Painkiller (Series) Alternatives

Games similar to Painkiller include Xonotic, which is free and open source. Other options are Counter-Strike, Quake, Unreal Tournament and Doom. You're spoiled for choice with First-Person Shooters like Painkiller: we list more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and Android.

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  1. Prodeus icon
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    Prodeus is a first-person shooter of old, re-imagined using modern rendering techniques and technology. Experience the quality you’d expect from a modern AAA game, designed with retro aesthetics and gameplay that invoke the tech-imposed limits of older hardware.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Steam
    • GOG.com
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
    • Humble Bundle
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  2. Dead Space icon
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    Dead Space is a survival horror third-person shooter video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine
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  3. SPRAWL 96 icon
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    SPRAWL 96 is a celebration of our retro shooter SPRAWL, released for the first anniversary of SPRAWL's release. It’s also our way of giving thanks and giving back to the communities which made SPRAWL possible.

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Mac
    • Windows
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  4. Urban Terror icon
     30 likes

    Urban Terror started as a realism based "total conversion" mod for Quake III Arena. Nowadays, Urban Terror is played using the free, stand-alone, ioquake3 engine modified, which doesn't require Quake III Arena, in addition to being an add-on to id Software's...

    32 Urban Terror alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Nexuiz Classic icon
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    Nexuiz was originally developed by Lee Vermeulen and Forest ‘LordHavoc’ Hale, who started Alientrap in the summer of 2002. The goal of the project was to create a high quality first person shooter that could be played freely across all platforms in one package: PC, Mac, and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Tremulous icon
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    Tremulous is a free, open source game that blends a team based FPS with elements of an RTS. Players can choose from 2 unique races, aliens and humans. Players on both teams are able to build working structures in-game like an RTS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Digital Paint: Paintball 2 is a Paintball game that started out as a mod for quake 2 but then took on a life of its own as an open source fps game with a global player and clan management system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. DUSK icon
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    Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • US flagUnited States
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  9. Combat Arms icon
     7 likes

    Free online shooter featuring multiple game modes, customizable weapons, numerous maps, both PvP and PvE gameplay, clan wars, and regular updates. Offers character personalization, dynamic events, leaderboards, and fast-paced, tactical multiplayer combat.

    59 Combat Arms alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Alien Arena icon
     15 likes

    Alien Arena is a free and opensource first-person shooter game that combines a 1950s-era sci-fi atmosphere with gameplay similar to Quake , Doom and .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. Liblast icon
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    A Libre Multiplayer FPS Game built with Godot game engine and a fully FOSS toolchain.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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