Painkiller Is a Mindless Co-Op FPS, and That’s Just Fine

Painkiller Is a Mindless Co-op FPS, and That’s Just Fine

Painkiller is a roguelike first-person shooter that is so comfortable being the mid-tier, low-stakes game that it is that I feel like it should come with a beer koozie and a cold can of your favorite brew, because that’s exactly what I picture most people having next to them while playing this game in co-op, online, while chatting with friends.

Painkiller Hands-on Preview - Running and gunning through Purgatory

Painkiller invites players this October to run and gun through Purgatory. We share our thoughts on our hands-on with its opening hours.

Painkiller Preview - A Classic FPS Back From Purgatory

Painkiller is back from the dead, and this time, you'll tear through the halls of Purgatory with a group of friends.

We played new Painkiller. Brutal, dynamic, made for co-op and even in single-player it hits hard

The new Painkiller is not just a reboot of a well-known Polish game franchise, but also a chance to bring back the trendy term „Doomlike.” There are a lot of similarities to the recent Doomslayer adventures, but there's also something new that was never in Doom before.This info We played new Painkiller. Brutal, dynamic, made for co-op and even in single-player it hits hard was first published on Gamepressure.com 24 July 2025.

Painkiller Preview: Doom meets Vermintide

Considering the rampant success of {Fatshark}'s {Warhammer Tide} series ({Vermintide} and {Darktide}, as key examples) and the fact that after multiple decades, we as gamers still adore {Doom} like little else, it would be fair to say that some kind of combination of these two ideas would be a brilliant idea, no? Clearly developer {Anshar Studios} agrees, because I've recently had the chance to go hands-on with {Painkiller}, a dark and brutal co…