DOOM
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How do players who really played DOOM rate it? TrueGG Rating 96.7%

Release date: May 12, 2016 Data as of 2026-10-19 View on Steam ↗

Players who really played rate it about the same as Steam overall. Early impressions are weaker, so the first few hours tend to decide whether it clicks.

Think twice if you are

  • Players who want variety (reports that it gets monotonous)
  • Players who dislike repetitive grinding

A rule-based guide from review patterns (no AI). How

TrueGG RatingMethodology ↗
96.7%
▲ +1.2 pt
vs Steam overall

Positive among players with 10+ hours (last 180 days) · 3,641 reviews

TrueGG, all time
97.5%
Steam overall
95.5%
Japanese, all time
97.1%

Early wall

Reviews written under 2 hours: 5.9% of all reviews. Their positive share is 78.3%.

This is not a drop-off rate; it describes who wrote reviews. Refund guide: within 14 days of purchase and under 2 hours of play (Steam refund policy).

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Does the rating change the longer people play?

Used for TrueGG Rating (10h+)JapaneseRight: reviews
Positive share by playtimeRanges from 10 hours up are highlighted. Exact values are in the table below.0%25%50%75%100%0–1 h79%1831–2 h81%1752–5 h93%1,0545–10 h96%1,45610–20 h97%2,13220–50 h97%1,15550–100 h96%249100–200 h100%66200+ h95%39Positive share by playtime0–1 h18379%1–2 h17581%2–5 h1,05493%5–10 h1,45696%10–20 h2,13297%20–50 h1,15597%50–100 h24996%100–200 h66100%200+ h3995%

Positive share by playtime at the time of review (reviews from the last 180 days). Ranges under 50 reviews are pale and dashed (indicative only); “—” means no reviews.

Show chart values as a table
PlaytimePositiveJapaneseReviews
0–1 h78.7%—183
1–2 h81.1%—175
2–5 h93.4%100.0%1,054
5–10 h96.5%71.4%1,456
10–20 h96.7%100.0%2,132
20–50 h96.9%100.0%1,155
50–100 h96.0%—249
100–200 h100.0%—66
200+ h94.9%—39

How long people play: half of reviewers had played 10+ hours. 28% had 20+ hours and 2% had 100+ hours (all time).

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Summary

DOOM has a TrueGG Rating of 96.7%: the positive share among 3,641 reviews written in the last 180 days by players with 10+ hours, close to Steam's overall 95.5%. Players who really play it broadly agree with the headline number (all time: 97.5%).

Reviews written under 2 hours make up 6% of the total, with 78% positive. The early hours do not split opinion much.

Beyond the first hours, approval is fairly even across playtime.

Negative reviews most often mention boredom, crashes and bugs (less than at launch), and grind (more than at launch). Positive reviews praise how fun it feels and 難易度.

Among Japanese-language reviews, the TrueGG Rating is 97.1%, similar to all languages.

Re-weighting reviews by trust signals (playtime, length, how the game was obtained) barely changes the rating (95.4% adjusted), so Steam's number is not noticeably distorted by key giveaways or throwaway reviews.

All figures come from Steam's public review counts, and topics are counted with our published dictionary (no AI). Data as of 2026-10-19.

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Why it is rated this way

What drives the rating

Complaints center on the game's design (Boring / repetitive, Grind). These rarely change with updates, so the rating likely reflects the game itself. Judge by whether it suits you. It is also a game many people bounce off early (early reviews are much less positive than those of players who stuck with it).

− Most mentioned complaints

  • Boring / repetitive16% of negative reviews (4% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · ongoing since launch
  • Crashes & bugs12% of negative reviews (3% of positive) · most common among 20–100h players · less than at launch
  • Grind10% of negative reviews (2% of positive) · most common among 2–20h players · more than at launch

+ What players praise

  • Fun & feel30% of positive reviews (19% of negative)
  • Difficulty9% of positive reviews (5% of negative)
＋ 設定＋ 回復＋ 弾薬＋ 気持＋ 火星＋ 表現＋ チェーンソー＋ キャラ− less− kirk− buggy− boring− didn't− fine− enjoy− tried

Counted from 349 recent negative and 600 positive reviews in Japanese and English, using our published topic dictionary. No AI is used. Topics overlap, so shares do not add up to 100%. Sarcasm and nuance are not detected, and this does not show cause and effect.How we count

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Checking the numbers

Figures with a different scope, shown alongside the TrueGG Rating.

