Single-player games like Painkiller: Black Edition
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Painkiller: Black Edition, 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 Hell & Damnation
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Black Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painkiller: Black Edition.
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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Painkiller Overdose
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Black Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painkiller: Black Edition.
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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Turbo Overkill
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Black Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painkiller: Black Edition.
Enter Paradise as Johnny Turbo—half-metal, half-human, all-murder machine. Clean up the streets with a chainsaw leg, 15+ weapons and your hovercar as you battle the rogue AI Syn, rival bounty hunters and cyberpunks aplenty. Apogee’s most outrageous FPS since Duke Nukem 3D. Good hunting, Sir!
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Painkiller
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Black Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painkiller: Black Edition.
The classic Painkiller series is back! Battle through Purgatory in fast-paced co-op action, wielding infernal weapons against relentless demonic hordes. Condemned for your sins, the Voice of the Creator offers you a chance at redemption. Will you seize it or be lost to darkness?
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Trepang2
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Black Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painkiller: Black Edition.
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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Serious Sam 4
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Black Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painkiller: Black Edition.
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
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Quake
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Black Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painkiller: Black Edition.
Developed by the award-winning id Software, Quake® is the ground-breaking, original dark fantasy first-person shooter that inspires today’s retro-style FPS games. With Quake (Enhanced), experience the authentic, updated, and visually enhanced version of the original.
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DOOM
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Black Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painkiller: Black Edition.
Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.
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Painkiller: Resurrection
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Black Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painkiller: Black Edition.
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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Serious Sam 3: BFE
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Black Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painkiller: Black Edition.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
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OUTRIDERS
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Black Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painkiller: Black Edition.
Outriders’ brutal and bloody combat combines frenetic gunplay, violent powers and deep RPG systems to create a true genre hybrid.
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Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
Single-player alternative to Painkiller: Black Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Painkiller: Black Edition.
Step into the boots of Grayson Hunt after a crash landing on an old resort planet forces him to make a hard choice: survival or revenge. Execute masterful kills with Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition’s unique combat system that rewards you for performing the most creative and deadly kills imaginable.