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DOOM: The Dark Ages

id Software · Bethesda Softworks · 2025-05-14

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Franchise: Doom · Modes: Single player

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.

2,350
playing now
88%
positive of 45k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
34
twitch viewers (latest)
87/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (153 ratings)
19h
to beat · completionist 33h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$69.99
steam price (US)

2,350 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,350 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 4% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 901k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 45,069 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$19.87-72%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $73.99 · on sale 93 of 121 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

5.3k1.0k2026-08-06 22:00 — 2,267 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 1,531 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 2,870 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 2,792 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 2,344 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 4,082 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 3,737 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 2,855 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 4,947 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 3,596 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 1,913 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 3,597 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 2,882 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1,724 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 3,386 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 2,508 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1,564 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 3,394 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 2,863 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 1,263 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1,791 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 2,105 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 1,592 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,800 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 2,045 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,317 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1,043 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 1,801 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,417 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 2,350 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

Twitch viewers

61852026-08-26 19:15 — 63 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 618 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 275 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 56 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 120 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 64 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 224 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 112 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 77 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 120 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 45 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 63 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 133 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 124 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 34 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…

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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