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Painkiller: Black Edition

People Can Fly · Prime Matter · 2007-01-24

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 12, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Painkiller Black Edition includes the expansion pack Battle Out of Hell, featuring 10 additional single-player levels and many new villains.

Painkiller: Black Edition is a 2007 Action game priced at $9.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 2356 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners.

12
playing now
89%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
7
Nexus mods (1.2k downloads)
21h
to beat · rushed 16h · completionist 29h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

The game revolves around a young man named Daniel Garner, who is happily married to his wife Catherine. At the start of the game, Daniel is about to take Catherine out for a birthday meal. As they drive towards their destination at high speed, in the pouring rain, Daniel takes his eyes off the road to look at his wife and While his attention is diverted, he ploughs their car into a truck. Both of them are killed instantly in the crash. While Catherine manages to make it to Heaven and lives in harmony, Daniel is trapped in Purgatory. One day meeting an accomplice called Samael, he is told that (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 152 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 94k–188k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,356 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at GameFly (2014-10-22) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 89 of 120 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
353520172026Week of 2017-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3752026-09-15 00:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 14 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 28 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 19 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 12 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 32 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 35 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 20 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 25 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 19 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 21 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 14 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 32 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 20 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 19 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
418Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 22 · peak 65Dec 2012 — avg 9 · peak 38May 2013 — avg 8 · peak 20Oct 2013 — avg 12 · peak 83Mar 2014 — avg 18 · peak 61Aug 2014 — avg 11 · peak 30Jan 2015 — avg 19 · peak 76Jun 2015 — avg 13 · peak 29Nov 2015 — avg 40 · peak 177Apr 2016 — avg 16 · peak 68Sep 2016 — avg 19 · peak 69Feb 2017 — avg 12 · peak 31Jul 2017 — avg 14 · peak 40Dec 2017 — avg 15 · peak 39May 2018 — avg 13 · peak 35Oct 2018 — avg 13 · peak 34Mar 2019 — avg 12 · peak 33Aug 2019 — avg 15 · peak 31Jan 2020 — avg 18 · peak 40Jun 2020 — avg 15 · peak 41Nov 2020 — avg 21 · peak 65Apr 2021 — avg 15 · peak 45Sep 2021 — avg 19 · peak 59Feb 2022 — avg 15 · peak 40Jul 2022 — avg 16 · peak 45Dec 2022 — avg 13 · peak 36May 2023 — avg 13 · peak 37Oct 2023 — avg 12 · peak 37Mar 2024 — avg 15 · peak 37Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 34Jan 2025 — avg 14 · peak 33Jun 2025 — avg 15 · peak 42Nov 2025 — avg 25 · peak 62Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 39Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 36
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.24$1.252015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-03-29 — best price $9.992015-06-09 — best price $2.492015-08-11 — best price $1.992015-11-01 — best price $3.992015-12-24 — best price $1.902016-03-14 — best price $9.992016-06-22 — best price $9.992016-11-02 — best price $9.992016-12-29 — best price $9.992017-06-05 — best price $9.992017-09-20 — best price $2.502018-01-03 — best price $9.992018-05-24 — best price $2.492018-08-30 — best price $2.492018-11-07 — best price $2.192019-02-11 — best price $2.502019-06-25 — best price $2.492019-09-30 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-02-07 — best price $2.492020-04-24 — best price $8.992021-01-04 — best price $9.992021-11-03 — best price $9.992022-06-06 — best price $1.992022-11-14 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-09-04 — best price $1.792024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-04-15 — best price $1.992024-08-05 — best price $1.792024-11-26 — best price $1.992025-03-19 — best price $1.992025-07-28 — best price $1.992025-11-25 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-09-10 — best price $1.992026-10-05 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSGoreActionDemonsHorrorClassicShooterViolentFast-PacedAtmospheric

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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