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Painkiller Black Edition includes the expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, featuring 10 additional single-player levels and many new villains.

Painkiller: Black Edition is a gore, action and fps game developed by People Can Fly and published by Prime Matter.
Released on January 24th 2007 is available only on Windows in 4 languages: English, French, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 2,040 reviews of which 1,823 were positive and 217 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.55€ on K4G.

The Steam community has classified Painkiller: Black Edition into these genres:

Gore Action FPS Classic Shooter Great Soundtrack First-Person Singleplayer Demons Arena Shooter Horror Atmospheric Fast-Paced Multiplayer Violent Gothic Zombies Cult Classic Boomer Shooter Dark

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System requirements

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Windows
  • 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

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Dec. 2025
the gameplay is pretty basic but i still like it. i beat the first level and got halfway in the second before dropping the vanilla game to play with a mod called rise of evil and this game with that mod is so good
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Nov. 2025
This game is pretty dated but its fun if you're the kinda person who really enjoyed Serious Sam because this is Sam in Hell essentially. Pretty crappy storyline but who needs a story when your primary goal is to kill everything. I do wish there was more variety in the weaponary but the soul collecting and subsequent Demon mode bring something new to a time when all there was was Quake and Doom clones galore. Having played all the spin-off and sequels with the exception of the new game which is Painkiller in title only. Those other games all suck. Painkiller Black is the only Painkiller worth playing.
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Nov. 2025
Game play is fast, frenetic, and can be a lot of fun. That said, this title isn't all sunshine and roses. Some bosses can be a little vague on what you're suppose to do. Some of the later levels are confusing and/or tedious. If you're looking for a standard 2010's cover shooter, this isn't it. Your only defense is moving and killing foes first. If that's what you're looking for and you can put up with the occasional jank, give Painkiller a shot. If you're not willing to deal with jank, move along cause you probably wont enjoy this game. It can be great fun, if you accept it for what the game is.
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Sept. 2025
Old school run and gun classic. It's my comfort game :))
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March 2025
I'm surprised that this game isn't talked about more. Playing Painkiller for the first time in 2025, I noticed how much of its DNA is in the new wave of fast-paced shooters: the level structure and challenge system for power-ups came back in Doom 2016, the simplified bunny-hopping for speed came back in Dusk, the system for collecting enemy souls to activate a special mode where you're overpowered came back in Amid Evil... This is a super fun game that has aged remarkably well. Coming out in 2004 it may have been overshadowed at the time by Half-Life 2, when people started becoming more interested in "mature" fps with integrated story-telling, but Painkiller represents an equally valid alternate path toward optimizing fast-paced 3D fps action the PVE games didn't pick up on until over 10 years later. Awesome find; I'm excited to play all of the DLC. Hopefully the new installment coming later this year can maintain the irreverant and arcadey spirit of the original.
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Painkiller: Black Edition is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

Painkiller: Black Edition is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.

Painkiller: Black Edition received 1,823 positive votes out of a total of 2,040 achieving a rating of 8.54.
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Painkiller: Black Edition was developed by People Can Fly and published by Prime Matter.

Painkiller: Black Edition is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Painkiller: Black Edition is not playable on MacOS.

Painkiller: Black Edition is not playable on Linux.

Painkiller: Black Edition does not currently offer any DLC.

Painkiller: Black Edition does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Painkiller: Black Edition does not support Steam Remote Play.

Painkiller: Black Edition is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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