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A demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars research facility. As one of only a few survivors, you must fight your way to hell and back against a horde of demons in this award-winning horror/action FPS and reimagining of the original DOOM.

Release DateOct 15, 2012
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)85.6% (very positive) / 86.2%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)83.1% Top 15% / 84%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)7K  Top 4% / 10K  Top 3%
Curators308 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time16.1 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar1.6 hour  Top 15%
Followers27.1K  Top 4%
Owners± 1.6M  Top 2%
Copies Sold± 654.8K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 5.4M  Top 3%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of DOOM 3 steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see DOOM 3's Steam rating and reviews between October 2012 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 94.4% (October 2012) to 81.4% (November 2014).

With 10K reviews Top 3%, DOOM 3 is an AAA level success.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for DOOM 3 and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of DOOM 3's reviewers. The most popular language is English (58%), followed by Russian (9%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 6 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying DOOM 3 percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in DOOM 3, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is excellent, with 39 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 2.4 times less than the median for positive reviews. The negative review time is high (median is 7 hours), it can be a sign that DOOM 3 crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Room-scale and fully 360/3D immersion
  • Performance is amazing for a VR game
  • Perfectly executed touchpad locomotion
  • Play the full game in VR
  • Good gunplay
  • Flashlight now on the suit
  • Good story
  • PDAs are very helpful
  • Containing 3 games Doom I, Doom 2 and Doom 3
  • The game is story driven
  • Bodies dissolve on death, cannot be dismembered
  • The game is 'it's own thing'
  • Map/world design changed to mostly dark corridors
  • Enemies don't stagger much
  • Too many 'behind your back' ambushes
  • A horror game first and foremost
  • Engine nowadays looks old
  • Multiplayer could be improved
  • Game becomes a series of monster closets
  • Melee attack is pointless

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 85.6% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of DOOM 3's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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