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Painkiller: Black Edition
Painkiller Black Edition includes the expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, featuring 10 additional single-player levels and many new villains.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“An Old Classic and an absolute banger of it's time. If you love boomer shooters it's a must have. Side note to you all: Turn off the multisampling to None And set the texture filtering to Bilinear This prevents graphic glitches like in the Necrogiant's fight. Have fun folks!”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“When I hear the word "Painkiller", normally my brain goes two ways. One is the absolute best heavy metal album ever made, and the other is a classic shooter from 2004 made by People Can Fly (A studio I love dearly) that got stuck in my head for decades. With the release of the…”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“I wrote a positive review of this product because it is a very good product.”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:46 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Gore · Action · FPS · Classic · Shooter · Great Soundtrack · First-Person · Singleplayer · Demons · Arena Shooter · Horror · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.painkillergame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Win 98/2000/Me/XP Processor: 1GHz Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: DirextX 9.0 64MB Video Card Storage: 3.4 GB available space