MetricPositiveScope
Official Steam rating95.5%All time, all languages · 222,313 reviews
Adjusted rating95.4%Weighted by trust (95% range 95.3%–95.6%), −0.1pt vs official
Japanese-language reviews88.3%All time, Japanese-language reviews (−7.2pt vs overall) · 420 reviews
Show the positive vs negative breakdown

Share of sampled reviews that meet each condition that lowers trust. When a condition is more common on the positive side, the adjusted rating falls below the official one.

ConditionPositive reviewsNegative reviews
Under 2 hours played at review4%21%
Very short text37%20%
Key activated outside Steam15%22%
Received for free1%1%
Owns very few games11%4%
Over 100 reviews written6%7%
Average trust (1.0 = full)0.780.79

The median total playtime of the sampled reviewers is 10.8 hours. 400 positive and 400 negative reviews analyzed · data as of 2026-10-19

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When did the rating change?

Monthly positive and negative review counts since release, as published by Steam.

Reviews per month

■ Positive■ Negative
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 2016-05: +5,629 / −481 2016-06: +1,494 / −207 2016-07: +1,538 / −143 2016-08: +1,197 / −139 2016-09: +457 / −37 2016-10: +872 / −96 2016-11: +3,418 / −89 2016-12: +1,472 / −146 2017-01: +1,296 / −116 2017-02: +513 / −47 2017-03: +722 / −54 2017-04: +359 / −30 2017-05: +663 / −61 2017-06: +884 / −60 2017-07: +2,220 / −166 2017-08: +758 / −65 2017-09: +468 / −45 2017-10: +535 / −46 2017-11: +2,881 / −66 2017-12: +824 / −68 2018-01: +620 / −47 2018-02: +485 / −33 2018-03: +378 / −36 2018-04: +489 / −52 2018-05: +314 / −28 2018-06: +605 / −39 2018-07: +597 / −42 2018-08: +1,111 / −73 2018-09: +445 / −38 2018-10: +363 / −24 2018-11: +1,731 / −29 2018-12: +512 / −40 2019-01: +463 / −36 2019-02: +356 / −18 2019-03: +357 / −33 2019-04: +277 / −15 2019-05: +273 / −23 2019-06: +2,288 / −62 2019-07: +2,529 / −101 2019-08: +615 / −60 2019-09: +323 / −33 2019-10: +476 / −29 2019-11: +3,486 / −115 2019-12: +3,538 / −111 2020-01: +3,758 / −100 2020-02: +3,769 / −114 2020-03: +6,567 / −195 2020-04: +2,972 / −84 2020-05: +1,595 / −78 2020-06: +1,528 / −56 2020-07: +2,780 / −94 2020-08: +1,657 / −77 2020-09: +1,221 / −43 2020-10: +1,124 / −45 2020-11: +1,770 / −54 2020-12: +3,110 / −88 2021-01: +2,253 / −79 2021-02: +1,407 / −49 2021-03: +1,336 / −43 2021-04: +1,107 / −45 2021-05: +1,327 / −53 2021-06: +1,138 / −47 2021-07: +1,627 / −64 2021-08: +2,612 / −123 2021-09: +1,247 / −72 2021-10: +838 / −38 2021-11: +1,584 / −54 2021-12: +1,568 / −57 2022-01: +1,429 / −65 2022-02: +1,129 / −52 2022-03: +641 / −91 2022-04: +553 / −23 2022-05: +506 / −31 2022-06: +1,132 / −66 2022-07: +1,202 / −36 2022-08: +1,363 / −50 2022-09: +961 / −38 2022-10: +748 / −38 2022-11: +1,062 / −98 2022-12: +1,486 / −64 2023-01: +1,254 / −45 2023-02: +671 / −30 2023-03: +886 / −42 2023-04: +682 / −42 2023-05: +567 / −28 2023-06: +537 / −22 2023-07: +1,185 / −49 2023-08: +1,216 / −52 2023-09: +596 / −30 2023-10: +563 / −23 2023-11: +906 / −30 2023-12: +1,254 / −52 2024-01: +988 / −41 2024-02: +869 / −36 2024-03: +1,043 / −35 2024-04: +857 / −39 2024-05: +728 / −33 2024-06: +925 / −45 2024-07: +1,618 / −54 2024-08: +1,511 / −64 2024-09: +739 / −35 2024-10: +608 / −26 2024-11: +780 / −38 2024-12: +1,064 / −46 2025-01: +1,422 / −56 2025-02: +1,195 / −51 2025-03: +2,605 / −125 2025-04: +1,519 / −61 2025-05: +2,113 / −91 2025-06: +1,371 / −72 2025-07: +1,494 / −71 2025-08: +1,214 / −48 2025-09: +570 / −120 2025-10: +887 / −37 2025-11: +688 / −30 2025-12: +934 / −54 2026-01: +923 / −38 2026-02: +1,063 / −47 2026-03: +772 / −34 2026-04: +603 / −30 2026-05: +1,189 / −57 2026-06: +803 / −45 2026-07: +1,017 / −52 2026-08: +1,179 / −42 2026-09: +573 / −40 2026-10: +443 / −17 2016/052017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Positive share per month

