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DOOM: The Dark Ages

id Software · Bethesda Softworks · 2025-05-14

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Action

Franchise: Doom · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 15, 2025 (PlayStation 5), May 15, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), May 13, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

DOOM: The Dark Ages is the prequel to the critically acclaimed DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal that tells an epic cinematic story worthy of the DOOM Slayer’s legend. Players will step into the blood-stained boots of the DOOM Slayer, in this never-before-seen dark and sinister medieval war against Hell.

DOOM: The Dark Ages is a 2025 Action game priced at $69.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 46054 reviews).

596
playing now
89%
positive of 47k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
twitch viewers (latest)
0.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
87/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (153 ratings)
208
Nexus mods (144k downloads)
4.66★
PlayStation Store rating (16,553 ratings)
86/100
opencritic · mighty · 94% recommend · from 217 critics
19h
to beat · completionist 33h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$69.99
steam price (US)

596 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Doom: The Dark Ages is a 2025 first-person shooter game developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks. It is the eighth main entry in the Doom franchise, following Doom Eternal (2020). A prequel to Doom (2016), it follows the Doom Slayer's efforts to combat a demonic invasion of the planet Argent D'Nur.

Trailer

DOOM: The Dark Ages trailer thumbnail

DOOM: The Dark Ages | Official Trailer 1 (4K) | Coming 2025

≈450,791 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 596 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,437 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~430/week).
  • · Review velocity up 176% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (9,700 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 934k–2.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 46,676 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $19.17 at GreenManGaming (2026-02-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $73.99 · on sale 82 of 108 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.3k8.3k20252026Week of 2025-05-13: 8,290 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 1,410 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 2,859 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 484 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 1,357 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 211 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 792 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 112 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 455 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 391 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 257 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 195 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 279 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 214 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 201 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 1,183 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 303 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 188 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 338 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 349 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 244 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 169 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 130 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 474 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 127 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 602 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 108 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 468 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 306 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 191 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 186 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 218 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 297 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 233 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 204 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 175 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 160 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 349 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 801 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 129 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 428 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 255 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 261 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 393 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 55 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 392 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.5k3622026-09-15 12:00 — 766 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 920 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 491 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,038 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 1,416 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 597 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 527 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 989 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 710 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 803 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 877 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 523 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 380 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 962 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,034 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 569 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 991 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 873 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 576 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,157 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1,266 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 553 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 596 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
12k497May 2025Aug 2026May 2025 — avg 12,280 · peak 31,401Jun 2025 — avg 2,569 · peak 8,251Jul 2025 — avg 930 · peak 1,987Aug 2025 — avg 989 · peak 2,017Sep 2025 — avg 497 · peak 1,160Oct 2025 — avg 555 · peak 1,323Nov 2025 — avg 716 · peak 2,713Dec 2025 — avg 1,163 · peak 2,280Jan 2026 — avg 966 · peak 2,280Feb 2026 — avg 1,702 · peak 3,867Mar 2026 — avg 959 · peak 2,035Apr 2026 — avg 693 · peak 1,546May 2026 — avg 714 · peak 1,682Jun 2026 — avg 806 · peak 2,083Jul 2026 — avg 3,392 · peak 13,796Aug 2026 — avg 2,145 · peak 5,265
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
55552026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 52 new positive2026-09-21: 6 new negative2026-09-22: 18 new positive2026-09-23: 17 new positive2026-09-24: 22 new positive2026-09-25: 14 new positive2026-09-26: 24 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new negative2026-09-27: 23 new positive2026-09-28: 26 new positive2026-09-29: 11 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 17 new positive2026-09-30: 7 new negative2026-10-01: 15 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 19 new positive2026-10-03: 20 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new negative2026-10-04: 55 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 11 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 24 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 23 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new negative2026-10-09: 23 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 36 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 35 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 20 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 26 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$73.99$19.172025-01-222026-08-232025-01-22 — best price $69.992025-02-19 — best price $58.092025-06-27 — best price $69.992025-08-01 — best price $45.492025-08-14 — best price $58.092025-09-09 — best price $69.992025-09-29 — best price $39.862025-10-07 — best price $46.892025-10-16 — best price $69.992025-11-04 — best price $59.492025-11-19 — best price $34.992025-12-01 — best price $35.002025-12-06 — best price $59.492025-12-18 — best price $29.752026-01-05 — best price $35.002026-01-22 — best price $30.792026-02-01 — best price $32.902026-02-10 — best price $20.542026-02-17 — best price $69.992026-02-24 — best price $60.992026-03-10 — best price $60.992026-03-19 — best price $23.092026-03-27 — best price $60.992026-04-10 — best price $21.322026-04-20 — best price $62.992026-05-10 — best price $60.992026-05-19 — best price $20.992026-06-01 — best price $61.492026-06-07 — best price $20.642026-06-25 — best price $20.332026-07-06 — best price $19.872026-07-10 — best price $62.152026-07-23 — best price $69.992026-08-11 — best price $23.092026-08-15 — best price $73.992026-08-23 — best price $19.87
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9.9k6022026-06-02 — 682 pageviews2026-06-06 — 724 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,369 pageviews2026-06-14 — 941 pageviews2026-06-18 — 921 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,098 pageviews2026-06-26 — 960 pageviews2026-06-30 — 924 pageviews2026-07-04 — 991 pageviews2026-07-08 — 9,887 pageviews2026-07-12 — 4,464 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2,239 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1,734 pageviews2026-07-24 — 1,276 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1,173 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1,207 pageviews2026-08-05 — 975 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,441 pageviews2026-08-13 — 933 pageviews2026-08-17 — 892 pageviews2026-08-21 — 686 pageviews2026-08-25 — 824 pageviews2026-08-29 — 769 pageviews2026-09-02 — 710 pageviews2026-09-06 — 819 pageviews2026-09-10 — 756 pageviews2026-09-14 — 695 pageviews2026-09-18 — 659 pageviews2026-09-22 — 851 pageviews2026-09-26 — 654 pageviews2026-09-30 — 613 pageviews2026-10-04 — 730 pageviews2026-10-08 — 641 pageviews2026-10-12 — 678 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

54202026-09-30 22:34 — 168 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 49 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 432 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 500 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 2 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
84.6%
earned "A Dark Beginning"
30.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsColor Alternatives#category_contrast_controlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support2 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2025-05-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)42,8271%38
PS5 (PlayStation)15,6246%39
Steam (Steam)14,7977%38

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSGoreActionDemonsMatureSci-fiDragonsShooterCinematicLore-Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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