Doom 3 cover

Doom Series

Doom 3

Main Game
Shooter Action Science fiction Horror Survival

Doom 3 is a Shooter game released on August 3, 2004 for Xbox, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows) and 1 more. Doom 3 is a first-person shooter with survival horror elements. Played mostly from a first-person perspective, it sends the player through the corridors and facilities of a research base, fighting wav…

79
User Score
440 ratings
86
Critic Score
6 reviews
Very Positive
7,277 reviews
August 3, 2004
Released 8078 days ago
Xbox Linux PC (Microsoft Windows) Mac

About

Doom 3 is a first-person shooter with survival horror elements. Played mostly from a first-person perspective, it sends the player through the corridors and facilities of a research base, fighting waves of enemies while managing limited resources. A signature design choice forces the player to choose between holding a weapon or a flashlight, encouraging a slower, tense pace built around darkness and ambush. The game uses a story-driven structure supported by radio messages, audio logs, and data devices that unlock areas and reveal information. It also includes a separate deathmatch-focused multiplayer mode.

Storyline

Doom 3 is set on Mars in 2145, where a powerful corporation runs a research facility experimenting in areas such as teleportation, biological research, and advanced weapons, often outside legal and ethical limits. The player takes the role of a newly arrived space marine assigned to routine duties at the base. When a teleportation experiment loses containment, a gateway to Hell is torn open and the facility is overrun, transforming much of the personnel into hostile creatures. Cut off and outnumbered, the marine must fight through the base to survive, uncover what the experiments unleashed, and stop the invasion from spreading beyond Mars.

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Release Dates by Platform

PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Aug 3, 2004
Linux Worldwide
Oct 4, 2004
Mac Worldwide
Mar 14, 2005
Mac Worldwide
Mar 14, 2005
Mac Worldwide
Mar 15, 2005
Xbox Worldwide
Apr 3, 2005

Expansions

Game Info

Developer
id Software, Aspyr Media
Publisher
Activision, Aspyr Media
Engine
id Tech 4
Game Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective
First person
Themes
Action Science fiction Horror Survival

Multiplayer

Languages

Audio / Voice
German, English, Spanish (Spain), French, Italian, Japanese
Text / Subtitles
German, English, Spanish (Spain), French, Italian, Japanese

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