DOOM similar games & best alternatives

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DOOM

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2016

Should you play it?

Now includes all three premium DLC packs (Unto the Evil, Hell Followed, and Bloodfall), maps, modes, and weapons, as well as all feature updates including Arcade Mode, Photo Mode, and the latest Update 6.66, which brings further multiplayer improvements as well as revamps multiplayer progression.

What works

  • Fast-paced and satisfying combat
  • Excellent level design with secrets
  • High replay value with upgrades and challenges
  • Great soundtrack and audio design
  • Well-optimized graphics and performance

Things to keep in mind

  • Multiplayer less engaging and somewhat dead
  • Story is minimal and optional
  • Some repetitiveness in arena combat
  • No physical activity involved
  • Requires constant attention and focus

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • DOOM Eternal

  • Mortal Kombat 11

  • DEATHLOOP

  • Resident Evil 4 (2005)

  • Killer Instinct

  • SUCCUBUS

Less dominating

Games that feels like DOOM but with less domination over others

  • DOOM: The Dark Ages

  • Shadow Warrior

  • The Surge

  • High On Life 2

  • Witchfire

  • ELDERBORN

More social

Games that feels like DOOM but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Zombie Army 4: Dead War

  • Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition

  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

  • Killing Floor 2

  • Resident Evil 6

  • Borderlands 3

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • DOOM Eternal

  • DOOM: The Dark Ages

  • DOOM 3

  • RAGE

  • Quake II

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with DOOM. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with DOOM. These titles are not in What to play next.

DOOM: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Leadership, Cooperation.

Last update: 21/08/2026