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The critically-acclaimed and award-winning FPS franchise is back! Packed with tons of fast-paced, adrenaline-fueled single player and multiplayer action, Painkiller Overdose brings with it 6 innovative new demonic weapons, mind-bending physics, lightning-player maps, over 40 demented and sickly-twisted monsters from Hell and gigantic end...

Painkiller Overdose is a action, fps and gore game developed by Mindware Studios and published by Prime Matter.
Released on October 30th 2007 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and German.

It has received 1,115 reviews of which 802 were positive and 313 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.9 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.00€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Painkiller Overdose into these genres:

Action FPS Gore Violent Shooter Horror Multiplayer Singleplayer First-Person Boomer Shooter Co-op Classic Demons

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
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  • Supported OS: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP/Vista
  • Processor: 1.5 GHz Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor
  • RAM: 512MB RAM
  • Hard Drive: 2.5 GB available
  • DirectX Version: 128 MB DirectX(R) 9 Compatible Video Card (NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) FX 5600, ATI(TM) Radeon(TM) 9600 or Better)
  • Sound: DirectX 9 or better compatible sound card
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  • Supported OS: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP/Vista
  • Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor
  • RAM: 1024 MB
  • Hard Drive: 2.5 GB available
  • DirectX Version: 256 MB DirectX(R) 9 Compatible Video Card (NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) 7800, ATI(TM) Radeon(TM) X1800 or Better)
  • Sound: DirectX 9 or better compatible sound card

User reviews & Ratings

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Feb. 2026
Pretty much just the first game but with slightly better level design.
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Jan. 2026
It's a good game, but it belongs in a very strange category. You will only enjoy it once. No matter how much time will pass after the first playthrough, even if it is 10 years, you will still find some of the levels unimaginably horrid to play through. I really enjoyed it as a kid, but the only way to play it again is when you have all of the levels unlocked and play through your favorite ones.
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Jan. 2026
so yeah basically you start the game right after the ending of the first game where jeremy painkiller has finally collected every pharmaceutical drug in the world and at the beginning of this game he overdoses and dies immediately so im not sure why they made a whole game when it ends right at the beginning but overall pretty good just dont buy it instead watch markiplier play it and also i recommend playing king of bowling for the playstation 1 instead
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Aug. 2025
Gameplay and weapons are good but crashes often
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May 2025
"Painkiller Overdose" is pretty underrated and actually improves on some of the things from the original game, but it's also really rough around the edges and has incredibly uneven difficulty, so you need patience to really see the better parts of it. The biggest problem with the original Painkiller was the fact that you could play pretty casually and just spam rockets and switch to the shotgun up close. This game's weapons are way more balanced in that you will be using every weapon on every level if you even want a chance to survive. The shotgun is still powerful but you have to be much closer to deal lethal damage. The rocket launcher weapon is totally nerfed and doesn't even kill enemies in a single hit. This means you will likely use it but it's not going to overpower the other weapons. you also get a homing dagger, a remote explosive and a cool voodoo skull that shoots a laser and deals hard damage up close. Most people who play this game won't see how this is an improvement over the original, but if you really look at the balancing and the fact that you can't just play however you want, it makes more logical sense to force the player to think on their toes and switch weapons to survive. I'm also really impressed by the level concepts in this game, even though the level designs could use some work. The game starts with a hellish version of Ancient Greece. There's also a movie studio, a farmhouse with cows with their stomachs split open and violent birdhouses that launch chickens, an airship, a fantasy-themed level, a civil war reenactment, and a city scene where zombie police are fighting zombie thugs. They are some of the most creative level concepts I've seen in an FPS, and there are a ton of enemies. Most levels introduce 2-3 new enemies on top of ones that existed in previous levels, and they all have their own mechanics, like a cutout of a wolfman whose weakpoint is the beating heart attached to the backside of him, or some crazy pilot women in latex who launch themselves at the player with an unavoidable drill attack. You really need to think carefully about how to proceed on a lot of these levels, especially on Trauma difficulty (The highest setting). It's impossible to beat Trauma difficulty without the tarot cards the game gives you because there are certain areas where you will be locked in a small room and enemies will instakill you. Certain cards will give you invicincibility or let you clear rooms just by walking around, so knowing to use them at certain parts of the stage is critical. I managed to beat it on trauma and it was pretty painful but if you know the game mechanics the game gets a lot easier. You have to learn the enemy behavior patterns to proceed, and because there are so many enemies you can expect to take 20+ hours to finish this on the higher difficulty settings. With all of that said, the character you play as, Samael, is pretty obnoxious. and this was a game made as a fan game that got funded by the company, so you can expect the game to just have problems. Most specifically the hit detection enemies that deal splash damage. This will be infuriating in the beginning of the game because you will get instakilled before even being accustomed to the controls. An issue with all of the "Painkiller" games is that on Trauma difficulty you will not get health refills, so the only way to win is to play the first few sections perfectly and reload you save if you take damage. The load times in this game are pretty horrible, expect to wait 25 seconds to get thrown back into the action, assuming the game doesn't freeze completely and lock your computer which happened to me several times. Despite these flaws this might actually be my favorite Painkiller game, if only because it really makes you master the weapons and know your enemies to survive.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Painkiller Overdose is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

Painkiller Overdose is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

Painkiller Overdose received 802 positive votes out of a total of 1,115 achieving a rating of 6.93.
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Painkiller Overdose was developed by Mindware Studios and published by Prime Matter.

Painkiller Overdose is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Painkiller Overdose is not playable on MacOS.

Painkiller Overdose is not playable on Linux.

Painkiller Overdose offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Painkiller Overdose offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

Painkiller Overdose does not currently offer any DLC.

Painkiller Overdose does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Painkiller Overdose does not support Steam Remote Play.

Painkiller Overdose 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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