Doom (2016 video game)

Doom
Doom's cover, featuring the Doom Slayer standing, with Super Shotgun, behind the game's name
Developer(s)id Software[a]
Publisher(s)Bethesda Softworks
Director(s)
  • Marty Stratton
  • Hugo Martin
Programmer(s)Billy Ethan Khan
Writer(s)Adam Gascoine
Composer(s)Mick Gordon
SeriesDoom
Engineid Tech 6
Platform(s)
Release
  • PS4, Windows, Xbox One
  • May 13, 2016
  • Nintendo Switch
  • November 10, 2017
  • Stadia
  • August 19, 2020
Genre(s)First-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Doom is a 2016 first-person shooter game developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is the first major installment in the Doom series since 2004's Doom 3 and is a reboot of the franchise. It was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in May 2016. A port for Nintendo Switch was co-developed with Panic Button and released in November 2017, and a version for Stadia was released in August 2020. Players take the role of a space marine, known colloquially as the Doom Slayer, as he battles demonic forces within an energy-mining facility on Mars and in Hell.

Doom was announced as Doom 4 in 2008, and that version underwent an extensive development cycle with different builds and designs before the game was restarted in 2011 and re-revealed as simply Doom in 2014. It was tested by customers who pre-ordered the 2014 MachineGames game Wolfenstein: The New Order and the general public. Mick Gordon composed the music, with contributions by Richard Devine. The game also has an online multiplayer component and a level editor known as "SnapMap", co-developed with Certain Affinity and Escalation Studios respectively.

Doom was well received by critics and players. The single-player campaign, graphics, soundtrack, and gameplay received considerable praise, whereas the multiplayer mode drew significant criticism. It was the second best-selling video game in North America and the United Kingdom in the week of its release and sold over 500,000 copies for PCs by the end of May 2016. A sequel, Doom Eternal, was released in March 2020. A prequel, Doom: The Dark Ages, was released in May 2025.

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