DOOM 64 similar games & best alternatives

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DOOM 64

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

Play the enhanced version of the original game released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997. Years have passed since you stopped Hell’s invasion of Earth. Quarantined for humanity’s safety, the UAC research facilities on Mars were abandoned and forgotten...until now.

What works

  • Faithful and high-quality remaster
  • Challenging and rewarding gameplay
  • Atmospheric and immersive horror tone
  • Intricate level design with secrets and puzzles
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of vertical mouselook
  • Some obtuse puzzles and backtracking
  • Final boss difficulty spikes
  • No multiplayer or social features
  • Some players find controls stiff or nauseating

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • INCISION

  • WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

  • Supplice

  • HROT

  • The spy who shot me™

  • SiN Gold

More expressive

Games that feels like DOOM 64 but with more self-expression and customization

  • Brush Burial: Gutter World

  • Beyond Citadel

  • KINGDOM of the DEAD

  • Hands of Necromancy

  • Project Warlock II

  • Killing Time: Resurrected

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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).

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DOOM 64: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026