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2012 PCPlayStationXbox 78 % positive Mostly positive, 4,177 reviews on Steam

A fast, old-school first-person shooter where you blast through hordes of demons in bizarre hellish arenas. This remake-sequel hybrid focuses on speed, inventive weapons like the Painkiller blade and tarot card bonuses.

What defines Painkiller: Hell & Damnation:

  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Fantasy setting
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The closest matches for Painkiller: Hell & Damnation are NecroVisioN, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance and Metal: Hellsinger. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Painkiller: Hell & Damnation special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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NecroVisioN

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2009 PCSteam Deck playable 4.99 € 68 % positive Mixed, 1,735 reviews on Steam

  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Challenging difficulty

A brutal old-school shooter that starts in the trenches of World War I and descends into an occult hellscape of vampires, demons and zombies. Its appeal lies in mixing period firearms, melee and dark magic with a combo system, in the spirit of Painkiller but with noticeable budget roughness.

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Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

Dark, serious atmosphere

The first Mortal Kombat on next-gen consoles features a rebuilt 3D fighting engine with multiple stances per character and the series' infamous gory fatalities. A roster of returning fighters and newcomers keeps the duels varied.

Metal: Hellsinger

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A rhythm FPS where shooting and dodging on the beat of metal tracks boosts your damage and combos. You blast through eight stylish Hells backed by a thunderous soundtrack.

Dusk

Action-packed real-time combat

Dusk is a fast, 90s-style boomer shooter with eerie atmosphere and maze-like levels full of secrets. It focuses on fluid movement and punchy weapons against hordes of cultists and worse horrors.

Satan

Action-packed real-time combat

A fast retro boomer shooter where you blast through hordes of demons and finally face Satan himself. It focuses on classic, frantic gameplay with a variety of weapons.

Perish

Dark, serious atmosphere

A stylish co-op first-person shooter where you fight alone or with up to three friends through Purgatory, slaying creatures and bosses and selling their corpses to earn your way into Elysium.

Kill Knight

Action-packed real-time combat

A fast isometric arcade shooter where you blast through swarms of eldritch horrors with a hefty arsenal. Quick reflexes and constant movement are key, wrapped in a grim dark-fantasy look.

Quake

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

id Software's landmark shooter sends you through grim, gothic Lovecraftian mazes full of monsters, with lightning-fast movement, frantic gunplay and a brooding industrial soundscape by Trent Reznor. Its multiplayer also made history.

Devil Daggers

Challenging difficulty

A brutal retro-styled arena shooter where you survive as long as possible against escalating demon swarms in a pitch-black void. Every second counts, with tight movement and crucial audio cues deciding your spot on the global leaderboard.

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