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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
Challenging difficulty

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The closest matches for Doom are Doom II: Hell on Earth, Aliens versus Predator and Quake. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Doom special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Doom II: Hell on Earth

95 %

1994 PC free 👍 95 % Overwhelmingly positive, 9,108 reviews on Steam

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

The legendary shooter classic sends you and your Super Shotgun through maze-like levels packed with demons that have overrun Earth. Blistering, relentless combat, hidden secrets and nasty new foes like the Arch-vile keep it a genre benchmark to this day.

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Aliens versus Predator

Sci-fi setting

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

Challenging difficulty

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

Challenging difficulty

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

Sci-fi setting

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.

Prodeus

Sci-fi setting

Prodeus is a fast, brutal retro-style first-person shooter in the vein of Doom and Quake, blending chunky low-res visuals with modern lighting and effects. Gory weapons, high speed and dark sci-fi levels drive the experience.

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.

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