Painkiller (2004)

Developer: People Can Fly, MachineWorks Northwest
Publisher: DreamCatcher Interactive, MachineWorks Northwest
Platforms: Xbox, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle
Rating: 3.8 of 5, 155 player ratings
Main story: about 20 hours
Completionist: about 29 hours
Where to get it: Website

The 3D catalog: game boxes on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalog in 3D

The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

More games like this Watch the trailer

or watch the trailer on YouTube

How it feels

Hordes of monsters swarm you in a hellish gauntlet that keeps the action loud, fast, and unrelenting.

franticnightmarishrelentlessintenseviolentchaoticpunchy

About

Stranded in a place between Heaven and Hell, your time of judgment is at hand. The Underworld is on the verge of unholy war, and you are but a pawn in the infernal battle. As you fight for your purification, the truths behind the deceptions are revealed. Painkiller puts you in a nightmarish world where monsters swarm you in mobs. Eliminate your enemies using a variety of weapons and using your power to morph into a possessed creature.

Screenshots

More games like this

More by People Can Fly

This page is from Underplayed Gems, a catalog of older and overlooked games. Not quite it? You can browse by platform and genre, or take this one into the 3D catalog and ask the Catbot for something closer.