Cover of Doom

Similar games

Games like Doom

1993 Classic

The founding classic of the first-person shooter: as a space marine you blast through demon-infested Martian moons at breakneck speed, hunting keycards and secrets in maze-like levels. Fast action, powerful weapons and an iconic metal soundtrack define it.

What defines Doom:

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Action-packed real-time combat
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lots to discover

10 games with a similar feel, sorted by match

Show games from the same series

Best match

Aliens versus Predator

94 %

1999 PCPlayStation

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Action-packed real-time combat

A classic first-person shooter with three separate campaigns as Marine, Predator or Alien. Each species has its own abilities and weapons, giving a very different feel from tense horror to stalking prey.

Quake

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

id Software's landmark shooter sends you through grim, gothic Lovecraftian mazes full of monsters, with lightning-fast movement, frantic gunplay and a brooding industrial soundscape by Trent Reznor. Its multiplayer also made history.

Quake II

Sci-fi setting

A landmark sci-fi shooter: a lone marine fights through the industrial hellscape of Stroggos against a cybernetic alien army. It delivers fast gunplay, interconnected hub levels, a pounding metal soundtrack, and influential deathmatch multiplayer.

Descent II

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A classic six-degrees-of-freedom shooter where you pilot a ship in every direction through twisting alien mines full of hostile robots. Key hunting, new weapons and disorienting 3D navigation make for intense action.

Descent

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

A pioneering six-degrees-of-freedom shooter where you pilot a ship in every direction through twisting mine tunnels, destroying hostile robots. Disorienting true-3D mazes and the hunt for keycards give it its unique appeal.

Forsaken

Co-op or multiplayer

A fast 1998 sci-fi shooter where you pilot a hovering craft through twisting tunnels of a ruined future world, fighting in every direction. Its full six-degrees-of-freedom movement and frantic multiplayer deathmatch set it apart.

Abuse

Sci-fi setting

A 1996 side-scrolling shooter where you move with the keyboard and aim freely with the mouse. You battle swarms of mutants and solve simple switch puzzles across dark sci-fi levels.

Dusk

Timing and reflexes matter (parrying, dodging)

Dusk is a fast, 90s-style boomer shooter with eerie atmosphere and maze-like levels full of secrets. It focuses on fluid movement and punchy weapons against hordes of cultists and worse horrors.

Alien Breed

Sci-fi setting

A classic top-down shooter where you fight through an alien-infested space station, juggling scarce ammo, health and mission objectives. Its tense sci-fi horror mood is clearly inspired by the Alien films.

Alien Trilogy

Sci-fi setting

A grim 1996 first-person shooter that recreates the Alien films across 30 levels, as you blast through corridors full of facehuggers, xenomorphs and Queens with a range of weapons. The claustrophobic atmosphere and motion tracker build constant tension.

Feedback