Games like Painkiller: Recurring Evil
If Painkiller: Recurring Evil is your kind of game, the closest matches are Painkiller Redemption, Painkiller Overdose and Painkiller: Resurrection — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its arena style combat, fast paced slaughterfest and overwhelms with enemies. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Painkiller: Recurring Evil: Battle never ceases in the realm known as Hell. This time around it's a battle for the freedom of your very soul. Will you be able to escape from the prison hidden in the darkest deepest chasm of Hell? Do you have enough courage to travel through the most dangerous and twisted areas, infamous for their unsafety, even among demons...
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Painkiller Redemption
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Top pick for Painkiller: Recurring Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Welcome to a world of pain. Heaven is once again in danger and threatened by a reckless army of hell spawn monsters - and they will stop at nothing.
Painkiller Overdose
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Second-strongest match for Painkiller: Recurring Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
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: Resurrection
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Third-strongest match for Painkiller: Recurring Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
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.
Trepang2
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Ranked #4 for Painkiller: Recurring Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Become the ultimate badass in Trepang2: A gory, action-packed FPS set in the near future. Unleash all hell on your enemies, dodge bullets and leave a trail of destruction in this hardcore and frenetic shooter.
Blood: Refreshed Supply™
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Ranked #5 for Painkiller: Recurring Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Things are about to get… bloody! Soak up 42 pulse-pounding levels dripping with Lovecraftian atmosphere as you battle your way through armies of sycophantic cultists, zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and other insatiable horrors, in your quest to defeat the loathsome Tchernobog.
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
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Ranked #6 for Painkiller: Recurring Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Blast, slice and shred through your enemies in this hardcore FPS inspired by the icons of the '90s, powered by the legendary Quake-1 Tech. Taking place in a realm left to rot, take up arms, unearth long-forgotten secrets and hunt down the Guardians of the Old World.
Blood II: The Chosen + Expansion
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Ranked #7 for Painkiller: Recurring Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Includes original Blood II: The Chosen and add-on package The Nightmare LevelsAn immersive atmosphere full of dark humor and exciting actionFour playable characters and wide variety of weapons
The Darkness II
WHY THIS
Shares a grim mood with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Ranked #8 for Painkiller: Recurring Evil fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
An intense first person shooter that delivers a twisted and gripping narrative of tragedy, modern crime drama, and supernatural horror.
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Painkiller Overdose
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Shares an intense mood with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Reviewers of Painkiller: Recurring Evil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
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: Black Edition
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Reviewers of Painkiller: Recurring Evil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Painkiller Black Edition includes the expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, featuring 10 additional single-player levels and many new villains.
Painkiller: Resurrection
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Reviewers of Painkiller: Recurring Evil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
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.
Painkiller Redemption
WHY THIS
Shares a stressful mood with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Reviewers of Painkiller: Recurring Evil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Welcome to a world of pain. Heaven is once again in danger and threatened by a reckless army of hell spawn monsters - and they will stop at nothing.
Painkiller Hell & Damnation
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Reviewers of Painkiller: Recurring Evil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Evil has returned! Demonic powers are manifesting themselves as a myriad of dark creatures, fighting over the fates of imprisoned souls caught in Purgatory.
RoboCop: Rogue City
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Reviewers of Painkiller: Recurring Evil cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Become the legendary part man, part machine, all cop hero and deliver justice in Old Detroit.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Painkiller: Recurring Evil at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~50% under Painkiller: Recurring Evil on Steam right now. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
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Priced ~55% under Painkiller: Recurring Evil on Steam right now. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Painkiller: Recurring Evil on Steam right now. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~70% under Painkiller: Recurring Evil on Steam right now. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
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Priced ~50% under Painkiller: Recurring Evil on Steam right now. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
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Priced ~50% under Painkiller: Recurring Evil on Steam right now. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~90% under Painkiller: Recurring Evil on Steam right now. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Half-Life: Opposing Force
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Painkiller: Recurring Evil on Steam right now. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Return to the Black Mesa Research Facility as one of the military specialists assigned to eliminate Gordon Freeman. Experience an entirely new episode of single player action. Meet fierce alien opponents, and experiment with new weaponry. Named 'Game of the Year' by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Frequently asked about Painkiller: Recurring Evil
- How much does Painkiller: Recurring Evil cost?
- Painkiller: Recurring Evil is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Painkiller: Recurring Evil?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Painkiller: Recurring Evil are Painkiller Redemption, Painkiller Overdose, Painkiller: Resurrection.
- Who developed Painkiller: Recurring Evil?
- Painkiller: Recurring Evil was developed by Med-Art and published by Prime Matter.
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