Recommended18 hrs played
When I hear the word "Painkiller", normally my brain goes two ways. One is the absolute best heavy metal album ever made, and the other is a classic shooter from 2004 made by People Can Fly (A studio I love dearly) that got stuck in my head for decades.
With the release of the recent Painkiller game, I decided to go back to a nostalgia trip and play/replay the old Painkiller games, starting with the original and...
13 found this helpful, 2026-04-20
Recommended2 hrs played
Runs like a dream on Steam Deck.
Before you start the game, click the cog/Manage. Then Properties. Now add this to Launch Options to set Video to full screen in game:
PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 %command%
When the game starts, press … and Disable Frame Limit.
14 found this helpful, 2026-05-11
Recommended18 hrs played
An Old Classic and an absolute banger of it's time.
If you love boomer shooters it's a must have.
Side note to you all:
Turn off the multisampling to None
And set the texture filtering to Bilinear
This prevents graphic glitches like in the Necrogiant's fight.
Have fun folks!
14 found this helpful, 2026-03-09
Recommended16 hrs played