics, but offers a lot more content like challenge maps, a unique Halloween map and the introduction of co-op.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
66 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
You can see that the updated version has a little more atmosphere, for example in the graveyard the mist is deeper and the graphics are sharper, the weapons look shinier etc, otherwise it looks virtually the same.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Yep, it's pretty deserted in mp, but you can always go for some coop walkthrough.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
And, despite it being just a darker version of Serious Sam with a heavy soundtrack and multiple endings, I do believe it deserved a proper chance.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Graphics68 reviews
Gameplay67 reviews
Combat66 reviews
Co-op30 reviews
Audio29 reviews
Divided opinion
Performance
63% still recommend
Players complain
Story
60% still recommend
Multiplayer
69% still recommend
Difficulty
65% still recommend
Monetization
50% still recommend
Bugs
33% still recommend
Interface
50% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Includes level editor
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$1.99$19.99−90%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

7 points recordedtoday · $1.99

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