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Painkiller Hell & Damnation
Give it 5 hours
Gets good by 5h then rated almost like by veterans
Started playing 56% of owners
Steam reviews 78% positive of 4,370
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (39%); after 5h it's 1 in 6 (16%).
- Most players drop off before “Grave Digger” (Solo Campaign: Finish 1st chapter): only 58% of starters get there.
- Only 56% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 4,409 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 291 reviews: 6h for positive, 5.7h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (56.4% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Grave Digger Solo Campaign: Finish 1st chapter Most players quit here 58% −42
- Penthouse Down Finish 2nd chapter 42% −16
- Evil's Orphans Solo Campaign: Finish 3rd chapter 35% −7
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (107)
story milestone ending side
- Endurance Cemetery: Beat the level (Solo Campaign) 100%
- Haste Tutorial: Destroy all objects (Solo Campaign) 78%
- Grave Digger Solo Campaign: Finish 1st chapter 58%
- Hygienic Keep the hit ratio above 90% in whole level 57%
- Mirror Effect Kill enemy at the same time he kills you 48%
- Scavenger Kill 3 enemies with one shotgun blast 47%
- Penthouse Down Finish 2nd chapter 42%
- Five Points Kill 5 enemies with one rocket 40%
- Demon Kangaroo Spend 666 seconds on bunny-hopping 40%
- Time Bonus Oriental Castle: Gib 123 enemies (Solo Campaign) 38%
- Evil's Orphans Solo Campaign: Finish 3rd chapter 35%
- Warehouseman Collect 500 ammo crates 31%
- Mercy Shadowland: Kill Grim Reaper (Solo Campaign) 29%
- Barrel hater Destroy 300 barrels 29%
- Replenish Colloseum: Morph into demon 3 times (Solo Campaign) 26%
- Neighbor of the Beast Collect 667 souls of dismembered enemies 25%
- Triple Haste Alastor: Kill Alastor in under 5:00 (Solo Campaign) 24%
- Double Haste Opera: Collect 100 souls (Solo Campaign) 24%
- Vitality Cathedral: Collect 500 gold (Solo Campaign) 24%
- Surgeon Play cooperative level and don't let your partner die 23%
- Dexterity Swamp: Kill SwampThing in under 4:00 (Solo Campaign) 23%
- Tornado Kill 333 enemies with explosive weapons 22%
- Spammer Shoot 50000 times 19%
- Skewers Kill 3 enemies with one Boltgun shot 19%
- Name of the Beast Kill 666 enemies with Soul Catcher 19%
- Militarist Collect 40 armors 18%
- Blessing Enclave: Kill Necrogiant in under 2:00 (Solo Campaign) 18%
- Fury Loonypark: Kill 3 monsters in a row using saw blade (Solo Campaign) 17%
- Soul Catcher Trainstation: Cut limbs of 100 enemies using Soul Catcher (Solo Campaign) 17%
- Farmer Solo Campaign: Collect 2012 pieces of gold from fallen enemies 16%
- I have friends Play 10 different levels in cooperative mode 15%
- Upside Down Beast Kill 999 enemies with Shotgun 14%
- Halloween Finish special Halloween map and collect all lollipops for Lucipher 13%
- Conclave Select your own Pope in Conclave level 12%
- Evil Eggs Collect all Satan's Eggs on Easter level 11%
- Iron Will Orphanage: Gib 50 frozen enemies (Solo Campaign) 11%
- Hard-bitten Win Survival match 10%
- Greed Orphanage: Kill all monsters (Solo Campaign) 9.9%
- Mass Chopper Gib 500 enemies entirely with rockets 8.7%
- Town Cleaner Finish Town map (solo campaign) 8.2%
- Mountebank Kill 123 enemies with combo damage 8.2%
- Jumping Death Kill 256 enemies when bunnyhopping 8.2%
- Double Time Bonus Colloseum: Pick up every ammo box (Solo Campaign) 7.8%
- Rage Shadowland: Collect all Holy Items (Solo Campaign) 7.8%
- Ghost Finish level without being hurt 7.6%
- Forgiveness Factory: Kill 30 enemies in demon mode (Solo Campaign) 7.4%
- Adventurer Solo Campaign: Find 25 secret areas 6.9%
- Satan Claus Defeat Satan Claus on special Christmas map 6.7%
