Revelations DLC is excellent
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Revelations DLC is probably the best modern doom experience I've ever had.”
Steam review · 55.9 h played ↗
DOOM: The Dark Ages
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%id Software2025FPS · Shooter · Action
$49.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A heavier, slower shield-and-parry DOOM with great visuals and a strong Revelations DLC. Skip it if you want Eternal's fast, weapon-swapping flow or lack ray tracing.
Great for
Players who want a grounded, tanky shooter with parry combat, and DOOM fans open to a new style
Main risk
Expecting Eternal's fast, weapon-swapping combat and getting a slower, repetitive parry loop
What players love
Satisfying shield and parry combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The parry system sounded weird at first, but once it clicks, combat becomes incredibly satisfying, brutal, rhythmic, and empowering.”
Steam review · 23.1 h played ↗
Heavy, powerful tank-like feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Combat feels weighty and powerful”
Steam review · 28.6 h played ↗
Great art direction and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Art direction is top tier”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Mech and dragon sections add variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“we even get to pilot a big ass doom slaying mech and ride a super awesome dragon through hell.”
Steam review · 15.1 h played ↗
Good optimization and smooth performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“The optimization for this game is pretty good too since I have had no issues running the game and zero stuttering”
Steam review · 9.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Slower and less fun than Eternal
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The Slayer is too slow, the maps are too open.”
Steam review · 10.7 h played ↗
Repetitive, boring gameplay loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The gameplay loop is the same no matter what or where you are fighting: get close, shoot, parry, get close, shoot, parry...snore.”
Steam review · 9.3 h played ↗
Crashes, bugs and poor performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Constantly crashing. Once it crashes it does not want to reload even after reboots.”
Steam review · 4.6 h played ↗
Parry mechanic feels like a QTE and breaks flow
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It absolutely wrecks the pacing and turns combat into a rhythm game instead of the rip and tear slaughter we want!”
Steam review · 30.9 h played ↗
Little reason to switch weapons; too easy
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“There's no incentive for me to switch weapons, (I ended up just using the Super Shotgun and Plasma Cycler 99% of the time.)”
Steam review · 12 h played ↗
Forced ray tracing excludes older GPUs
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Don't buy this game if your gpu doesn't support ray tracing”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support100 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-Bit / Windows 11 64-Bit
ProcessorAMD Zen 2 or Intel 10th Generation CPU @3.2Ghz with 8 cores / 16 threads or better (examples: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X or better, or Intel Core i7 10700K or better)
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA or AMD hardware Raytracing-capable GPU with 8GB dedicated VRAM or better (examples: NVIDIA RTX 2060 SUPER or better, AMD RX 6600 or better)
Storage100 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-Bit / Windows 11 64-Bit
ProcessorAMD Zen 3 or Intel 12th Generation CPU @3.2Ghz with 8 cores / 16 threads or better (examples: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X or better, or Intel Core i7 12700K or better)
Memory32 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA or AMD hardware Raytracing-capable GPU with 10GB dedicated VRAM or better (examples: NVIDIA RTX 3080 or better, AMD RX 6800 or better)
Storage100 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-Bit / Windows 11 64-Bit
ProcessorAMD Zen 2 or Intel 10th Generation CPU @3.2Ghz with 8 cores / 16 threads or better (examples: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X or better, or Intel Core i7 10700K or better)
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA or AMD hardware Raytracing-capable GPU with 8GB dedicated VRAM or better (examples: NVIDIA RTX 2060 SUPER or better, AMD RX 6600 or better)
Storage100 GB available space
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