Condemned for your sins, the Voice of the Creator offers you a chance at redemption. Will you seize it or be lost to darkness?
Painkiller is a reimagining of the classic franchise, featuring co-op play for up to three players and full offline support. Battle hordes of demons and titanic terrors across richly detailed gothic environments.
Trapped in Purgatory, you are sentenced for your transgressions against Heaven. But the Voice of the Creator gives you a chance to redeem yourself. As one of the Champions, you are to stop the fallen angel Azazel who is about to unleash his demonic armies onto Earth. You will face hordes of enemies, demons with unique powers and three monstrous children of Azazel - the Nephilim.
Will you succeed in your mission and earn your salvation?
Rip open the gates of the underworld and unleash chaos!
Saber Interactive’s 3D Realms label and developer Anshar Studios are excited to reveal “Rogue Angel,” a new roguelike game mode coming to Painkiller when it launches.
Separate from the main campaign, Rogue Angel takes players to a new realm of Purgatory, where you and your friends will advance through procedurally generated arenas, collect tarot cards, weapons, and items along the way, and take on epic bosses.
Get a closer look at the mode in the above trailer, showing fast-paced gameplay where no two runs are the same.
The Standard and Deluxe Editions of Painkiller are available to pre-order now on digital storefronts, with the physical version of the Standard Edition also available to pre-order on PlayStation and Xbox at major retailers. Both editions come with the “Iron Crusade” pre-order bonus skin pack, and physical pre-orders include the “Burnished Pride” weapons pack, which includes additional gold weapon skins. The Deluxe Edition includes the Season Pass, featuring the “Night Watch DLC” with four character and six weapon skins at launch, plus an assortment of weapon and character skins post-release.
Key Features:
- Purgatory Is Your Playground - Jump, dash, and hook across vast biomes while fighting enemies with a host of new and classic Painkiller weapons.
- Grotesque Terrors Await - Challenge a variety of enemies ranging from hordes of smaller demons to titanic terrors.
- Unleash The Pain - Utilize tarot cards to enhance your abilities and combine them with other players to obliterate your foes.
- Unique Characters - Choose between four characters: Ink, Void, Sol, and Roch, whose abilities range across energy, health, power, and damage.
- Wide Range Of Destructive Weaponry:
- Electrodriver: Barrage enemies with rapid-firing shurikens that bounce off hard surfaces
- Stakegun: Hurls high-damage stakes that can impale foes from long range
- SMG: Unleashes loads of ammo in short, rapid-fire bursts
- Handcannon: Decimate enemies from long range with deadly precision
- Shotgun: Spits destructive pellets at short range that can damage and stagger multiple foes
- Rocket Launcher: Discharges a rocket projectile with a devastating blast radius that can stagger even heavy enemies
- The titular Painkiller, a versatile weapon with a brutal melee attack that hooks onto enemies and shreds them to pieces, and refills your ammo
- Three-Player Online Co-op & Solo Action: Play online with up to two friends or offline with bots, exploring diverse locations, uncovering secrets and facing off against terrifying enemies.
Painkiller is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam) on October 21, 2025
More articles about Painkiller