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This sandbox is being used to list DOOM media, sorted by in-universe chronological order. Because of the extensive amount of material set in the DOOM multiverse, the ambiguity of when exactly most material in the franchise is set, and its many anachronisms, this list is separated into sections by each respective era, and makes use of a heavy amount of guesstimating. Dates are presented as DD/MM/YYYY.

This list excludes:

  • Master Levels for DOOM II, as its individual levels either contain no story at all or have stories merely for presentation with no relevance to the overarching DOOM timeline.

Quake[edit]

Title Time Period Release Date Type Notes
Dimension of the Doomed ca. 1988 22/06/1996 Episode 1 of Quake. In Quake Champions, Ranger's artifact is "a crumpled, thirty-year-old family photograph", dated to 1978.
As of the events of QC, Ranger has been fighting in the Arena Eternal for 20 years since the events of Quake.
Add the missing 10 years to the year the photograph is dated to and that adds up to 1988.
The Realm of Black Magic Episode 2 of Quake.
The Netherworld Episode 3 of Quake.
The Elder World Episode 4 of Quake.
Dimension of the Past 24/06/2016 Episode 5 of Quake.
Dimension of the Machine 19/08/2021 Episode 6 of Quake.
Scourge of Armagon 05/03/1997 Mission Pack 1 of Quake.
Dissolution of Eternity 19/03/1997 Mission Pack 2 of Quake.

Commander Keen[edit]

Title Time Period Release Date Type
Marooned on Mars ca. 1990 - 1991 14/12/1990 Episode 1 of Commander Keen.
The Earth Explodes Episode 2 of Commander Keen.
Keen Must Die! Episode 3 of Commander Keen.
Keen Dreams 1991 Colloquial "Episode 3.5" of Commander Keen.
Secret of the Oracle 22/11/1991 Episode 4 of Commander Keen.
The Armageddon Machine 18/12/1991 Episode 5 of Commander Keen.
Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter! 1991 Episode 6 of Commander Keen.
Commander Keen (GBC) 30/05/2001 Video Game

DOOM[edit]

Title Release Date Type
Knee-Deep in the Dead 10/12/1993 Episode 1 of DOOM.
The Shores of Hell Episode 2 of DOOM.
Inferno Episode 3 of DOOM.
Thy Flesh Consumed 30/04/1995 Episode 4 of The Ultimate DOOM.
SIGIL 31/05/2019 Quasi-official Episode 5 of Ultimate DOOM.
SIGIL II 10/12/2023 Quasi-official Episode 6 of Ultimate DOOM.

DOOM II[edit]

Title Release Date Type Notes
Hell on Earth 30/09/1994 Video Game
No Rest for the Living 26/05/2010 DOOM II Expansion Set "on Earth after Hell's forces have (seemingly) been vanquished".
The Plutonia Experiment 17/06/1996 IWAD of Final DOOM Set on Earth after Hell's invasion of the former.
TNT: Evilution Set on Io after the UAC's reformation in Plutonia.
Legacy of Rust 08/08/2024 DOOM II Expansion

DOOM 64[edit]

Title Release Date Type Notes
The Absolution 31/03/1997 Episode of DOOM 64 Set "years" after the events of the original "DOOM episodes".
The Lost Levels 20/03/2020 Serves as a prequel to the modern DOOM games.

Slayer's Testaments[edit]

Title Release Date Type Notes
DOOM: The Dark Ages 15/05/2025 Video Game Serves as a prequel to DOOM (2016).
DOOM VFR 01/12/2017 Takes place shortly before, and during the early moments of, DOOM (2016).
DOOM (2016) 13/05/2016
Quake Champions 18/08/2022 Although set outside of time and space, from Doomguy's perspective this takes place after DOOM (2016).
Quake III Arena 02/12/1999 Takes place after Champions in the Quake timeline.
DOOM Eternal 20/03/2020
The Ancient Gods: Part One 20/10/2020 DOOM Eternal DLC
The Ancient Gods: Part Two 18/03/2021

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