Citizen Pain cover art

Citizen Pain

Citizen Pain is a first-person dark fantasy action game. Play as Catherina, warrior princess of the Moges Empire, who gains the supernatural force known as Pain and leads the fight against the Undead King…

5 December 2025

Citizen Pain is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by Alessandro Capriolo, released 5 December 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Citizen Pain is

Citizen Pain is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Alessandro Capriolo and released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Citizen Pain is a first-person dark fantasy action game. Play as Catherina, warrior princess of the Moges Empire, who gains the supernatural force known as Pain and leads the fight against the Undead King. Classic single-player combat meets modern visuals in this skill-based indie experience.
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Citizen Pain launched on 5 December 2025, within three weeks of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Routine, Kirby Air Riders and Marvel Cosmic Invasion.

Released around the same time: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Routine, Kirby Air Riders, Marvel Cosmic Invasion.

Official trailer

Release Date Trailer thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 3 videos →

Screenshots

All media

Quick answers

Citizen Pain — frequently asked questions

When did Citizen Pain come out?
Citizen Pain was released on 5 December 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

If you like this

Games like Citizen Pain

See all