Painkiller Hell & Damnation
Fair · Shooter · 2012
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 90% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$1.9990% offFair
- Cost per hour▼
- $4.16/hr
- Reviews▼
- 78% of 4,372
- Critics
- 64 players 14 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 33% Shooter
Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews
Watch this gameOne alert at $1.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 4.8h
- To 100%
- 27.9h 5.8x the story
- Achievements
- 107
Price and sales
- Sales
- 103 on record
- Typical cut
- 80% off
- Steam low
- $1.99 October 2014
- Sale every
- 38d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 12 now
- Cheaper than
- 16% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 49% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
56% start to 2% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
103 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 80 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 33 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, DOOM ($19.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats Painkiller Overdose ($4.99, scores 30).
More about Painkiller Hell & Damnation
64 from critics against 78 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.
Of the 501 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 7 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 60 percent of the 600 reviews written there were positive, against 78 percent overall, and those are 20 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 4.8 hours. Doing everything runs 28, 5.8 times as long.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
I love seeing such a game like this for modern pcs, as a player that who played painkiller black edition before I can confirm this is a masterpiece, sure there is incredible graphics, I love it!
2 more reviews
A fast paced arena shooter delivers a satisfying blend of classic action, powerful weapons, and relentless combat. Large enemy hordes fill every level with constant movement and pressure, creating an experience focused on momentum rather than cover based tactics. The straightforward design allows attention to remain on combat, positioning, and efficient enemy elimination. Weapon variety plays a major role in keeping...
More of a "best of mixtape" rather than the full HD remake I was expecting. That being said I enjoyed this polished up, shorter version and playing through it felt like the palate cleanser I needed between other games. Besides it's on sale often enough to make it worth a look.
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About the game
Evil has returned! Demonic powers are manifesting themselves as a myriad of dark creatures, fighting over the fates of imprisoned souls caught in Purgatory.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce 8600 / ATI Radeon HD 2600XT (256 MB), 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Painkiller Hell & Damnation scores 54/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/214870/painkiller-hell-damnationReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.