Lisa

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LISA: The Painful - Definitive Edition is the miserable, hilarious RPG of your wildest nightmares. Undertake a relentless journey through the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Olathe.

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Developer:
Dingaling
Engine:
RPG Maker VX Ace
Release date:
15 December 2014
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (39)
All Steam reviews:
Overwhelmingly Positive (9964)

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LISA: The Painful - Definitive Edition is the miserable, hilarious RPG of your wildest nightmares. Undertake a relentless journey through the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Olathe. Beneath its charming exterior is a world full of disgust and moral desolation, where you will learn what kind of person you are by being FORCED to make choices that permanently affect the gameplay. Make sacrifices to keep your party members alive, whether it's taking a beating for them, losing limbs, or some other inhuman torture. In this world, you will learn that being selfish and heartless is the only way to survive...

The Definitive Edition brings new content and nightmares to the game with HD graphics, 120 FPS mode, new party member campfire conversations, updated battle systems, new border art overlays, new music, music player (including music from LISA: The First), Painless (Story) mode, and new secrets to explore.


- 100+ unique character battles.

- Visible character sacrifices that affect your stats and attacks (removing arms, eyes, scratches).

- Recruit up to 30 party members in towns and camps.

- Make ruthless choices that permanently affect towns, characters, and lives.

- Participate in white-knuckle shopping cart races, extreme weight lifting, and other minigames.

- Bet your party members on Russian Roulette for huge profit, but permanently lose them if they die.

- Listen to your favorite tracks in the music player, which also includes music from LISA: The First.

- Discover countless secrets hidden throughout Olathe.

- Play Painful mode for an extra challenge and unique enemies, or Painless mode for a story-focused experience.

- A life-ruining gaming experience.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 (32-bit/64-bit)
Processor:
Intel® Pentium® 4 2.0 GHz equivalent or faster processor
Memory:
512 MB RAM
Graphics:
1024 x 768 pixels or higher desktop resolution
Storage:
800 MB available space

recommended*

Not specified

User reviews

Kaidyn ₍𝄐⁀̲𝄐₎
Recommended | 04 May 2026
14.1h played

★★★½☆ Worth playing for the story. Good writing, equally funny and sad. Alot of enemies felt like they had too much health, just complete sponges that you can make not fight back at all with moves and sometimes they'll

Helpful: 3
thehamtaker
Recommended | 10 May 2026
13.1h played

it's definitely something to experience. gave me Earthbound vibes, but it's such a bizarre setting. played it with a guide since i likely won't play through again, but i'm glad i did. it's a wild game.

Helpful: 0
Wangerbot
Not recommended | 09 May 2026
7.8h played

I like usually like weird / disturbing / difficult / RPGMaker / indie type games, so I really thought I'd like this one given the amount of positive reviews and the hype around how emotionally brutal this game is. But

Helpful: 4
SaucySeth
Recommended | 06 May 2026
80.0h played

Truly one of my favourite games of all time from the story to the art to the gameplay everything was crafted with a masterful level of skill and intention that makes for a game that I cannot stop coming back to. With

Helpful: 1
Void_Walker
Recommended | 21 May 2026
18.6h played

All in all a relatively short but very solid game. There are a few times where it feels like the game is blatantly bulls###ting you; and that's because it is, that's the point. Even on normal difficulty this game

Helpful: 0
Insidious_Dooter
Recommended | 11 May 2026
27.4h played

I felt miserable after playing this I then finished the DLC and somehow felt even worse 10/10 Brad Armstrong is hands down my favorite protagonist in gaming

Helpful: 0