Action · October 31, 2012

Painkiller Hell & Damnation (2012)

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Heaven's Hitman is Back... With a Vengeance Evil has returned! Demonic powers are manifesting themselves as a myriad of dark creatures, fighting over the fates of imprisoned souls caught in Purgatory. Once again, it is up to Daniel Garner, in the unenviable position of being the Curse of Darkness and the Toy of Light, to fight his way past hordes of demons and fiends. Questions remain… “Can he stop the powerful creatures that stand in his way? Will he ever leave the hell of Purgatory and be reunited with his wife Catherine?” Painkiller Hell & Damnation is a fast-paced, thrilling modern remake of an all-action shooter Classic! Key features 100 % UNCUT version in all languages A modern remake of the Classic shooters, Painkiller and Battle Out Of Hell 15 adrenaline filled levels, including 4 Boss levels Includes a special Halloween level Over 30 of the nastiest, darkest creatures from Hell Devastating and unique arsenal of weapons Singleplayer and Co-operative Campaigns spread across 4 Chapters PvP and PvE Multiplayer modes The soundtrack is forged in the same furnace as the weapons: heavy metal Powered by Unreal Engine 3® Steamworks fully integrated Key Anti-Features (you know… the ones that make life EASY): NO Kill-streak bonuses or airstrikes NO auto-heal NO AK-47, NO M16 or that sort of sh*t; just a healthy dose of .666 calibre weapons!

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Action · 232
  • FPS · 159
  • Gore · 107
  • Co-op · 99
  • Horror · 88
  • Shooter · 68
  • Singleplayer · 66
  • Multiplayer · 56
  • Fast-Paced · 46
  • First-Person · 46
  • Remake · 43
  • Classic · 42
  • Demons · 35
  • Great Soundtrack · 31
  • Local Co-Op · 30

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.2k Steam reviewsTop 65% in Action
Positive rating78% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 73%
Metacritic64/100Genre average 77 — top 92% of Action titles
Engagement hours6 h averageTop 64% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (10)

  • English volume_up
  • German volume_up
  • French volume_up
  • Italian volume_up
  • Spanish - Spain volume_up
  • Czech
  • Hungarian
  • Japanese volume_up
  • Polish volume_up
  • Russian volume_up

Full audio (8)

  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Italian
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Polish
  • Russian

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

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

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Remote Play Together

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Includes level editor

Reception Metrics

Steam community

78%Mostly Positive · 4.2k reviews

3.3k positive · 919 negative

Metacritic

64/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

6.5/10

Curator recommendations

2.9k

Press Quotes

'Painkiller Hell & Damnation reboots with great graphics, more polish, and a lot of demons to purge.' –Gaming Bolt 9/10 'The combination of fantastic weapon design, music, gore and physics make being Hell’s janitor one of the best things you could be this Halloween.' – 4.5/5 'Farm 51 has put Painkiller back on its pedestal.' –Destructoid 8/10

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

6h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

Achievements

107

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 31, 2012
DeveloperThe Farm 51
PublisherPrime Matter
Base price$1.99 -90%
DLC / Add-ons10 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Content Notes

Heavy violence and some gore, crude language.

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