Painkiller: Recurring Evil
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| Med-Art | |
| Publishers | |
| 2012-2020 | THQ Nordic |
| 2020-present | Deep Silver |
| Engines | |
| Pain Engine | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | February 29, 2012 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 38 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | First-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, FPS, Shooter |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Horror |
| Series | Painkiller |
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| Painkiller | |
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| Painkiller | 2004 |
| Painkiller: Overdose | 2007 |
| Painkiller: Resurrection | 2009 |
| Painkiller: Redemption | 2011 |
| Painkiller: Recurring Evil | 2012 |
| Painkiller: Hell & Damnation | 2012 |
| Painkiller (2025) | 2025 |
Painkiller: Recurring Evil is a singleplayer first-person action, FPS and shooter game in the Painkiller series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Comes with a key to activate the game on Steam | |
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Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
| Instructions[citation needed] |
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5 star update
- Small fix for levels that couldn't be completed with 5 stars.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Painkiller Recurring Evil\RE.ini |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/206760/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Painkiller Recurring Evil\Saves\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/206760/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
Video
Video settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Use ThirteenAG's D3D9 Wrapper. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use ThirteenAG's D3D9 Wrapper. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
Input settings
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
Audio
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| EAX support | EAX 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| German | ||||
| Polish | Fan translation; download. | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation by Tribo Gamer; download. | |||
| Russian |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9.0c |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Audio | Miles Sound System | |
| Cutscenes | Bink Video |
Mods
Path to Resurrection
- Attempts to make the game more enjoyable.
- Uses an installer program, but can be manually extracted with innoextract.
Hellgun mod
- Restores the cut Hellgun weapon and includes the 5 star update.
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1.5 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 3 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce AMD Radeon 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support | Nvidia GeForce AMD Radeon 512 MB of VRAM |
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (206760) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.