Painkiller: Resurrection

Painkiller: Resurrection

Released Oct 2009

William "Bill" Sherman has a problem - he's dead. Blown to pieces by his own C4 payload, which he wanted to eliminate a South American druglord with on behalf of some shady secret service people.

24% positive · 642 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

Painkiller: Resurrection launched on October 27, 2009. There are no developer news posts of any substance — no patch notes, no content announcements, no roadmaps, and no statements about future updates. The store description contains no mention of ongoing support, seasonal content, or planned DLC. There are no DLC listings of any kind. This game launched as a standalone, self-contained product and has shown no post-launch development activity of any kind. It is a finished, complete release.
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Store description presents a complete, self-contained game with no mention of DLC, post-launch content, or ongoing development plans.
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No developer news posts of any substance have been published — no patch notes, content announcements, or studio communications of any kind.
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Details

Publisher
Prime Matter
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer

About this game

William "Bill" Sherman has a problem - he's dead. Blown to pieces by his own C4 payload, which he wanted to eliminate a South American druglord with on behalf of some shady secret service people. The fact that he accidentally blew a bus full of innocent civilians into the Great Beyond has given rise to an all new problem - Hell doesn't exactly have any problems with claiming his soul. But now Bill's in purgatory and he's caught the eye of heaven's warriors. He's been offered a chance to make good the havoc he wrought using his quite special skills. And with weapons of course. Bizarre weapons. Crazy weapons...

The Game

Developed by Homegrown Games with former developers and modders from the previous Painkiller games in collaboration with Studio Med-Art and with a Catholic priest advising, Painkiller Resurrection combines rock-hard, no-frills action and an exciting story with painstakingly researched details. In a bizarre world influenced by medieval ideas about hell and purgatory and Dante's Inferno, the mixture of fast, straightforward levels and enormous, explorable regions containing the worst scum of any hell provides a unique gaming experience.


  • Unique storyline told using top quality "graphic novel" style cutscenes
  • Completely reworked "Painkiller 2.0 engine" with shader effects, weather systems, a superb physics engine, and ultra-fast netcode, including an anticheat system
  • The best weapons from all of the Painkiller titles + new, inventive tools of death
  • Classic-style FPS levels and enormous, explorable areas provide varied gameplay
  • Countless eSports-grade multiplayer modes with numerous new and updated maps
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