Single-player games like Painkiller: Recurring Evil
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Painkiller: Recurring Evil, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Painkiller Redemption
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Recurring Evil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Painkiller Overdose
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Recurring Evil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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...
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Painkiller: Resurrection
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Recurring Evil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Trepang2
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Recurring Evil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Blood: Refreshed Supply™
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Recurring Evil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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WRATH: Aeon of Ruin
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Recurring Evil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Blood II: The Chosen + Expansion
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Recurring Evil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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
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The Darkness II
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Recurring Evil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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 Hell & Damnation
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Recurring Evil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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RoboCop: Rogue City
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Recurring Evil — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painkiller: Recurring Evil.
Become the legendary part man, part machine, all cop hero and deliver justice in Old Detroit.