Painkiller: Resurrection

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Mostly Negative · 655 player reviews · Medium confidence

Probably one to skip.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows

Homegrown Games · Action · Oct 27, 2009

Player review score
25%
Mostly Negative
Price
$1.99−80%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio0 of 5
Subtitles0 of 5

Should I buy Painkiller: Resurrection?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 29 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 5 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 45 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 39 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 35 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 655 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 251 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
25% of themes are praise8% are divided67% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
29 of 251 sampled reviews raised it
No more Belial Bullcrap - original weapons again, with a new bonus one - basically Faster Spearthrower that can also drop out GIGANTIC GRENADES
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
16 of 251 sampled reviews raised it
Those are really enjoyable and I find the voice acting and the storytelling are really good in this one.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
5 of 251 sampled reviews raised it
I LOVE the Co-op story line, it was great, fun and sometimes even scary.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Combat29 reviews
Audio16 reviews
Co-op5 reviews
Divided opinion
Interface
20% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
22% still recommend
Crashes
13% still recommend
Bugs
20% still recommend
Story
32% still recommend
Graphics
25% still recommend
Difficulty
26% still recommend
Performance
17% still recommend
Optimization
8% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$1.99$9.99−80%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

10 points recordedtoday · $1.99

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