Doom II: Hell on Earth is a first-person shooter developed and published by id Software for MS-DOS on 10 October 1994. Sandy Petersen, John Romero, Shawn Green and American McGee designed the levels, John Carmack led programming and Robert Prince composed the music. The game spans 32 levels, two of them secret levels reached from level 15.
About 600,000 copies shipped at launch and sold out within a month. Germany banned the game from store shelves. In Japan, a Mac OS version came out in August 1995 and a PC-98 version on 29 September 1995. Master Levels for Doom II, released on 26 December 1995, was an official expansion of levels by various authors.
Later versions appeared on Game Boy Advance, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and, in 2019, on Switch, PS4, Xbox One and mobile. In 2024 Nightdive Studios rebuilt the game on the KEX Engine for Doom + Doom II, released together with the new episode Legacy of Rust.1
Names and releases
| Region | Title on the box | Platform | Date | Publisher | Src |
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| NA | Doom IIPorted by Lion Entertainment. | Mac | Jun 27, 1995 | — | 1 |
| NA | DoomDoom II content is included in the PlayStation Doom port; Europe December 1995. | PlayStation | Nov 16, 1995 | — | 1 |
| NA | DoomDoom II content is included in the Saturn Doom port. | Saturn | March 1997 | — | 1 |
| NA | Doom IIPorted by Torus Games; Australia 13 November 2002, Europe 15 November 2002. | Game Boy Advance | Oct 23, 2002 | — | 1 |
| WW | Doom II: Hell on EarthGT Interactive distributed it in North America and Europe; Wikipedia also names Virgin Interactive for the European DOS release. | MS-DOS | Oct 10, 1994 | GT Interactive | 1 |
| JP | Doom IIMac OS version in Japan. | Mac | August 1995 | — | 1 |
| JP | Doom IIPorted to PC-98 by Infinity Co. | PC-98 | Sep 29, 1995 | — | 1 |
| WW | Doom IIXbox Live Arcade, by Nerve Software, with the new episode No Rest for the Living. | Xbox 360 | May 26, 2010 | — | 1 |
| WW | Doom II | PlayStation 3 | Nov 20, 2012 | — | 1 |
| WW | Doom IIUnity-based port by Nerve Software; same day on PS4, Xbox One, Android and iOS. | Switch | Jul 26, 2019 | — | 1 |
| WW | Doom + Doom IIKEX Engine release by Nightdive Studios; also PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. | Windows | Aug 8, 2024 | Bethesda Softworks | 1 |
Also known as: Doom II WW1Doom + Doom II WW2
Box art by region
NA Doom II
Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: Wikipedia.
Version differences
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ContentXbox 360 (2010)
The 2010 Xbox Live Arcade version supports online multiplayer over Xbox Live and introduced No Rest for the Living, a new episode by Nerve Software with eight levels plus one secret level.1
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ContentPlayStationSaturn
There was no standalone Doom II on PlayStation or Saturn; its content was folded into those consoles' versions of Doom.1
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Content2019 release
The 2019 console and mobile versions run on the Unity engine, and No Rest for the Living is a free add-on for them.1
Translations
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Spanish Official
Bethesda Softworks2024WindowsReleased
Doom + Doom II includes Spanish for Spain and Latin America.2
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Japanese Official
Bethesda Softworks2024WindowsReleased
Doom + Doom II lists Japanese among its supported languages.2
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Russian Official
Bethesda Softworks2024WindowsReleased
Doom + Doom II lists Russian among its supported languages on Steam.2
Where to play legally today
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GOG Purchase
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Steam Purchase
DOOM + DOOM II
2024 KEX Engine release with the original DOS versions and add-ons
Checked: 2026-10-132store.steampowered.com
How to run it today
Buy Doom + Doom II on Steam or GOG; it runs on Windows and contains both the enhanced version and the original DOS game.
- DOOM + DOOM II on Steam store.steampowered.com
Best version
The Doom + Doom II package includes the original 1994 DOS version alongside the enhanced KEX Engine version, Final Doom's TNT: Evilution and The Plutonia Experiment, Master Levels, No Rest for the Living and Legacy of Rust.2
Reception
About 600,000 copies shipped at launch and sold out within a month. Doom II was the top-selling US software product of 1994, with 1.81 million US units and $74.7 million in US revenue according to PC Data. It won the Origins Award for best fantasy or science fiction computer game of 1994 and has a Metacritic score of 83 on PC.1
Sources
Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13
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