10 Video Games That Literally Dragged You Through Hell

10. Painkiller

Painkiller's whole deal is the conflict between angels and demons. As the protagonist, Daniel, you are the judge, jury and (mostly) executioner of the forces of Lucifer. The first game sees you fighting scores of demons with an inventive variety of weapons, all so you can escape Purgatory to be with your wife in Heaven.

In the last level of the very first game of the series, you descend to Hell to confront Lucifer himself. Where you might have been expecting the typical fire and brimstone environment from this otherwise very stereotypical presentation of Satan's demon hordes, you'd be pleasantly surprised. Painkiller's Hell is one altogether of a much more human construction.

This particular version of Hell is one huge amalgam of some of the worst human wars. You'll be shooting up demons amongst uneven wooden pikes, trebuchets and flags from the medieval era, skirting around crumbling fortresses as you go. Eventually, you'll wander through some very familiar trenches and emerge over the top onto battlefields from the first world war; you might even spot some period destroyer ships literally frozen in time. Everything around you screams of loss, and how Daniel is seemingly a last hope in the fight against the demons.