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The 10 best id Software, Inc. games

The 10 best id Software, Inc. games, as the players of dos.games rate them. DOOM II: Hell on Earth leads the list, ahead of DOOM and Wolfenstein 3D.

Every game on the list plays in your browser, with nothing to install. The order comes from players' ratings and real play time, so it moves as people play.

Updated How the lists are ranked

  • 13Id Software, Inc. games in the archive
  • 10 of 10Play in your browser
  • 3.9Score of #1, out of 5

  2. 2. DOOM

    1993 · id Software, Inc. · Action

    3.61 rating

    The Union Aerospace Corporation has been experimenting with teleportation technology on Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos.

    Play now: DOOMAbout the game

  4. 4. Quake

    1996 · id Software, Inc. · Action

    3.3No ratings yet

    An enemy with the codename ''Quake'', which is believed to come from another dimension, is using teleporter gates to invade Earth.

    Play now: QuakeAbout the game

  10. 10. Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine

    1991 · id Software, Inc. · Action

    3.2No ratings yet

    Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine is a platform game, the fifth in the Commander Keen series as a whole, and the second in the second series Goodbye, Galaxy.Eight-year-old genius Billy "Commander Keen" Blaze, having learnt about the alien Shikadi's plans to destroy the galaxy, arrives on board of their ship, the Omegamatic, in order to destroy it and prevent the evil deed.

    Play now: Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon MachineAbout the game
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  1. Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle — playable in the browserApogee Software, Ltd. · Action · 1991Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle
  2. Commander Keen: Keen Dreams — playable in the browserSoftdisk Publishing · Action · 1991Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Commander Keen: Keen Dreams
  3. Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die! — playable in the browserApogee Software, Ltd. · Action · 1990Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!
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What is the best id Software, Inc. game?

DOOM II: Hell on Earth (1994, id Software, Inc.) is the best id Software, Inc. game by our players' ratings, ahead of DOOM and Wolfenstein 3D. The ranking follows players' ratings and real play time, so it changes as people play.

Can I play these id Software, Inc. games online?

Yes. 10 of the games on this list play free in your browser on dos.games, with no download and no emulator to set up. Press Play on any of them; your progress can be saved.

How many id Software, Inc. games are there on dos.games?

13. This list ranks the best 10 in full and the next ones below them; the catalogue has every one, with filters for year, studio and more.

Which year had the most great id Software, Inc. games?

1991. 2 of the games on this list came out that year: Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter! and Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine.

How is this list ranked?

With the same score as our Best DOS Games ranking: players' ratings, pulled toward the archive's own rating while a game has few of them, plus a small bonus for the games people actually keep playing. No editor and no sponsor decides a place.