Painkiller is a puzzle developed by MachineWorks Northwest, released 12 April 2004 on Xbox, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $7.99 at Steam. This page lists 4 cheat codes for it.
What Painkiller is
Painkiller is a puzzle game developed by MachineWorks Northwest and released in 2004. It was published by DreamCatcher Interactive. It is available on Xbox, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Havok Physics.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Painkiller is a first-person shooter video game developed by Polish game studio People Can Fly and published by DreamCatcher Interactive in April 2004 for Microsoft Windows and ported to Xbox in 2006. The game's single player campaign follows a dead man in Purgatory who is offered a deal to defeat the invading forces of Lucifer's army in exchange for being allowed to enter Heaven. The game was particularly well-received for its multiplayer experience and was featured for two seasons on the Cyberathlete Professional League's World Tour. A reboot with the same title was released in October 2025.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 41 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Painkiller holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 79% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 159 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 29 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $7.99, that works out to about $0.40 per hour of the main story, or $0.28 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel i5-9400F or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X, 16 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super or AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT or Intel Arc A750. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 30GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $7.99 at Steam, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Painkiller launched on 12 April 2004, within three weeks of Far Cry, Syberia 2, Pikmin 2 and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Far Cry, Syberia 2, Pikmin 2, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow.
Cheats and codes
We have tested and published 4 cheat entries for Painkiller — 4 console commands. Each one lists the platform it applies to, the exact input, and whether it disables achievements.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Every code labelled
Painkiller cheat codes
Open the console
Opens the developer console.
Press the tilde key during play.
God mode
You take no damage. Use 0 to turn it off.
Open the console and type the command.
All weapons
Gives every weapon with ammunition.
Open the console and type the command.
No clipping
Move freely through the level.
Open the console and type the command.
Dlc
Expansions
Remakes
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