Adventure · December 15, 2014

LISA: The Painful (2014)

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LISA: The Painful - Definitive Edition is the miserable, hilarious RPG of your wildest nightmares. Undertake a relentless journey through the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Olathe. Beneath its charming exterior is a world full of disgust and moral desolation, where you will learn what kind of person you are by being FORCED to make choices that permanently affect the gameplay. Make sacrifices to keep your party members alive, whether it's taking a beating for them, losing limbs, or some other inhuman torture. In this world, you will learn that being selfish and heartless is the only way to survive... The Definitive Edition brings new content and nightmares to the game with HD graphics, 120 FPS mode, new party member campfire conversations, updated battle systems, new border art overlays, new music, music player (including music from LISA: The First), Painless (Story) mode, and new secrets to explore. - 100+ unique character battles. - Visible character sacrifices that affect your stats and attacks (removing arms, eyes, scratches). - Recruit up to 30 party members in towns and camps. - Make ruthless choices that permanently affect towns, characters, and lives. - Participate in white-knuckle shopping cart races, extreme weight lifting, and other minigames. - Bet your party members on Russian Roulette for huge profit, but permanently lose them if they die. - Listen to your favorite tracks in the music player, which also includes music from LISA: The First. - Discover countless secrets hidden throughout Olathe. - Play Painful mode for an extra challenge and unique enemies, or Painless mode for a story-focused experience. - A life-ruining gaming experience.

Adventure releases from 2014

41 Adventure titles launched in 2014 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Adventure

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume14.6k Steam reviewsTop 17% in Adventure
Positive rating96% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 21%
Metacritic77/100Genre average 77 — top 59% of Adventure titles
Engagement hours8 h averageTop 41% for session depth among Adventure

Community Tag Signals

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

  • Dark Humor · 572
  • RPG · 542
  • Story Rich · 508
  • Psychological Horror · 506
  • Post-apocalyptic · 502
  • RPGMaker · 501
  • Indie · 499
  • Choices Matter · 496
  • Pixel Graphics · 494
  • Dark · 488
  • JRPG · 482
  • Adventure · 477
  • Singleplayer · 477
  • Party-Based RPG · 477
  • 2D · 476

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Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

96%Overwhelmingly Positive · 14.6k reviews

14.0k positive · 584 negative

Metacritic

77/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.7/10

Curator recommendations

12.9k

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

8h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

9h

Current engagement

Achievements

68

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Input & Comfort

  • Partial Controller Support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateDec 15, 2014
DeveloperDingaling Productions
PublisherSerenity Forge
Base price$11.99 -40%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Content Notes

depictions of mature language, violence, gore, sexual assault/non-consensual sex, drugs, alcohol abuse, and suicide.

Editions & Packages

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