Heretic + Hexen similar games & best alternatives

Heretic + Hexen - Trailer
Heretic + Hexen - heretic-hexen_1.avif
Heretic + Hexen - heretic-hexen_2.avif
Heretic + Hexen - heretic-hexen_3.avif
Heretic + Hexen - heretic-hexen_4.avif
Heretic + Hexen - heretic-hexen_5.avif
Heretic + Hexen - heretic-hexen_6.avif

Heretic + Hexen

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2025

Should you play it?

Step into the definitive re-release of two dark spell-casting shooters that shaped the genre. This enhanced restoration makes Heretic™ + Hexen™ available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.

What works

  • Free upgrade for original owners
  • Modernized gameplay with quality of life improvements
  • New episodes and expansions
  • Seamless multiplayer and coop support
  • Remastered soundtrack and graphics

Things to keep in mind

  • Some players find hexen confusing despite improvements
  • Minor bugs reported in new maps
  • Some changes to original level design are controversial
  • Auto-aim and ui options can be intrusive
  • Save system and some controls could be improved

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Vellum

  • Banzai Escape 2: Subterranean

  • Serious Sam Classics: Revolution

  • Orcs Must Die! 2

  • Son of a Witch

  • Classic Marathon Infinity

Less social

Games that feels like Heretic + Hexen but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • DOOM 64

  • PowerSlave Exhumed

  • Hands of Necromancy

  • Project Warlock II

  • Project Warlock

  • Turok

Less competitive

Games that feels like Heretic + Hexen but with less competition against others

  • The Last Hero of Nostalgaia

  • HeXen II

  • Barony

  • Classic Marathon 2

  • Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition

  • 5089: The Action RPG

Less intimate

Games that feels like Heretic + Hexen but with less focus on close relationships

  • DOOM + DOOM II

  • Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter

  • Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition

  • Blood™ Fresh Supply

  • Turok 2: Seeds of Evil

  • Quake II

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Heretic + Hexen. 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 Heretic + Hexen. These titles are not in What to play next.

Heretic + Hexen: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status, Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026