Used to identify the game, unaltered. Doom 64 wordmark, trademark of its owner, from the publisher's Steam store listing

Doom 64

Catalogue entry · not reviewed · store data read 30 August 2026

Play the enhanced version of the original game released on the Nintendo 64 in 1997. Years have passed since you stopped Hell’s invasion of Earth. Quarantined for humanity’s safety, the UAC research facilities on Mars were abandoned and forgotten...until now.

First-Person Shooter

Player score

9.3/10

8,793 reviews

Released: 1997
Developer: Midway Games
Platforms: 2 systems
Critics: Not scored
Steam Deck: playable
Download: Not stated

We have not written a full review of this game.This is a catalogue entry: everything below comes from a source we can link, checked on a stated date. There is no score and no verdict here, because we only publish those after a reviewer has played the game and written it up properly. Our team may well have played this one. Until someone writes the review, we are not going to imply a verdict we have not put our name to.

What is Doom 64?

Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.

The record

Catalogue facts
First released	31 March 1997
Developer	Midway Games
Publisher	Bethesda Softworks, Midway Games
Platforms	Nintendo 64, Steam Deck
Genres	First-Person Shooter
Languages	5 supported

Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q1071278, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.

How was Doom 64 received?

Players93%positive of 8,793 · Very Positive

Achievements10on Steam

Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.

Accessibility

6 declared features

Method. Features the publisher declared on its own store page. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

What does it support?

Technical support
Capability	Support
Controller	partial support
Cloud saves	Yes
Cross-platform play	No
Mod support	No official workshop
Online play	Single-player only
In-game purchases	No
Steam Deck	playable
Download size	Not stated
Add-on content	None listed
Age gate	17+

Content descriptors

Frequent violence or gore
General mature content

Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.

What does it cost?

$4.99

Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.

Problems players report

We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Doom 64 on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.

Performance and stutter12 of 300 (4%)
It's a curio in DOOM's history, a spinoff from one of the most famous and beloved PC FPS games relegated to a console for decades.
Steam review, 17 April 2024 · 10 hours played · 7 readers marked it helpful
This is not an FPS, it's a puzzle game, a bad one.
Steam review, 2 December 2024 · 6 hours played · 4 readers marked it helpful
Crashes and freezes10 of 300 (3%)
this game crashes every time I play this
Steam review, 25 June 2021 · 1 hours played · 2 readers marked it helpful
everytime i started the damn game it would crash.
Steam review, 28 May 2021 · 0 hours played · 2 readers marked it helpful

A further 6 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.

Games like Doom 64

24 games overlap with Doom 64 on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Quake, Quake II and DOOM II.

All 24 games like Doom 64

Common questions about Doom 64

What platforms is Doom 64 on?

Doom 64 is available on Nintendo 64, Steam Deck. It first released in 1997.

How much does Doom 64 cost?

$4.99 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.

Do players recommend Doom 64?

93% of 8,793 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.

Does Doom 64 work on Steam Deck?

Valve rates Doom 64 as playable on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.

Who made Doom 64?

Doom 64 was developed by Midway Games and published by Bethesda Softworks, Midway Games.