Doom Eternal came out on March 19, 2020 for PC, then for Google Stadia, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on March 20, 2020 and for Nintendo Switch on December 8, 2020. On Steam, 91% of 190,470 player reviews are positive (Very Positive). 679 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 1,181 in the last 30 days. It is Playable on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 12 hours, doing everything about 26 hours. It won the Steam Award for Best Soundtrack.
Doom Eternal is a first-person shooter developed by id Software and the sequel to Doom (2016). Players control the Doom Slayer as he fights to end a demonic invasion of Earth. Combat is built around aggressive resource management, where health, armor, and ammo are gained by executing, igniting, or chainsawing enemies. The game introduces platforming segments, destructible enemy weak points, an expanded weapon arsenal, and a multiplayer mode called Battlemode, where one player-controlled Slayer fights two player-controlled demons.
Story
Earth has been overrun by demons, wiping out 60% of the planet's population. The Doom Slayer returns with a satellite fortress to end the invasion by hunting down three Hell Priests who serve the Khan Maykr, an angelic being willing to sacrifice humanity for her own race's survival. As the Slayer eliminates the priests one by one, he uncovers a deeper conflict between Heaven, Hell, and an ancient pact that has fed on human souls for eons.
What is happening now
Doom Eternal is a fast-paced shooter that arrived in March 2020 across a wide range of platforms, from PC and consoles to Nintendo Switch and cloud services. The game has maintained a presence in the gaming ecosystem through various distribution channels, appearing periodically in subscription and promotional offerings. As of September 2026, it remains available through Amazon Luna's rotating free games catalog, continuing to introduce the demon-slaying action to new players via the subscription service.
