DOOM Eternal

DOOM Eternal

Steam Deck Playable

id Software · Gore · Mar 20, 2020

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $9.89.

91%
Very Positive
216k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Performance: 73 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 98 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 34 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 216k player reviews · updated 2 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise17% are divided50% are caveats
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
Want a groundbreaking, fast-paced FPS that confidently revels in its overwhelming depth, flawless gameplay, design and mechanics, variety and challenge?
73 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
+Solid music score
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The visuals are beautiful, optimization is superb, overall the game is amazing, but no idea why they decided to go in this direction with the difficulty.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
The visuals are beautiful, optimization is superb, overall the game is amazing, but no idea why they decided to go in this direction with the difficulty.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Performance73 reviews
Audio50 reviews
Graphics44 reviews
Optimization24 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay88 reviews
76%
Story and characters77 reviews
74%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat98 reviews
73%
Difficulty34 reviews
79%
Multiplayer14 reviews
79%
Interface10 reviews
40%
Crashes8 reviews
0%
Controls6 reviews
17%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $9.89 (−67%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $9.89

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
91%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
50
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.