- Speed Cathedral: Collect 330 pieces of gold dropped by enemies (Solo Campaign) 6.7%
- Soul Keeper Atrium Complex: Finish level in under 7:00 (Solo Campaign) 6.7%
- Nightmare Lover Solo Campaign: Play whole game on Nightmare difficulty level 6.2%
- Dark Soul Opera: Find all secret areas (Solo Campaign) 6.2%
- Divine Intervention Loonypark: Possess 25 enemies using Soul Catcher (Solo Campaign) 5.7%
- Soul Redeemer Oriental Castle: Collect all Holy Items (Solo Campaign) 5.1%
- Undertaker Finish the Graveyard 5.0%
- 4x4 Play with at least 4 other people and collect 4 frags more than any of your enemies 5.0%
- Employee of the month Win Survival killing at least 2 times more monsters than your rivals 4.8%
- Pope Up Solve the pope puzzle. 4.6%
- Monk Beat the Atrium Complex challenge in solo survival mode. 4.4%
- Bridge Player Kill all enemies on Bridge map (solo campaign) 4.4%
- City Lights Make your way through the Town 4.4%
- Untouched Don't die and win multiplayer game 4.4%
- Beard Grill Kill 1000 enemies in Survival mode 4.4%
- Bin Garner Kill final enemy on Babel 4.3%
- Collector Collect all available Black Tarrot cards 4.1%
- Stoned Defeat the Stone Golem on Angkor 4.1%
- Robber Bring enemy flag to your base 3.9%
- Tenor Beat the Opera challenge in solo survival mode. 3.9%
- Priest Beat the Unseen challenge in solo survival mode. 3.9%
- Tank Killer Beat the tank hordes on Pentagon 3.9%
- Sniping Elite Solo Campaign: Finish the level using stakes only and don't miss any hit 3.9%
- Gondolier Beat the City on Water challenge in solo survival mode. 3.7%
- Doctor Beat the Fragenstein challenge in solo survival mode 3.7%
- Psychiatrist Beat the Psycho challenge in solo survival mode 3.7%
- Railwayman Beat the Trainstation challenge in solo survival mode. 3.7%
- Hamster Collect all ammo on Pentagon map (solo campaign) 3.7%
- Malicious Don't let any of your enemies collect Quad Damage 3.7%
- Sweet dreams Solo Campaign: Play whole game on Trauma difficulty level 3.7%
- Twister Kill 500 enemies with environmental explosions 3.7%
- Best of the Best Win Team Deathmatch with the highest score in your team 3.7%
- Sport Season Capture 3 flags playing as Eve in one game 3.5%
- Charged Use 5 electric sparks under 20 seconds during boss fight 3.5%
- Last moment Win Capture The Flag by bringing the flag to your base in last 10 seconds of the game 3.5%
- Insolent Get 30 kills in 3 minutes in Deathmatch mode 3.4%
- Pope Beat the Chaos challenge in solo survival mode. 3.4%
- Psycho Win deathmatch game on Psycho 3.4%
- Illuminati Win survival game on Illuminati 3.4%
- Battle Robber Find all secrets on Bunker map(solo campaign) 3.4%
- DYI Finish 3rd arena without using MonkTrap. 3.4%
- Castle Break Kill all the castle guards. 3.4%
- Holy Sheet Collect all holy items on Monastery map (solo campaign) 3.4%
- Destroyer Destroy all objects on Ruins map (solo campaign) 3.4%
- Plague Kill 6666 enemies with stakes 3.4%
- Squint Beat the Blink challenge in solo survival mode 3.2%
- Pigsticker Beat the Meatless challenge in solo survival mode 3.2%
- Mourner Beat the Inhumator challenge in solo survival mode 3.2%
- Frag'n'Stein Win Deathmatch match on Fragenstein 3.2%
- Flipper Flip all 16 columns. 3.2%
- Merciful Don't kill any zombies while solving the puzzles 3.2%
- Medical Supply Let them burn: Destroy all 3 ambulances 3.2%
- I ain't afraid o' no ghost Discover how to summon Ghostship 3.2%
- Miner Beat the Mines challenge in solo survival mode 3.0%
- Prisoner Beat the Prison challenge in solo survival mode 3.0%
- Snowman Beat the Snow Town challenge in solo survival mode 3.0%
- Factorize Beat the Factory challenge in solo survival mode 3.0%
- Savant Beat the Illuminati challenge in solo survival mode. 3.0%
- Fireproof Avoid any burns on Fire Plate Puzzle 3.0%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.