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Painkiller Hell & Damnation

Painkiller Hell & Damnation

Evil has returned! Demonic powers are manifesting themselves as a myriad of dark creatures, fighting over the fates of imprisoned souls caught in Purgatory.

Released Oct 31, 2012 Developer The Farm 51 Publisher Prime Matter Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ActionFPSGoreCo-opHorror
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

78.0%positive4,177 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Original Painkiller (2004) is a masterpiece. A true masterpiece of its time. And this is NOT a good reissue of this game from 2012. It has a lot of serious flaws, like: - they cut half of the levels and sell them to you separately, and there's no edition of this game that…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Hell and Damnation is a super underrated remake. It ropes in the best parts of the original while cutting the fluff it suffered from. That and fixing weird design choices like overly cryptic bosses. More than anything, it doesn't crash over a million times like Painkiller black…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 7 found this helpful

“[h1][i]“This is how we bring about our own damnation, you know-by ignoring the voice that begs us to stop.”[/i] ~Stephen King[/h1] The story of the Painkiller series is a sad one. It only had one game that was worth playing, while soon after, the IP became the victim of one heck…”

— a player, Steam review · 64 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:42 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

2playing at last check
1124-hour peak
1,899all-time peak
0 100 200 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 181 avg · Feb 2013

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

107achievements
2.9%median completion
1.7%rarest: Fireproof
56.4% of players 44.1% of players 32.6% of players 32.2% of players 26.9% of players 26.5% of players 23.7% of players 22.8% of players 22.3% of players 21.5% of players 19.6% of players 17.3% of players 16.4% of players 16.2% of players 14.5% of players 14.2% of players 13.5% of players 13.4% of players 13.2% of players 12.9% of players 12.7% of players 12.4% of players 10.6% of players 10.6% of players 10.4% of players 10.2% of players 10.1% of players 9.5% of players 9.5% of players 8.9% of players 8.4% of players 7.8% of players 7.1% of players 6.9% of players 6.3% of players 6.2% of players 5.7% of players 5.6% of players 4.8% of players 4.6% of players 4.6% of players 4.6% of players 4.4% of players 4.3% of players 4.3% of players 4.2% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.8% of players 3.5% of players 3.5% of players 3.2% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 56.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
56.4%Endurance — Cemetery: Beat the level (Solo Campaign)
44.1%Haste — Tutorial: Destroy all objects (Solo Campaign)
32.6%Grave Digger — Solo Campaign: Finish 1st chapter
Rarest badges of honor
1.7%Fireproof — Avoid any burns on Fire Plate Puzzle
1.7%Frag'n'Stein — Win Deathmatch match on Fragenstein
1.7%Savant — Beat the Illuminati challenge in solo survival mode.

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.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
UK17.79 GBP
Australia29.95 AUD
Canada27.49 CAD
Japan2,389 JPY
Brazil99.00 BRL
China73.98 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Japan Brazil Canada US Australia UK≈$24

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 27, 2014
Painkiller Hell & Damnation MegaPatch including Bonus Levels, Mac Beta, Dedicated Server & Development Kit/Workshop Support Released

Dedicated Server & Development Kit can be accessed from the Steam Client in the Tools Section CHANGELOG: - Bonus levels: Lab & City on Water (It's in DLC section) - PDK tutorial maps (SP, SV, MP, CTF)

May 27, 2014
Painkiller Hell & Damnation MegaPatch including Bonus Levels, Mac Beta, Dedicated Server & Development Kit/Workshop Support Released

Dedicated Server & Development Kit can be accessed from the Steam Client in the Tools Section CHANGELOG: - Bonus levels: Lab & City on Water (It's in DLC section) - PDK tutorial maps (SP, SV, MP, CTF)

Dec 20, 2013
Vote & Win! Painkiller Hell & Damnation Community Vote!

Dear Painkiller fans, For the next 7 hours, Painkiller Hell & Damnation is part of the Holiday sale Community Votes. Visit our facebook page (http://ow.ly/rWKN7 ), like or share our post about the Com

Dec 13, 2013
Mega update on Painkiller Hell & Damnation now available

Dear Painkiller fans, Today Painkiller Hell & Damnation DLC 7 "City Critters" (http://store.steampowered.com/app/229310/) has been released together with a megapatch with the following fixes (a full l

Dec 13, 2013
Mega update on Painkiller Hell & Damnation now available

Dear Painkiller fans, Today Painkiller Hell & Damnation DLC 7 "City Critters" (http://store.steampowered.com/app/229310/) has been released together with a megapatch with the following fixes (a full l

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction
Player tagsAction · FPS · Gore · Co-op · Horror · Shooter · Singleplayer · Multiplayer · Fast-Paced · First-Person · Remake · Classic (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Partial Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish * , German * , French * , Italian * , Spanish - Spain * , Czech, Hungarian, Japanese * , Polish * , Russian * *
Achievements107
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.painkillergame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista/7 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600XT (256 MB) DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 5 GB HD space Sound: DirectX Compatible