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The 10 best DOS shooter games

The 10 best DOS shooter games, as the players of dos.games rate them. DOOM II: Hell on Earth leads the list, ahead of Blood and Jazz Jackrabbit.

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

  • 139DOS shooter games in the archive
  • 10 of 10Play in your browser
  • 3.9Score of #1, out of 5

  2. 2. Blood

    1997 · Monolith Productions · Action

    3.72 ratings

    Caleb was once a feared gunslinger, until he met a woman who was involved with a mysterious cult known as Cabal.

    Play now: BloodAbout the game

  4. 4. 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
Ranks 11–20

More great DOS shooter games

  1. Cannon Fodder 2 — playable in the browserVirgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc. · Action · 1994Most played
    3.3
    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 activity2 players · 7m · capped at +0.50+0.12
    Score3.3

    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 Cannon Fodder 2
  2. DOOM 2D — playable in the browserPrikol Software · Action · 1996Most played
    3.3
    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 activity2 players · 3m · capped at +0.50+0.12
    Score3.3

    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 DOOM 2D
  3. Quake — playable in the browserGT Interactive Software Corp. · Action · 1996Most played
    3.3
    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 activity2 players · 3m · capped at +0.50+0.12
    Score3.3

    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 Quake
  4. Hexen: Beyond Heretic — playable in the browserid Software, Inc. · Action · 1995Most played
    3.3
    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 activity2 players · 2m · capped at +0.50+0.12
    Score3.3

    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 Hexen: Beyond Heretic
  5. Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare 1995 — playable in the browserEpic MegaGames, Inc. · Action · 1995Most played
    3.3
    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 activity1 player · 22m · capped at +0.50+0.09
    Score3.3

    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 Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare 1995
  6. Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold — playable in the browserApogee Software, Ltd. · Action · 1993Most played
    3.3
    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 activity1 player · 21m · capped at +0.50+0.09
    Score3.3

    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 Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
  7. Redneck Rampage — playable in the browserInterplay Productions, Inc. · Action · 1997Often played
    3.3
    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 activity1 player · 15m · capped at +0.50+0.09
    Score3.3

    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 Redneck Rampage
  8. Alien Rampage — playable in the browserSoftdisk Publishing · Action · 1996Often played
    3.3
    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 activity1 player · 11m · capped at +0.50+0.09
    Score3.3

    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 Alien Rampage
  9. Shadow Warrior — playable in the browserGT Interactive Software Corp. · Action · 1997Often played
    3.3
    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 activity1 player · 9m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    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 Shadow Warrior
  10. Strife — playable in the browserVelocity Inc. · Action · 1996Often played
    3.3
    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 activity1 player · 8m · capped at +0.50+0.08
    Score3.3

    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 Strife
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How Best DOS Games are ranked
What is the best DOS shooter game?

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

Can I play these DOS shooter 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 DOS shooter games are there on dos.games?

139. 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 DOS shooter games?

1994. 4 of the games on this list came out that year: DOOM II: Hell on Earth, Jazz Jackrabbit, System Shock and Wacky Wheels.

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.