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This sandbox is being used to list media in the DOOM, Wolfenstein, Commander Keen, and Quake series, sorted by in-universe chronological order. Because of the extensive amount of material set in this shared 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.
  • Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory as it follows no exact plot and simply takes place at various battles throughout World War II.

Wolfenstein[edit]

Title Time Period Release Date Type Notes
Spear of Destiny 21 September, 1940 18/09/1992 Video Game Prequel to Wolf3D
Dated per the Graphic Novel video
Mission 2: Return to Danger ca. Late 1941 04/1994 SoD Mission pack Takes place "over a year" after the events of SoD
Mission 3: Ultimate Challenge SoD references Hitler committing suicide in the Führerbunker after the final recovery of the
Spear of Destiny on 28 April, 1945; however, this contradicts the events of Episode 3 of Wolf3D
The Original Encounter/
The Second Encounter/
The Claw of Eisenfaust
ca. first half of 1942 10/02/1994 Video Game Mac and SNES ports, and prequel, of Wolf3D
The Nocturnal Missions Mid-1992 Episodes 4, 5,
and 6 of Wolf 3D
Original prequel to the first three episodes
Wolfenstein 3D 05/05/1992 Video Game Episodes 1, 2, and 3
Wolfenstein 3D Classic for iOS places this in February, 1945, which contradicts the events of RtCW
RtCW places this "a long time" before 14 July, 1942
Return to Castle Wolfenstein 14 - 23 March, 1943 19/11/2001 The console ports include an exclusive prologue mission, Cursed Sands
Castle Wolfenstein 17 - 21 August, 1943 09/1981 The original Wolfenstein duology, considered non-canon to the other games
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein 20 July, 1944 06/1984
Wolfenstein (2009) November, 1944 18/08/2009 Dated per QC
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood March, 1946 05/05/2015 Prequel to New Order
Wolfenstein: The New Order July, 1946 - February, 1961 20/04/2014
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus 25 June - Mid-August, 1961 27/10/2017
Quake Champions 18/08/2022 Although set outside of time and space, from Blazkowicz's perspective this takes place after The New Colossus
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot 26 March, 1980 26/07/2019 Takes place a week before Youngblood
Wolfenstein: Youngblood 2 - 17 April, 1980 25/07/2019

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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