Doom (2016)

This page is for the 2016 reboot. For the original 1993 game, see Doom (1993).

Doom

Developers
	id Software
Multiplayer	Certain Affinity
SnapMap	Escalation Studios
Multiplayer post-release	BattleCry Studios
Publishers
	Bethesda Softworks
Engines
	id Tech 6
Release dates
Windows	May 13, 2016
Reception
Metacritic	85
OpenCritic	86
IGDB	87
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter
Themes	Horror, Sci-fi
Series	Doom

⤏ Go to series page
Doom (1993)	1993
Doom II: Hell on Earth	1994
Final Doom	1996
DRL (unofficial game)	2002
Doom 3	2004
Doom 64 EX (unofficial port)	2008
Doom 3: BFG Edition	2012
Doom (2016)	2016
Doom VFR	2017
MiniDoom 2 (unofficial game)	2018
Doom I Enhanced	2020
Doom II Enhanced	2020
Doom Eternal	2020
Doom 64	2020
Doom + Doom II	2024
Doom: The Dark Ages	2025

Doom (2016) is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person action and shooter game in the Doom series.

Warning

Using developer mode corrupts the save file.

General information

Doom Wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Only includes a Steam installer, and 5% of the game's data.
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		Free demo: steam://install/479030
Bethesda.net (unavailable)

All versions require Steam DRM.

Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed from the game with Update #5.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass	The Season Pass includes access to three new DLC packs (when available).
Demon Multiplayer DLC Pack	Pre-Purchase bonus.
Unto the Evil DLC	3 multiplayer maps, 1 weapon and 1 playable demon
Hell Followed DLC	3 multiplayer maps, 1 weapon and 1 playable demon
Bloodfall DLC	3 multiplayer maps, 1 weapon and 1 playable demon

All DLC content is available for free since Update 6.66.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

See Command line arguments for optional arguments.

Use the +com_skipIntroVideo 1 command line argument

Remove unused voice acting to free up space

The game contains all of the 10 different voice translation regardless of your region. Removing the folders frees about 5 GB of space.

Verification and updating by Steam will redownload the files.

Remove voice files of other languages
Go to <path-to-game>\base\sound\soundbanks\pc. Remove the folders containing audio archives of unused languages.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\id Software\DOOM\base\DOOMConfig.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/379720/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\id Software\DOOM\base\savegame\ %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\id Software\DOOM\base\savegame.user\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/379720/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Game settings.

Video settings.

Advanced Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Supports all resolutions available in the display drivers.
Multi-monitor			Use Flawless Widescreen with the 32:9/Surround Fix script for proper aspect ratio and FOV.
Ultra-widescreen			Native support. Use Flawless Widescreen with the 32:9/Surround Fix script for proper aspect ratio and FOV.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		90-130°. Default is 90°. Does not scale weapon models. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Labeled as Decal Filtering in the Advanced options, and as such only applies to decal textures.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Off, FXAA, SMAA, FXAA 1TX, SMAA 1TX, TAA and TSSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Adaptive (Adaptive V-Sync) ,On (Double buffered), or Off.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Cutscenes and ui are capped at 60 FPS. The rest of the game has a 200 FPS cap. Doom may automatically set Nvidia Gsync monitors to 60hz; these monitors will have to be manually reset back to 144hz.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		Deuteranopia, Protanopia, and Tritanopia [Incorrect implementation, Applies filter to simulate colorblindness]

Field of view (FOV)

Use +set g_fov xx parameter for custom world FOV

Use Flawless Widescreen to adjust weapon FOV
May require an updated plugin to work on newer versions.

Dynamic Resolution Scaling (DRS)

Dynamically changes the game's rendering resolution to help maintain target framerate.

Apply DRS profile

Download only Dinput8.dll from DOOMLegacyMod and paste it into <path-to-game>. This enables the full potential of the game's command console as otherwise the necessary commands are not unlocked. Pick which suits the best of the DRS profiles provided by Digital Foundry. Download and paste the desired profile into <path-to-game>\base. Read notes below for profile explanation. When in-game, press ~ on the keyboard to open the in-game command console. Type exec [filenameofpreset].txt. DRS should be working now. Notes DRS-profiles: Aggressive prioritizes and ensures full framerate over resolution. Balanced will cause some framerate dips but keep a better resolution overall. Lazy prioritizes resolution over framerate, resulting in widely varying framerates (optimal for VRR users.) The number after the _ is target framerate. DRS will disable when changing graphics settings, just reenable DRS through repeating step 4 after changing graphical in-game settings. Enabling DRS uses more VRAM. Can cause severe resolution dips, stutters or other problems if not enough VRAM is available on lower-end hardware.

Input

Keyboard and Mouse settings.

Controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Fully rebindable keys, but multiplayer and SnapMap are all configured separately.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Implemented with a software cursor, which is susceptible to framerate changes and will feel different from the normal OS/hardware cursor.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Entries in the Snapmap search box must be typed in on a keyboard.
Controller remapping		6 controller layouts. See Controller presets for details.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration		Use X1nput

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		XInput only.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

• 

  Single-Player Key-Bind Settings

• 

  Multi-Player Key-Bind Settings

• 

  SnapMap Key-Bind Settings

Mouse smoothing

Mouse smoothing is disabled by default.

