10 games similar to Doom, a Shooter game, drawn from IGDB's similarity data. Each pick below notes the genres it shares with Doom.
01Shares ShooterBoth Wolfenstein: The New Order and Doom deliver brutal first-person combat with fast-paced action and gory spectacle. Each game emphasizes weapon variety and arena-style encounters against overwhelming enemy forces, with boss fights punctuating the campaign. While Wolfenstein trades Hell for alternate-history Nazi warfare, it shares Doom's commitment to visceral, relentless shooting and collectible-hunting across linear levels.
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02Shares ShooterBoth Prey and Doom pit you alone against alien hordes in sci-fi facilities gone wrong, with first-person combat as your survival tool. Prey trades Doom's relentless demon slaughter for a more methodical hunt across a space station, where audio logs and environmental storytelling reveal the catastrophe around you. Each game uses extreme violence and darkness to build its horror atmosphere, though Prey emphasizes stealth and puzzle-solving alongside gunplay.
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03Shares ShooterBoth games deliver brutal first-person shooter action with sci-fi settings and visceral combat. Syndicate shares Doom's focus on boss fights and collectibles, while adding tactical depth through upgradable hacking mechanics tied to cybernetic implants. Like Doom, it supports cooperative multiplayer alongside single-player campaigns, letting you tackle corporate syndicates with the same aggressive, fast-paced intensity.
04Shares ShooterSingularity shares Doom's first-person shooter foundation and relentless combat against hostile forces, but adds time manipulation as a core mechanic. Both games emphasize brutal action through bloody boss fights and explosive encounters, supported by audio logs that flesh out their science-fiction horror settings. Singularity's campaign structure with checkpoints and weapon upgrades mirrors the modern shooter formula Doom refined.
05Both games deliver first-person action driven by revenge and betrayal, though Dishonored trades Doom's relentless demon slaughter for methodical assassination. Where Doom emphasizes raw firepower and arena combat, Dishonored offers flexible approaches to eliminate targets using supernatural abilities and weapons. Each game features audio logs that deepen its dark world, and both reward players who explore beyond the critical path to find collectibles.
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06Shares ShooterBoth games pit you against hostile forces in first-person combat across sci-fi settings, with boss fights and destructible environments punctuating the action. Mankind Divided expands on Doom's shooter foundation by layering in stealth and tactical choice, letting you approach encounters through augmented abilities and weapons rather than pure aggression. Collectibles and audio logs reward exploration in both.
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07Both games blend action and horror through combat encounters, though Murdered: Soul Suspect trades Doom's relentless demon slaying for supernatural battles against demonic spirits. Each features a protagonist confronting otherworldly threats, supported by checkpoints and collectibles that structure progression. While Doom emphasizes arena combat's speed and firepower, Soul Suspect layers detective work and exploration into its horror framework, offering a slower-paced alternative grounded in mystery.
08Both Doom and Soma ground their horror in science fiction settings where catastrophe has struck research facilities, and both use audio logs to build atmosphere and backstory. While Doom emphasizes relentless combat against twisted creatures, Soma shares its first-person perspective and focus on survival against corrupted beings in a hostile environment. Each game uses darkness and corpses to create dread, though Soma opts for stealth and puzzle-solving over firepower.
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09Shares ShooterBoth games center on combat against overwhelming opposition, supported by audio logs that deepen their worlds. Spec Ops shares Doom's focus on action through shooting and melee, though it trades arena combat for squad-based tactical progression through a corrupted city. Where Doom embraces relentless demon slaughter, Spec Ops uses similar gunplay mechanics to explore moral ambiguity and betrayal, making combat feel consequential rather than purely visceral.
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10Shares ShooterBoth games pit you alone against alien hordes in first-person combat across research facilities gone wrong. Half-Life shares Doom's relentless action and horror atmosphere, though it emphasizes exploration and puzzle-solving alongside firefights. Where Doom favors arena combat and raw destructive power, Half-Life weaves scripted encounters and environmental storytelling into a tighter campaign, but the core loop of surviving overwhelming alien threats remains central to both.
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10 games similar to Doom: Wolfenstein: The New Order, Prey, Syndicate, Singularity, Dishonored, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Murdered: Soul Suspect, Soma.
Most of these games share Action, Science fiction, Shooter and Horror with Doom, based on IGDB's similarity data. Each pick has a short note explaining what it has in common with Doom.