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Monthly data overall 95.3% 2016-05: 92.1%2016-06: 87.8%2016-07: 91.5%2016-08: 89.6%2016-09: 92.5%2016-10: 90.1%2016-11: 97.5%2016-12: 91.0%2017-01: 91.8%2017-02: 91.6%2017-03: 93.0%2017-04: 92.3%2017-05: 91.6%2017-06: 93.6%2017-07: 93.0%2017-08: 92.1%2017-09: 91.2%2017-10: 92.1%2017-11: 97.8%2017-12: 92.4%2018-01: 93.0%2018-02: 93.6%2018-03: 91.3%2018-04: 90.4%2018-05: 91.8%2018-06: 93.9%2018-07: 93.4%2018-08: 93.8%2018-09: 92.1%2018-10: 93.8%2018-11: 98.4%2018-12: 92.8%2019-01: 92.8%2019-02: 95.2%2019-03: 91.5%2019-04: 94.9%2019-05: 92.2%2019-06: 97.4%2019-07: 96.2%2019-08: 91.1%2019-09: 90.7%2019-10: 94.3%2019-11: 96.8%2019-12: 97.0%2020-01: 97.4%2020-02: 97.1%2020-03: 97.1%2020-04: 97.3%2020-05: 95.3%2020-06: 96.5%2020-07: 96.7%2020-08: 95.6%2020-09: 96.6%2020-10: 96.2%2020-11: 97.0%2020-12: 97.2%2021-01: 96.6%2021-02: 96.6%2021-03: 96.9%2021-04: 96.1%2021-05: 96.2%2021-06: 96.0%2021-07: 96.2%2021-08: 95.5%2021-09: 94.5%2021-10: 95.7%2021-11: 96.7%2021-12: 96.5%2022-01: 95.6%2022-02: 95.6%2022-03: 87.6%2022-04: 96.0%2022-05: 94.2%2022-06: 94.5%2022-07: 97.1%2022-08: 96.5%2022-09: 96.2%2022-10: 95.2%2022-11: 91.6%2022-12: 95.9%2023-01: 96.5%2023-02: 95.7%2023-03: 95.5%2023-04: 94.2%2023-05: 95.3%2023-06: 96.1%2023-07: 96.0%2023-08: 95.9%2023-09: 95.2%2023-10: 96.1%2023-11: 96.8%2023-12: 96.0%2024-01: 96.0%2024-02: 96.0%2024-03: 96.8%2024-04: 95.6%2024-05: 95.7%2024-06: 95.4%2024-07: 96.8%2024-08: 95.9%2024-09: 95.5%2024-10: 95.9%2024-11: 95.4%2024-12: 95.9%2025-01: 96.2%2025-02: 95.9%2025-03: 95.4%2025-04: 96.1%2025-05: 95.9%2025-06: 95.0%2025-07: 95.5%2025-08: 96.2%2025-09: 82.6%2025-10: 96.0%2025-11: 95.8%2025-12: 94.5%2026-01: 96.0%2026-02: 95.8%2026-03: 95.8%2026-04: 95.3%2026-05: 95.4%2026-06: 94.7%2026-07: 95.1%2026-08: 96.6%2026-09: 93.5%2026-10: 96.3% 2016/052017/012018/012019/012020/012021/012022/012023/012024/012025/012026/01

Months with under 30 reviews are omitted from the rate.