Use +set m_smoothing 1 and +set m_smooth X (where X is a number between 1 and 8) command line arguments[citation needed]

Controller presets

Single-Player

• 

  Default

• 

  Classic

• 

  Knuckles

• 

  Mirrored

• 

  Strafe

• 

  Tactical

Multi-Player

• 

  Default

• 

  Classic

• 

  Knuckles

• 

  Mirrored

• 

  Strafe

• 

  Tactical

SnapMap

• 

  Default

• 

  Classic

• 

  Knuckles

• 

  Mirrored

• 

  Strafe

• 

  Tactical

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, SFX, Voices, Announcer, and Voice (VoIP) Volume Sliders.
Surround sound		5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Czech				Fan translation.
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish				To enable it, install DOOMLegacyMod and set +sys_langOverride 1 +sys_lang latin_spanish +sys_langPlatform es-mx commands in the launch options.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		12

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		Doom 2016 VR and Vk3DVision

Issues unresolved

"Interact with two rune trials" challenge on "Advanced Research Complex" is not beatable

A bug may occur not allowing the player to complete the "Interact with two rune trials" challenge on "Advanced Research Complex" level if they didn't complete it on the first run and finished the campaign. Make sure to finish the challenge on a first-level playthrough, otherwise start a new game.

Issues fixed

Sped-up/distorted audio

Setting the audio card sample rate higher than 48000Hz will speed up the audio and/or cause crackling/distortion. Higher sample rates will result in faster speeds.

Set the audio sample rate to 48000 Hz[citation needed]

Incorrect number of threads used

By default, Doom detects the number of cores/threads the computer uses but may be incorrect.

Use jobs_numthreads X in the ingame console[citation needed]
Where X is the number of threads the processor supports, minus one (ie, hyper threading quad core = 8 threads - 1 for main, use +jobs_numthreads 7)

Use the +jobs_numthreads X command line argument[citation needed]

Crash on startup after switching to Vulkan API

Update drivers

Switch back to OpenGL
Go to %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\id Software\DOOM\base. Open DOOMConfig.local with a text editor such as Notepad or a similar program. Look for the line r_renderAPI. If it is set to "1", the game will try to run with Vulkan. Set it to "0" for OpenGL. Saves the changes made to the file. Launch the game.

Crash on startup after activating the console (dinput8.dll - DoomLegacyMod)

After the April 11, 2024 patch, the game does not run when the file that allows to activate the console is installed.

Forces Steam to downgrade the game

Use the Win + R keys. Type steam://nav/console And press Enter. In Steam, a new tab will be added, which will be the console. Click on it and enter the following command: download_depot 379720 379721 2206249600939156631. Once the console confirms that the files have been downloaded, go to: <Steam-folder>\SteamApps\content\app_379720\depot_379721 And copy the entire contents of the folder. Paste the files into <path-to-game>. It is not known if there may be problems when playing multiplayer.

Use a new version of DOOMLegacyMod compatible with the April 11, 2024 patch
You can find this new version of the mod here, and here.

Crash on startup after a fresh install

You only have to do the following once, after the game has launched without crashing you should be able to launch it through Steam without the issue.

Start DOOM without Steam running
Exit Steam or end the process through Task Manager Launch DOOM through <path-to-game> "DOOMx64.exe" or "DOOMx64vk.exe" DOOM should launch properly. Exit the game. Launch the game through Steam.

Corrupt save files

Using developer mode corrupts the save file and the game will only allow loading again when dev-mode is enabled, which disables achievements and other features.

The fix in the video takes advantage of a menu bug that allows for loading into an empty world. Then using the restart mission option and allowing the correct map to load, the save files will be written correctly again. Progress on that mission will be lost but collectables and general progress will be retained.

Black lines over surfaces

Enabling Directional Occlusion causes stripe artifacts to appear on any resolutions lower than 4K due to the engine's fixed camera frustum resolution. This is most noticeable when looking at plain or clean ground, wall surfaces and backgrounds. This issue was never fixed through post-launch patches and occurs regardless of which graphics API the game uses.

Set Directional Occlusion Quality to "Off"

Fix low FPS and poor frame pacing

Doom's Razer Chroma integration has been known to cause low FPS and poor frame pacing.

Disable Razor Chroma in the in-game settings
Disable it in-game Settings > Mouse and Keyboard > Razer Chroma.

Replace Razer Chroma library file with an empty one
Download the EMPTY1.0 ChromaEditorLibrary.dll mod. Unpack it in <path-to-game>, replacing the existing ChromaEditorLibrary.dll file.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6
Vulkan	1.0	Added in July 11, 2016 update

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video	2.5k
Multiplayer	Steamworks

Command line arguments

Parameter	Description
+menu_advanced_AllowAllSettings 1	Enables Nightmare graphics settings
+com_skipKeyPressOnLoadScreens 1	Skips "press key to continue" prompts
+com_gameType <value>	Replace <value> with one of the following to start the game in a certain mode: -1: Mode select screen (default) 0: Campaign mode 1: Multiplayer mode 2: SnapMap mode
g_showPlayerShadow 1	Enables player's shadow in the game's world, like in the beta builds

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2400 AMD FX-8320	Intel Core i7-3770 AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	55 GB	70 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 290 4 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.