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Painkiller: Recurring Evil cover art

Painkiller: Recurring Evil

Med-Art · Prime Matter · 2012-02-29

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 29, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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...

Painkiller: Recurring Evil is a $9.99 Action game released in 2012, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (42% of 478 reviews).

0
playing now
42%
positive of 478 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
52/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 478 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at GameFly (2014-10-22) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 11 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.13$1.902015-01-012026-08-132015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-03-06 — best price $2.492015-04-10 — best price $2.492015-05-20 — best price $9.952015-07-15 — best price $9.992015-08-28 — best price $4.992015-11-13 — best price $1.992016-01-04 — best price $2.002016-02-16 — best price $11.132016-05-31 — best price $2.492016-08-24 — best price $9.992016-11-21 — best price $9.992017-01-16 — best price $2.502017-05-11 — best price $2.492017-08-09 — best price $2.492017-11-04 — best price $1.992018-02-23 — best price $8.292018-05-17 — best price $7.692018-08-23 — best price $2.492018-10-22 — best price $10.372018-12-02 — best price $8.492019-02-15 — best price $9.992019-05-13 — best price $2.492019-08-03 — best price $9.992019-10-16 — best price $9.992019-11-27 — best price $2.492020-01-11 — best price $8.392020-02-14 — best price $9.742020-04-20 — best price $8.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-10-04 — best price $9.992022-05-06 — best price $1.992022-11-18 — best price $1.992023-05-23 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $1.992024-12-05 — best price $1.992025-10-30 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-13 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, German, Russian

Player tags

3DFPSGoreActionHorrorShooterViolentFirst-PersonSingleplayerSupernatural

Census log

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

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