Steam

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Steam is Valve's digital content delivery system for game publishing. Every official Doom game and various other commercial games based on the Doom and Doom 3 engines have been released on Steam. Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal are also available there. Most of the games were initially made available on August 3, 2007.

On Steam, classic Doom games run either in Doom + Doom II or through DOSBox, with both available via launch options. Other games that use the Doom engine by default run under the DOSBox emulator, but it is also possible to use source ports with the games. More information on this below.

Some titles have had their price reduced since their introduction. Such price drops only affect the USA. For example, The Ultimate Doom and Doom II went from $9.99 to $4.99, but remained at €9.99 and £5.99. Doom 3: BFG Edition went from $29.99 to $19.99, but remained at €29.99 and £19.99. Despite the US-only price cuts, the cheapest region from which to buy Doom games on Steam remains Russia.

The Master Levels for Doom II have been bundled with Doom II several times, and are currently only available to purchase alongside it. They eventually became available as part of the Doom Classic Complete collection. They are also available to play in the Unity port of Doom II, however this does not feature the original 20 WAD files for use elsewhere. As of August 10, 2022, Final Doom has also been bundled with Doom II and is no longer available separately.[1]

In addition to reselling original and modern editions of the classic Doom engine games, the service also sells numerous indie games made using modern source ports such as GZDoom.

Information here is subject to rapid change and should be updated regularly.

List of Doom games and other related games available on Steam[edit]

Classic Doom games[edit]

Doom engine games[edit]

Indie games[edit]

Upcoming and early access[edit]

  • A Fools Art Gallery [30]
  • Apocalyptic Vibes [31]
  • BIOPUNCH Arnea [32]
  • Brutal Fate [33]
  • Box Party [34]
  • Captain Wayne - Vacation Desperation [35]
  • DISDAIN [36]
  • Dismantled (account required)
  • Dismantled 2 (account required)
  • Divine Frequency [37]
  • Furys Sky [38]
  • Hardstrike: The Fall [39]
  • Hellslinger [40]
  • Mala Petaka [41]
  • Mohrta [42]
  • Stellar Valkyrie [43]
  • The Age of Hell [44]
  • Relentless Frontier [45]
  • Retroninjacyberassassin [46]
  • Unhinged 2 [47]

Doom 3[edit]

Doom 3 engine games[edit]

Doom (2016 series)[edit]

Collections[edit]

List of removed items[edit]

Classic Doom games[edit]

As of August 10, 2022, Final Doom and the Master Levels for Doom II were merged into the Doom II application on Steam, such that buying Doom II gave the user all three games. The final known prices and former store app URLs (still accessible from the installed applications) are listed here. The Doom Classic Complete collection was also retired and replaced with the Doom Classic Bundle. As of August 8, 2024, The Ultimate Doom and Doom II were themselves delisted and combined into a single Doom + Doom II package.

Doom 3 games[edit]

As of August 10, 2022, Doom 3, Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, and Doom 3: BFG Edition were all merged into one app (using the BFG Edition app id) named "Doom 3"; buying the one app grants ownership of all three games. The final known prices and former store app URLs (still accessible from the installed applications) are listed here.

Doom 3 engine games[edit]

Doom (2016)[edit]

The 2016 Doom game was supported after launch with the release of three downloadable content packs focused on multiplayer content. These were later merged into the base game and made available to all owners, and the corresponding items in the Steam store were then removed.

Collections[edit]

How to use source ports with games downloaded from Steam[edit]

Some source ports automatically check the system registry for Steam's install folder, and will search it for the game IWADs. These include:

For other source ports, the following steps are necessary:

First, download the archive that contains the source port executable and other files necessary to run it. Then decompress the source port archive, and put all the files/folders into the folder <Steam directory>\SteamApps\Common\<game name>\base. Running the source port main executable (for example, zdoom.exe or prboom.exe) should then start the game.

Alternatively, the IWAD (named doom2.wad for Doom II, hexen.wad for Hexen, etc.) can be copied from <Steam directory>\SteamApps\Common\<game name>\base to a directory of your choosing and the source port files decompressed/copied there. Again, running the source port main executable should then start the game.

If you wish to run the games with a source port via Steam or its shortcuts, you need to decompress and copy the source port files to <Steam directory>\SteamApps\Common\<game name>\base as instructed above. Then you need to rename or delete dosbox.exe and rename the port's executable to dosbox.exe. After this the Steam shortcut will launch the game via the chosen source port. Steam's overlay will work with hardware accelerated ports, and Steam Cloud support for synchronizing saves between PCs will continue to work as long as the port uses the .dsg extension for its saves.

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External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ id Software (10 August 2022). "We’re simplifying the id Software Steam store listings." Steam. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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