Reviews per day, last 30 days

0 10 20 30 40 2026-09-19: +21 / −1 2026-09-20: +19 / −1 2026-09-21: +22 / −1 2026-09-22: +16 / −0 2026-09-23: +18 / −1 2026-09-24: +10 / −2 2026-09-25: +14 / −3 2026-09-26: +23 / −0 2026-09-27: +18 / −2 2026-09-28: +15 / −2 2026-09-29: +16 / −0 2026-09-30: +10 / −1 2026-10-01: +12 / −3 2026-10-02: +15 / −1 2026-10-03: +33 / −2 2026-10-04: +38 / −2 2026-10-05: +38 / −1 2026-10-06: +22 / −0 2026-10-07: +28 / −1 2026-10-08: +27 / −1 2026-10-09: +23 / −1 2026-10-10: +34 / −0 2026-10-11: +37 / −1 2026-10-12: +23 / −0 2026-10-13: +18 / −0 2026-10-14: +18 / −1 2026-10-15: +22 / −0 2026-10-16: +11 / −1 2026-10-17: +19 / −1 2026-10-18: +25 / −1 09/1909/2610/0310/1010/17
Show monthly data as a table
MonthPositiveNegativePositive
2016-055,62948192.1%
2016-061,49420787.8%
2016-071,53814391.5%
2016-081,19713989.6%
2016-094573792.5%
2016-108729690.1%
2016-113,4188997.5%
2016-121,47214691.0%
2017-011,29611691.8%
2017-025134791.6%
2017-037225493.0%
2017-043593092.3%
2017-056636191.6%
2017-068846093.6%
2017-072,22016693.0%
2017-087586592.1%
2017-094684591.2%
2017-105354692.1%
2017-112,8816697.8%
2017-128246892.4%
2018-016204793.0%
2018-024853393.6%
2018-033783691.3%
2018-044895290.4%
2018-053142891.8%
2018-066053993.9%
2018-075974293.4%
2018-081,1117393.8%
2018-094453892.1%
2018-103632493.8%
2018-111,7312998.4%
2018-125124092.8%
2019-014633692.8%
2019-023561895.2%
2019-033573391.5%
2019-042771594.9%
2019-052732392.2%
2019-062,2886297.4%
2019-072,52910196.2%
2019-086156091.1%
2019-093233390.7%
2019-104762994.3%
2019-113,48611596.8%
2019-123,53811197.0%
2020-013,75810097.4%
2020-023,76911497.1%
2020-036,56719597.1%
2020-042,9728497.3%
2020-051,5957895.3%
2020-061,5285696.5%
2020-072,7809496.7%
2020-081,6577795.6%
2020-091,2214396.6%
2020-101,1244596.2%
2020-111,7705497.0%
2020-123,1108897.2%
2021-012,2537996.6%
2021-021,4074996.6%
2021-031,3364396.9%
2021-041,1074596.1%
2021-051,3275396.2%
2021-061,1384796.0%
2021-071,6276496.2%
2021-082,61212395.5%
2021-091,2477294.5%
2021-108383895.7%
2021-111,5845496.7%
2021-121,5685796.5%
2022-011,4296595.6%
2022-021,1295295.6%
2022-036419187.6%
2022-045532396.0%
2022-055063194.2%
2022-061,1326694.5%
2022-071,2023697.1%
2022-081,3635096.5%
2022-099613896.2%
2022-107483895.2%
2022-111,0629891.6%
2022-121,4866495.9%
2023-011,2544596.5%
2023-026713095.7%
2023-038864295.5%
2023-046824294.2%
2023-055672895.3%
2023-065372296.1%
2023-071,1854996.0%
2023-081,2165295.9%
2023-095963095.2%
2023-105632396.1%
2023-119063096.8%
2023-121,2545296.0%
2024-019884196.0%
2024-028693696.0%
2024-031,0433596.8%
2024-048573995.6%
2024-057283395.7%
2024-069254595.4%
2024-071,6185496.8%
2024-081,5116495.9%
2024-097393595.5%
2024-106082695.9%
2024-117803895.4%
2024-121,0644695.9%
2025-011,4225696.2%
2025-021,1955195.9%
2025-032,60512595.4%
2025-041,5196196.1%
2025-052,1139195.9%
2025-061,3717295.0%
2025-071,4947195.5%
2025-081,2144896.2%
2025-0957012082.6%
2025-108873796.0%
2025-116883095.8%
2025-129345494.5%
2026-019233896.0%
2026-021,0634795.8%
2026-037723495.8%
2026-046033095.3%
2026-051,1895795.4%
2026-068034594.7%
2026-071,0175295.1%
2026-081,1794296.6%
2026-095734093.5%
2026-104431796.3%
Show daily data as a table
DayPositiveNegative
2026-09-19211
2026-09-20191
2026-09-21221
2026-09-22160
2026-09-23181
2026-09-24102
2026-09-25143
2026-09-26230
2026-09-27182
2026-09-28152
2026-09-29160
2026-09-30101
2026-10-01123
2026-10-02151
2026-10-03332
2026-10-04382
2026-10-05381
2026-10-06220
2026-10-07281
2026-10-08271
2026-10-09231
2026-10-10340
2026-10-11371
2026-10-12230
2026-10-13180
2026-10-14181
2026-10-15220
2026-10-16111
2026-10-17191
2026-10-18251
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Recent sentiment

PeriodPositiveReviews
Last 30 days95.4%819
Last 180 days95.2%6,490
All time95.5%222,313
Japanese, last 180 days83.3%12
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