70
Doom 64 for Switch was overshadowed by Doom Eternal’s release on Nintendo’s handheld, but it would be a shame to ignore it. Do not mistake it for a port of the original Doom. Developed for Nintendo 64, it features a completely different campaign, offers more complex levels, and goes for a darker atmosphere. The enhanced Switch edition looks better, brings six additional levels, and fits the platform perfectly. [02/2021, p.55]
80
DOOM 64 is a time capsule, but one worth digging back up. [Issue #46 – May/June 2020, p. 20]
80
After 23 years DOOM 64 is still a great game. Nightdive Studios has done a great job adding new features to the Switch version. If you couldn't play it in the past, now is a good time to do it.
5
It’s basically the same as the others, but kinda bland. On top of that, the design is way weaker than the other games. It doesn’t really stand out and gets pretty repetitive.
9
El rediseño visual es absoluto. Los enemigos y las armas cuentan con nuevos sprites mucho más detallados y aterradores, acompañados de un sistema de iluminación basado en gradientes de color que dota a las bases de Marte y a los niveles infernales de una profundidad visual que los títulos anteriores no podían alcanzar. Las mecánicas de disparo siguen siendo perfectas, pero el diseño de niveles es ahora más complejo y retorcido, con trampas ingeniosas y puzles ambientales que exigen algo más que solo gatillo rápido. No obstante, esa misma ambición tiene sus costes; el juego es extremadamente oscuro —literalmente—, lo que a veces dificulta la navegación incluso en pantallas modernas, y la ausencia de ciertos enemigos icónicos de Doom II por limitaciones de memoria del cartucho original se echa de menos. A pesar de esto, su enfoque en la atmósfera de horror y la inclusión de la devastadora arma "Unmaker" lo convierten en una pieza fundamental y distintiva de la saga. Es un viaje opresivo, técnico y brutal que demuestra que Doom puede dar miedo además de adrenalina.
8
so fun fast paste game play and good preformace but i don't like that gyro controls are on by deflaut (sorry for ortography)
DOOM 64
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Mar 20, 2020
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Generally Favorable
76
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Generally Favorable
7.7
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Mar 24, 2020
85
While the first two Doom games carry very little of the horror they may have originally had into the modern age, Doom 64 absolutely does. This game is still creepy, but without sacrificing any of the action of the originals. Its gameplay is refined and this port in particular cleans up its most egregious rough edge. The maps are as confusing as ever but being able to see where you’re going makes it much more tolerable. If you’re a classic Doom fan and have never played Doom 64, you owe it to yourself to pick it up. This just may be the best classic-style Doom.
Mar 24, 2020
80
After 23 years DOOM 64 is still a great game. Nightdive Studios has done a great job adding new features to the Switch version. If you couldn't play it in the past, now is a good time to do it.
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Jan 22, 2026
10
I actually really like this Dark and atmospheric What Doom should be imo, even though I like the newer games too
Jan 20, 2026
10
obra maestra los que lo critican no saben de juegos reales a mi me encanto este juego aunque lo juegue 3 minutos
Mar 23, 2020
80
Its long disappearance created an aura that, surprisingly, the game still is able to maintain while playing it. DOOM 64 is back and the medium is a bit better for it.
Mar 20, 2020
80
Doom 64 is a different experience, it's still Doom, but it's like your favourite movie got directed by someone else and had to make everything from scratch again. While still fun all these years later, it's still a bit of-its-times, but that's part of the charm. It's Doom, done just a little bit different.
Mar 20, 2020
80
While it was already something of a relic when it launched on the N64 almost 25 years ago, Doom 64 remains a great example of just how refined a formula the series offers and just how good a job the late Midway did in the shadow of id Software. The lack of local multiplayer support still stings, even after all these years, but with support for motion controls on Switch – something Nightdive has already pulled off to a tee with its Turok ports – and the addition of a new DOOM Eternal-themed level, this is classic retro shooter that deserves a little more love.
Mar 19, 2020
70
An unfairly neglected part of the Doom canon is given the remaster it most certainly deserves, in what is one of the most welcome retro remasters of recent years.
Mar 23, 2020
60
Doom 64 is an impressive port of the forgotten son of the series. Without a multiplayer mode it sits as one of the less essential shooters from the era, but as the first effort at bringing Doom into three dimensions, it's a valuable bit of series history, and to this day it plays very nicely indeed.
Sep 20, 2023
10
A surreal, sprawling, atmospheric drudge through hell that feels like a genuine accomplishment to complete.
Nov 9, 2025
7
Mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh not the QUITE of the TEMPO i wanted ehh sure (whiplash thing btw)
Feb 12, 2023
7
Schluss mit dem rührseligen Theater. Fahr zur Hölle! Willst Du ihm nicht den Weg zeigen? entrückt wie später Doom Eternal.
Aug 28, 2020
7
It's a good game, welcome addition for the price. Best to be played in short bursts, ideal for handheld. Not as good as the originals, however anyone who will buy this knows the originals by heart. One thought though: I was shocked to read that this was released in 1997. I mean the same year as Quake 2 which is generations ahead or Blood which also a level higher. Still, as a doom fan, I like having this game on Switch.
Nov 29, 2025
0
If you ask me, I'll answer that this game brought me more negative than positive impressions.
SummaryYou killed the Demons once, they were all dead. Or so you thought... A single Demon Entity escaped detection. Systematically it altered decaying, dead carnage back into grotesque living tissue. The Demons have returned - stronger and more vicious than ever before. You mission is clear, there are no options: kill or be killed!
Rated Mfor Mature
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- Nintendo 64
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation 4
- Xbox One
- PC
Initial Release Date:Mar 20, 2020
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